GEOLOGY 100

Fundamentals of Geology

Mike Strickler: Rogue Community College

 

Website address: http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick

E-mail address: GeoMania@frontier.com

 


Fall Quarter 2009

Orientation:

Medford (Riverside Campus; Room F-10): Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Grants Pass (Redwood Campus; Room E-6): Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Exams:

1st Midterm: Week of Oct. 19, 2009: Riverside and Redwood Test Centers

2nd Midterm: Week of Nov. 9, 2009: Riverside and Redwood Test Centers

3rd Midterm: Week of Nov. 30, 2009: Riverside and Redwood Test Centers

DO NOT MISS THE EXAMS!!

Be sure to call the testing center to confirm their hours of operation.

Allow yourself 1 to 2 hours to complete each exam. Sorry, but make-ups for missed exams can be very difficult to arrange, will almost certainly require a trip to Grants Pass, and in some cases may not be possible at all.

SOPT air times (for all students):

Friday mornings from 3:30 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.

Video Study Guides:

Prepared to help you follow the videos (click here for the VSG Index)

More Information:

Links to lecture notes from the RCC Geology 101/102/103 series

 

Date SOPT Air Time and Episode Title Chapter Study
Guide
More
Info?
10/2/09

Down To Earth (Episode #1)

The Restless Planet (Episode #2)

Earth's Interior (Episode #3)

Ch. 1

Ch. 1

Ch. 2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes
10/9/09

The Sea Floor (Episode #4)

The Birth of a Theory (Episode #5)

Plate Dynamics (Episode #6)

Ch. 3

Ch. 4

Ch. 4

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes
10/16/09

Mountain Building and the Growth of Continents (Episode #7)

Earth's Structures (Episode #8)

Earthquake (Episode #9)

Ch. 5

Ch. 6

Ch. 7

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Yes

Yes
1st EXAM - Available at RCC Redwood and Riverside Campus Learning Centers
10/23/09

Geologic Time (Episode #10)

Evolution Through Time (Episode #11)

Minerals: The Materials of Earth (Episode #12)

Ch. 8

Ch. 8

Ch. 9

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Yes
10/30/09

Volcanism (Episode #13)

Intrusive Igneous Rocks (Episode #14)

Weathering and Soils (Episode #15)

Ch. 10

Ch. 11

Ch. 12

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes
11/6/09

Mass Wasting (Episode #16)

Sedimentary Rocks (Episode #17)

Metamorphic Rocks (Episode #18)

Ch. 13

Ch. 14

Ch. 15

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes
2nd EXAM - Available at RCC Redwood and Riverside Campus Learning Centers
11/13/09

Running Water: Erosion and Deposition (Episode #19)

Running Water: Landscape Evolution (Episode #20)

Groundwater (Episode #21)

Ch. 16

Ch. 16

Ch. 17

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Yes
11/20/09

Wind, Dust and Deserts (Episode #22)

Glaciers (Episode #23)

Waves, Beaches, and Coasts (Episode #24)

Ch. 18

Ch. 19

Ch. 20

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

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11/27/09

Living with the Earth: Loma Prieta Earthquake (Episode #25)

Living with the Earth: Preserving the Legacy (Episode #26)

Ch. 21

Ch. 21

Yes

Yes

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3rd EXAM - Available at RCC Redwood and Riverside Campus Learning Centers

 

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