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Spring 2010 GOL 338 Syllabus / Policy SFASU, CoSM; v 3
Structural
Geology
Name: Dr. Chris Barker the following topics will be covered, though the
Department: Geology order may vary.
Email: cbarker@sfasu.edu
Phone: (936) 468-2340 TOPIC & Text Chpt. ~ % of time
Website: http://www.geology.sfasu.edu/barker.html Introduction & Primary Structures (1) 20 %
Office: Rm. 305, Miller Science Building Folds (10, 13) 20 %
Office Hours: Tues: 9-11 am; 2-5 pm; Wed: Faults (3, 4, 5, 6) 35 %
2-5 pm; Thurs: 9-11 am; 2-5 pm. Please stop by Foliation & Lineation (11, 14) 10 %
to ask questions, discuss lab problems, or to make Shear Zones (3) 5 %
suggestions. If the office hours are inconvenient, call Joints (2) 5 %
or email me to ask questions or schedule an appoint- If time permits:
ment. Rock Mechanics (7, 12) 5 %
Class meeting time and place: Room 330: Additional topics ?
Lecture: MWF 10 - 10:50 am; Lab: Mon., 2
GRADES:
- 4:40 pm. Lecture (47%): Three 1-hour exams (11% each)
and a comprehensive Final Exam (14%), totaling
OBJECTIVE: This course is a comprehensive 47%
introduction to structural geology — the study of LAB (51%)
rock deformation of all types. Primarily you will Attendance & participation (2%)
learn about faults and folds at various scales. Most
deformation occurs at plate boundaries, so this Total = 47% + 51% + 2% = 100%
course is also a study of the effect of tectonic
movements. Approximate grade scale:
90 – 100 = A; 80 – 89 = B; 70 – 79 = C
TEST DATES: 60 – 69 = D; 59 or less = F
Test 1: Wed., Feb. 10
Test 2: Friday, March 12 Make-up exams are given only for documented
excused absences, are comprehensive, and may be
Test 3: Friday, April 23 given during dead week.
Final Exam (comprehensive!) - Monday,
May 10, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm. TEXT AND OTHER MATERIAL: Please read
assigned sections from the book before coming to
FIELD TRIP: April 28 - May 2 class. You are not responsible for everything in the
text, but I want you to assimilate the main points;
therefore, I may ask some test questions that come
TEXT: Structural Geology, by Twiss and Moores, directly from the book. Most test questions, how-
2 edition (ISBN 0-7167-4951-3). Some or all of ever, will come from the lecture.
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LAB MANUAL: The lab requires a manual which If you have missed a class and have an excused
is available from the bookstore in the textbook absence or a valid reason for missing, tell me
section. While in the bookstore you should also about it after class on the next class day.
get a 3-ring notebook for the manual. Regarding attendance, I have more than
You also need a packet of drafting mate- once heard this “logic” expressed: “Why should I
rials from the bookstore. This packet has materials come to class if I can get the lecture notes from
you will need for structure lab, Field Methods and someone else?” There are important reasons why
Summer Field Camp. To get the packet, go to the you should always attend class and hear the
bookstore and ask for the packet of drafting lecture instead of just copying someone else’s
materials for Structural Geology (GOL 338). Keep notes. If you don’t come to class, you miss all of
asking until you get someone who knows what the context in which the material was presented.
you are talking about! (It is a big packet of draft- You don’t hear the emphasis given to certain
ing materials in a clear plastic zip-top bag.) Be words or phrases. You don’t see the body
sure they do not give the packet of drafting language of the professor—you don’t see him
material used in a different SFA course. waving his arms or making strange expressions
meant to impart gravity to certain utterances. And
** NOTE: All structure students are required to get perhaps most important, you don’t hear the spoken
the packet of drafting materials from the campus commentary made by the professor, words that of-
bookstore. The packet has many specialized items ten don’t make their way into the average stu-
not available anywhere else in Nacogdoches. DO dent’s notes. Those verbal comments, however,
NOT try to order the items from the internet or might be very important in clarifying the material.
buy substitutes from Walmart. You will spend Students who were in class carry all that unwritten
hours, save only pennies, and almost certainly get information in their head, but someone who just
many of the items wrong. I will check to make sure copies the notes misses all of that.
you got your packet from the bookstore. They go to One semester I had an opportunity to look at
a great deal of trouble to order and assemble a month’s worth of notes taken by an “A” student
these specific drafting materials for this class. in one of my intro geology classes. They were
relatively good notes, but were somewhat sketchy
NOTE: You will also need a calculator with and incomplete, had inaccuracies, and the draw-
basic trig functions. Quite a few lab problems ings didn’t look much like what I had put on the
require trig solutions. board. They were obviously good enough for the
student who took them—since she made an A—
Bring the packet of drafting materials, calculator and but I think they would have been of limited use to
lab manual to every lab. anyone who copied them.
