Objectives Grading policies

(Autumn 2004)

General Information

Dr. Andrea Koziol	Office: WH 20 / SCI Center 076(basement)
Office Hours: M 1 - 4 PM Tues 9 - 2 & by appointment	Phone: 229-2954
(See schedule outside my office)	E-mail:andrea.koziol@notes.udayton.edu

Lab time: Tuesday 3 - 5 PM, WH 2. 1 credit

Textbook: None.

Date	Lab topics
Aug. 31	Introduction to mineral identification
Sept. 7	Chemistry of Minerals
Sept. 14	Modeling Mineral Structures
Sept. 21	Introduction to Symmetry Operations
Sept. 28	2-D and 3-D symmetry
Oct. 5	Miller Indices; X-ray crystallography
Oct. 12	Mineral Study I
Oct. 19	Mineral Study II
Oct. 26	Mineral Study III
Nov. 2	Mineral Study IV (or min exam)
Nov. 9	Mineral exam (or no lab)
Nov. 16	Care of the microscope, refractive index
Nov. 23	Uniaxial minerals
Nov. 30	Biaxial minerals
Dec. 7	Exam on optical mineralogy only

Objective
This course is separate from the Geo 201 lecture, but I strongly recommend that you take both courses. Geology and environmental geology majors are required to take both courses. You will be learning skills in scientific methodology, hand specimen identification, and optical methods.

Attendance
You are expected to attend all lab sessions. Attendance will be taken daily. Arriving late to class is distracting to students and professor and will be counted as an absence. Do not schedule medical appointments that conflict with the class schedule. A written medical excuse must be submitted if you cannot attend class due to illness. Do not purchase tickets for transportation that conflict with official school days. There are no make-up labs except in extraordinary circumstances.

Evaluation
All students should be aware of the University policy on academic dishonesty, which in part is defined as "any attempt by a student to obtain, or to assist another student to obtain, a grade higher than honestly earned."
All the lab write-ups taken together will make up 50% of your mark. I will drop the lowest lab grade. There will be no makeup lab times except in extraordinary circumstances.
There will be a short quiz at the beginning of almost every laboratory session. All the quizzes together will make up 10% of your mark. I will drop the lowest quiz grade. There will be no makeup lab quizzes.

Overall Evaluation:

Lab reports (about 8)	55% of your grade
Mineral ID exam	25 %
Quizzes	10 %
Final Exam Last 4 labs only	10 %

Final Note: Dates, assignments, and policies are subject to change during the course of the semester.

Last updated: Aug. 30, 2004.

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