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TENTATIVE SYLLABUS
Geology 151j
Introduction to Volcanoes and Volcanology
JanPlan, 2015
[ Class Meets MTWTh from 9:00-11:30± a.m. in Arey 5 ]
☛ Note that on some days we WILL likely run late due to video lengths.
Instructor: Prof. Robert E. Nelson ("Dr. Bob")
Text: Volcanoes: Crucibles of Change
Office: Mudd 215 (phone ext. 5804)
by Fisher, Heiken & Hulen
Campus e-mail: [email protected]
Office hours: 11:30-noon M-Th
Geology Web page URL : http://www.colby.edu/geologydept/
AND by appointment
TENTATIVE LECTURE SCHEDULE
Date
Subject(s)
Text readings:
5 January, 2011
Introduction & Expectations; What are and where are the volcanoes?
Why volcanoes? An Introduction to Plate Tectonics
Chap. 1
Video: Ring of Fire (40 min.)
6 January, 2011
Plate tectonics (concl.)
Preparing PowerPoint presentations
Video: Inside Planet Earth (80 min.)
7 January, 2011
Chemistry of the Molten Earth: Magmas and Rocks
Chap. 2
*********************** Geography Homework due by 3:30 p.m.!
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8 January, 2011
Eruptive Styles & Volcanic Forms
Chap. 3
Video: Kilauea Eruption: Spring, 2014 Update (~90 min.)
12 January, 2011
Eruptive Styles & Volcanic Forms (cont.)
Chap. 7
Video: Lava flows and Lava Tubes (45 min.)
13 January, 2011
Underwater Volcanism
Chap. 4
14 January, 2011
Explosive Eruptions & Pyroclastic Flows (Part I)
Chap. 5
Video: Montserrat's Andesite Volcano (50 min.)
15 January, 2009
FIRST HOUR: mid-JanPlan Exam ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆
Second hour: Video: Volcano Under the City (ca. 60 min.)
19 January, 2011
Explosive Eruptions & Pyroclastic Flows (Part II)
Chap. 6
Video: In the Path of a Killer Volcano: Pinatubo, 1991 (60 min.)
20 January, 2011
Lahars, Volcanic Gasses and Ash Clouds
Chaps. 8, 9
Video: Deadliest Volcanoes (60 min.)
21 January, 2011
Video: Supervolcano! (90 min.)
Volcanoes & Humans I
Chaps. 11-12
22 January, 2011
Volcanoes & Humans (cont.)
Chaps. 13-14
Video: Volcano's Deadly Warning (60 min.)
26 January, 2011
Volcanic Hazards: Living with the Inevitable
Chap. 15
In-Class Student Presentations (Session I)
27 January, 2011
In-Class Student Presentations (Session II)
28 January, 2011
Video: Hollywood Film (ca. 90-110 min.)
29 January, 2011
Critique of Hollywood Film DUE in class;
COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM to be held during class period
Grading for Course:
Homework Assignment: Geography
First Hour Exam
Volcano presentation
Hollywood Movie Critique
In-Class Final Exam
Total Possible
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GE151j
January, 2015
Syllabus, Page 2
CELL PHONE, LAPTOP and ATTENDANCE POLICIES
All cell phones are to be turned off and put away during ALL classes and exams. If you
need to check the time, there is a wall clock in both the lecture room and the lab. You may use a laptop for
taking notes in class if you wish, but that is the only appropriate use unless you are directed otherwise in a
lab session. Surfing the Internet, checking e-mail or other personal communications, playing video
games, etc., are prohibited during class time.
It should be self-obvious that attendance is expected in all classes, which is of course official College
policy as well ("Students are expected to attend all of their classes and scheduled course events in any
semester or January and are responsible for any work missed. Failure to attend can lead to a warning,
grading penalties, and/or dismissal from the course with a failing grade."). Consider also that at Colby's
basic tuition rate of $1,520 per credit hour, each of our class periods costs you about $480; would you
spend that much on a ticket to a concert and not go? Would you ask your parents to pay that
much for the ticket and not go?
Missing classes, if you haven't discovered it already from personal experience, also has another cost.
You'll likely find that you'll need at least several hours per hour missed, with someone else's lecture notes,
to get the same level of understanding that you would have had by being in class in person. Would you
borrow $5 today if you had to pay back $10 or $15 on Friday? That's a mighty steep interest rate ……
HOWEVER, there may be times when missing class is unavoidable – e.g., you're very ill, there's a
death in the family, etc. You will find me willing do everything possible to be fair in these instances,
although making up a missed class participation event can be difficult if not impossible. We can deal with
these issues as they arise, if necessary.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING: Colby's Official Policy On Academic
Dishonesty
(from the College Catalogue, and to which I subscribe)
"Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are serious offenses. For the
first offense, the instructor may dismiss the offender from the course with a mark of F (which is a
permanent entry on the student's academic record) and will report the case to the department
chair and the dean of students, who may impose other or additional penalties including
suspension or expulsion. This report becomes part of the student's confidential file. A second
offense automatically leads to suspension or expulsion. Students may not withdraw passing from
a course in which they have been found guilty of academic dishonesty. A student is entitled to
appeal charges of academic dishonesty to the Appeals Board. The decision of the board shall be
final and binding unless overruled by the president of the College, who has final authority and
responsibility.
"The College also views misrepresentations to faculty within the context of a course as a form
of academic dishonesty. Students lying to or otherwise deceiving faculty are subject to dismissal
from the course with a mark of F and possible additional disciplinary action.
"Student accountability for academic dishonesty extends beyond the end of a semester and
even after graduation. If Colby determines following the completion of a course or after the
awarding of a Colby degree that academic dishonesty has occurred, the College may change the
student's grade in the course, issue a failing grade, and rescind credit for the course and/or revoke
the Colby degree."
Note that this will apply particularly to using Internet sources for
the portion of the course in which you are evaluating the scientific
accuracy of a Hollywood volcano disaster film.