COURSE SYLLABUS

Mineralogy - GEOL3210

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Mineralogy Lab - GEOL 3215

Fall, 2006

GEO 3210: An introductory course in mineralogy emphasizing morphological crystallography, physics, and chemistry of minerals, as well as their environments of formation. Prerequisites; GEO 1110 with lab, and CHEM 1210 with lab.

GEO 3215: A mineralogy laboratory course designed to compliment mineralogy lecture. The lab emphasizes hand sample and optical identification of of rock forming and ore minerals.

Instructor: Mark Colberg, SC 014, 865-8331, colberg@suu.edu

Class Meetings: (SC 008) Monday, Wednesday and Friday 11:00-11:50 am

Lab Meetings: (SC 008) Wednesday, 2:00-4:50 pm

Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday; 10:00 - 11:00 am, and 2:00-4:00 pm. Otherwise catch me when you can. Outside of set office hours, appointments are encouraged.

Required Texts:

1. Nesse, William D., 2000, Introduction to Mineralogy, Oxford University Press, New York.

1. Perkins, Dexter, and Henke, Kevin R., 2004, Minerals in Thin Section (2^nd ed), Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

Other Required Materials:

1. Hand Lens; required for examining samples in lab. A hand lens with 10X magnification is recommended. A cheep $10 lens should be available in the book store, but you get what you pay for. The geology club will be taking orders for a better hand lens (about $30 - $35) early in the semester. See your instructor if you want to purchase one of these. The more expensive lens is worth purchasing since you will be using it as long as you are a geology student and after you graduate.

2. Rock hammer

3. Field book

4. Colored pencils.

Course Fees: A $20.00 lab fee is required for the lab portion of this course (GEO 3215). This fee should have been assessed along with your tuition.

Course Structure: At SUU, geology courses are often subdivided into a lecture component and a laboratory component. Although these two components are listed as separate courses, THEY ARE CO-REQUISITES AND MUST BE TAKEN TOGETHER. Lecture courses and lab courses are closely related. In this course, the lab will allow the student to put into practice concepts learned in lecture.

Course Objectives: Geology is a very broad science and encompasses a very wide range of topics. Mineralogy is just one of the topics, or disciplines, associated with geology. As geologists, however, mineralogy is one of the most important disciplines you will study. The Earth is composed of rocks, and rocks are composed of minerals. Because of this, understanding mineralogy is crucial to understanding much of geology. Mineralogy is like a brick laid at the foundation of geology. In this course, you should gain an understanding of many aspects of mineralogy. The goals and objectives of this course include:

• Students should understand the basic classification scheme of minerals.

• Students should gain a fundamental knowledge of mineral chemistry (crystal chemistry) and how minerals interact with their environment (basic thermodynamics and phase equilibria). Such an understanding is essential for success with petrology courses you will undertake at a later date.

• Students should gain a basic understanding of crystal morphology and symmetry, as well as x-ray crystallography.

• Students should be exposed to the properties, occurrence and behavior of most of the basic rock forming minerals and "economic" minerals.

• Students should become familiarized with the basic concepts of optical mineralogy, the use of the petrographic microscope, and the identifying characteristics of common minerals in thin section.

• Students will learn to identify the most common rock forming minerals and economic minerals.

Requirements and Grading: Separate grades will be assigned for the lecture and laboratory components. Grades for the lecture component will be assessed through performance on three lecture exams, a final exams, home work, and a class research project project. The laboratory component will be assessed through performance on laboratory exercises, quizzes, and a final optical exam. Grades will be weighted as follows;

Grades will be assigned according to the following scale.

A 93 - 100 C 73 - 76

A- 90 - 93 C- 70 - 72

B+ 87 - 89 D+ 67 - 69

B 83 - 86 D 63 - 66

B- 80 - 82 D- 60 - 63

C+ 77 - 79 F < 60

Test Policy: It is departmental policy that students do not receive completed tests to keep. Tests will be returned in class for review only, and must be returned to the instructor by the end of the class period. Grades will be held for unreturned tests. Students may review their tests at any time in the instructors office

Attendance: Students should attend all classes. Attendance will not be monitored. However, because material covered in the latter portions of the course is dependent on material from the early portions of the course, missing classes can be VERY detrimental to your understanding and your performance in class. DO NOT MISS EXAMS! MAKE-UP EXAMS WILL NOT BE GIVEN EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES (I.E. ILLNESS, DEATH IN FAMILY, ETC.). YOU MUST PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION (DR'S EXCUSE, DEATH CERTIFICATE / OBITUARIES ETC.) IN ORDER TO TAKE AN EXAM LATE. IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU MUST MISS AN EXAM ON A GIVEN DATE, YOU CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO TAKE THE TEST AT ANOTHER TIME. TURN IN ALL LECTURE OR LAB ASSIGNMENTS ON TIME. EXCEPT DURING SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES (I.E. ILLNESS, DEATH IN FAMILY, ETC.) ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE DOCKED 5 POINTS FOR EVERY DAY THEY ARE LATE. ASSIGNMENTS TURNED IN MORE THAN 5 DAYS AFTER THE DUE DATE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AND WILL BE GIVEN A GRADE OF ZERO. AGAIN UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, MISSED ASSIGNMENTS OR EXAMS CAN BE MADE UP AFTER MAKING ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE INSTRUCTOR.

Disruptions: Please respect your instructor and fellow students and limit class room disruptions by observing the following; 1) Please do not arrive to class late. 2) Unless you are an emergency responder, please turn off cell phones. 3) Do not have a conversation with your neighbor. Your instructor reserves the right to ask you to leave in the event of continuous disruptions.

Academic Dishonesty: Academic (scholastic) dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent. You are expected to have read and understood the appropriate section of the student handbook (published by Student Services) regarding student responsibilities and rights, and the intellectual property policy, for information about procedures and what constitutes acceptable on-campus behavior.

In short, don't cheat - it's not worth it! If you are caught, the consequences can be BAD. If you are not caught, remember that by being dishonest in a class you are being dishonest with yourself since you are not allowing yourself to learn, and learning is why we are at this institution in the first place.

Students with Disabilities: Students with medical, psychological, learning, or other disabilities desiring academic adjustments, accommodations, or auxiliary aids will need to contact the Southern Utah University Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD), room 206F of the Sharwan Smith Center, or phone (435) 865-8022. SSD, not your instructor, determines eligibility for and authorizes the provision of these services.

Class Schedule: A schedule for both the lecture and laboratory components of this course follows on the next page. Note that this schedule is subject to change.

Disclaimer: Information contained in this syllabus, other than the grading, late assignments, makeup work, and attendance policies, may be subject to change without notice, as deemed appropriate by the instructor.