GENERAL
COURSE INFORMATION
INSTRUCTOR: DR. CIESIELSKI
- OFFICE: ROOM 255,
WILLIAMSON HALL
- OFFICE HOURS: PERIOD 4 Monday
and Wednesday or by appointment
- OFFICE PHONE: 846-1725
- E-MAIL:
pciesiel@geology.ufl.edu
TEACHING ASSISTANT: Catherine
Sartin
- OFFICE: Williamson
271
- OFFICE HOURS: Monday 4th
period and Tuesday 3rd period.
- OFFICE PHONE: none
- E-MAIL: pq@ufl.edu
COURSE
INFORMATION:
- CREDIT HOURS: 4
- CONTACT HOURS: 5 (3
lecture and 2 lab)
- LECTURE:
WILLIAMSON, ROOM 202 MWF 7th PERIOD (1:55-2:45 PM)
- LAB: TUESDAY 8-9th
PERIOD (Section 2350) OR THURSDAY 6-7th PERIOD (Section 6004),
WILLIAMSON 215
ATTENDANCE: REQUIRED
BOOKS: EVOLUTION OF
THE EARTH BY DOTT AND
PROTHERO, 7TH
EDITION, McGRAW HILL AND LABORATORY STUDIES IN EARTH HISTORY, BRICE, LEVIN AND
SMITH,
SEVENTH EDITION, MCGRAW HILL, ISBN # 0-07-366130-9
GRADING AND EXAMS:
- COURSE: 70%
LECTURE AND 30% LAB
- LECTURE: - 3
LECTURE EXAMS (25% EACH) AND A FINAL EXAM (25%)
- THE FINAL EXAM
COMPOSITION WILL INCLUDE MATERIAL COVERED AFTER THE THIRD EXAM (75%)
AND CUMULATIVE MATERIAL (25%).
- LAB: TO BE
EXPLAINED IN LAB
- EXAM TYPE: EXAMS WILL BE A
MIXTURE OF MULTIPLE CHOICE, FILL-IN-THE-BLANK, SHORT ANSWER AND ESSAY
QUESTIONS.
- grading scale:
A=90-100, B+=88.5-90, B=80-88.5, C+=78.5-80, C=70-78.5, D+=68.5-70,
D=60-68.5, no minus grades to be given
MAKE-UP EXAMS:
- No make-up exams are
allowed unless a student has advised me in advance of the exam of an
acceptable excuse for missing the exam on the date scheduled. If I am
not informed in advance of a missed exam, you will not be allowed a
make-up exam unless you had no way of advance notification. All make-up
exams are taken in my office and not online.
UNIVERSITY
COUNSELING
SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND THE STUDENT HEALTH CARE CENTER
MEDICAL
EXCUSE POLICY:
STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES:
- Students requesting
classroom or testing accommodation must first register with the Dean of
Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide this
documentation to the Instructor when requesting accommodation. Once the
Dean of Students Office informs me of your request, I will inform you
of how to accommodate you for online testing. You may request hard-copy
exams if online testing is not acceptable for you.
ACADEMIC HONESTY
AND STUDENT
CODE OF CONDUCT:
Please
take the
opportunity to review the University of Florida Student Code of Conduct and Academic Honesty Policy.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- 1. CONDUCT A BROAD
SURVEY OF THE PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL HISTORY OF PLANET EARTH.
- 2. FOCUS ON THE ROLE
OF PLATE TECTONICS ON THE: DEVELOPMENT OF THE LANDSCAPE, EVOLUTION OF
LIFE, AND CLIMATE DYNAMICS.
- 3. PRESENT IN SOME
DETAIL THE GEOLOGIC RECORD OF NORTH AMERICA WHILE STILL EXAMINING MAJOR
EVENTS OF OTHER CONTINENTS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP (IF ANY) TO THOSE OF
N. AMERICA.
- 4. TO IMPART AN
UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN GEOLOGIC LANDSCAPE OF
NORTH AMERICA.
- 5. TO INTRODUCE
STUDENTS TO OUTSIDE RESOURCE MATERIALS WHICH MAY BE OF USE IN FUTURE
COURSE WORK AND ASSIST THOSE INTERESTED IN OBTAINING THEM.