ATTENDANCE. In the classroom I will present a Another story: One day after taking at-
significant amount of material that is not in the tendance in a freshman geology class, I was
textbook, and since the tests will be primarily over annoyed to find that there were several absentees.
the lecture material, it is very important to attend I got curious and looked at the average grade of
all lectures. I consider lecture attendance manda- the students who were present that day in class,
tory, and will take your attendance into account versus the grade of the slackers who were not.
when evaluating your grade at the end of the What I found was not too surprising. When I
semester. In fact, attendance and participation in compared grades on their most recent test, I found
class counts for 2% of your grade. that the average test grade of the people who were
there in class that day was 86. But the average
grade of that day’s absentees was 73. That’s a dif-
** IMPORTANT NOTE: If you accumulate more ference of more than a letter grade! What’s the
than 4 unexcused lecture absences, your grade moral of the story? People who come to class do
may be lowered to the next lower grade (example: significantly better on their tests.
a C would become a D). Twice the number of Keep in mind that when you cut class, you
allowed absences may result in your grade being are inevitably lowering your own grade in that
lowered by two letters. course.
TARDINESS. When students arrive late to class it
is disruptive—and rude—to me and the other
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members of the class. Therefore, please do your applicable. A student will not be allowed to drop a
best to not be late to class. This means you need to course after these dates, unless he or she
anticipate the usual parking problems that are part withdraws 4 from the University. For information
of life at SFA (and at most other universities as please visit:
well). Note: Two tardies count as an absence. http://www.sfasu.edu/upp/pap/academic_affairs/ad
d_drop.html
INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS. Most of what I
want you to know will be presented during class- Course Evaluation
room lectures. Please feel free to ask questions at At the end of the semester you will be asked to
any time. I like questions because they stimulate evaluate this course. Evaluations will be done on-
discussion and help clarify concepts for everyone. line and you will be reminded when the evaluation
period starts. The course evaluation MUST be
FIELD TRIP. This course has a required field trip done before the final exam. Students who fail to
to look at spectacularly faulted and folded rocks in complete their course evaluations may
Oklahoma on April 28 - May 2 (be sure to receive an “Incomplete” grade for the
mark this on your calendars). You will see great course.
exposures of deformed rocks, many of which are
classic outcrops pictured in geology textbooks. Academic Integrity
Note: If you miss the field trip you will receive an Academic dishonesty includes both cheating and
incomplete for the course and have to make it up plagiarism. Cheating includes but is not limited to
the following Spring. (1) using or attempting to use unauthorized
materials to aid in achieving a better grade on a
ELECTRONIC DEVICES. Laptops or other com- component of a class; (2) the falsification or in-
puters, cell phones, iPods, cameras, camcorders, vention of any information, including citations, on
Blackberries, and all other electronic devices an assigned exercise; and/or (3) helping or
CANNOT BE USED DURING LECTURE OR attempting to help another in an act of cheating or
LAB and must be turned off and put away. We plagiarism. Plagiarism is presenting the words or
have had problems with students surfing the web, ideas of another person as if they were your own.
facebooking, emailing, gaming, etc., during class In the hopes of deterring incidents of cheating
time. and/or plagiarism this class employs a "zero
All electronic devices must be turned off and tolerance" policy meaning that if a student
put away during tests. Failure to observe this rule commits cheating or plagiarism they receive a
may result in an F for a test! grade of F for the class.
ON-LINE COURSE SYLLABUS. There is an Disability Services (DS)
pedagogically oriented version of this syllabus that If you have a documented disability that may require
lists learning objectives for this course on-line at: assistance, you will need to contact the Disability
www.geology.sfasu.edu/StrucCOURSE%20Sylb1. Services (DS) for coordination in your academic
htm accommodations. Disability Services is located
within The Human Services Building, Room #
================================ 234. The DS phone number is (936) 468 3004.
You may also visit their website at:
UNIVERSITY POLICIES http://www.sfasu.edu/disabilityservices/index.htm
Add/Drop Policy If you have a special need/disability, please let the
Students may add courses through the 2nd class day instructor know outside of class sometime during
during the summer semesters and through the 4th the first week of the course. This helps to adjust or
class day during the fall or spring semesters. alter plans so that problems can be minimized and
Academic Department Chairs may reconcile class your learning experience can be maximized.
schedules through the official reporting date.
Students may drop classes through five working
days past mid-semester or mid-session as
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