GEOLOGY 302P -  Living with a Planet -  Fall 2005

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Exam Date and Time: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 9-12 N

Exam Room: JES A121A

 

Review session: Thursday, December 15, 5 pm, GEO 2.216

TA Review Sessions: Wednesday, December 14, 3-4 pm, 7-8pm, GEO 3.116

 

Extra office hour for Dr. Banner: Tuesday, Dec 13, 2 pm. Geo5.210.

Extra office hour for Dr. Wilbur: Thursday, Dec 15, noon, Dobie Foodcourt

 

Final Exam Review Notes

 

Student-generated final exam review questions

Keys for Exam I, II, and III are posted outside of GEO 3.116

Earn up to $12/hour while reading your lecture notes to a fellow Geo302P student.  Contact Jay Banner if interested.
Check out the Campus Environmental Center, see Environmental Science Links.

Photos from the October 8th field trip.
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 Webcast and Lecture Notes: Video archive of 302P lectures are on the Geo302P  Blackboard site under "Lecture Webcasts".  For information on system requirements for viewing the lectures, click here. If you have any difficulties logging in to Blackboard, please contact blackboard@austin.utexas.edu

Lectures are at 11am in Geo 2.324 (map). 
Discussion sections are held in GEO 2.308. 

Grades will be available on E-gradebook at UTDirect
                           

 

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Course Information                           

This is an introductory-level course intended for non-majors.  Meeting times are MWF 11-noon in Geo 2.324, plus one 1.5-hour discussion section in room Geo 2.308. 

Course contents:  Environmental change on local and global scales, due to natural and man-made causes.  The history of Earth and its environment, water cycle, sediment cycle, atmosphere, and climate. Geologic records of environmental change, from billion-year to El Nino time scales.  The human dimension of global change, including population growth; human impact on freshwater, the oceans, and the atmosphere; desertification, deforestation, use of resources, global warming, loss of habitat, and the role of science, policy, and the media in addressing these issues.

Instructors About us Office Phone Office hours
Jay Banner Research GEO 5.210 471-5016 M 2:30-3:30, (3 to 4 pm on  November 21),  W 2-3 on JB lecture days and by appointment
Bryan Wilbur Research  GEO 5.326 471-5759 M 12-1, Tu 12:30-1:30 and by appointment
Teaching Assistants        
Jacki Kinney GEO 5.328 Tu 1:30-2:30, M 2-3 GEO 5.328
Benjamin Linhoff GEO 5.224B Th 2:30-3:30, F 12:30-1:30 GEO 2.322
Jennifer Thompson GEO 5.224B Th 2-3, W 3:30-4:30 GEO 2.322
Peggy Neill GEO 6.122 Tu 2:30-3:30, Th 1-2 GEO 2.332

       


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Recommended Text, Lecture Notes & Notecards

1. Living with a Planet, 2004 Edition custom published book available at the University Coop

2. Package of 3" by 5" lined notecards

3. Lecture note outlines will be provided via the blackboard website

Other assigned reading will be placed on reserve in the Geology Library (4th floor in the Geology Building), and announced in class.

The University of Texas at Austin provides upon request appropriate academic accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. For more information, contact the Office of the Dean of Students at 471-6259, 471-4641 TTY.

Any questions/comments please contact Jay Banner at:

Visit the Environmental Science Institute at http://www.esi.utexas.edu/

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