Tuesday January 12 1999

Announcements: Syllabus was handed out; first reading is due Thursday January 14 "Death Valley (intro. to plate tectonics)

Lecture notes:

• What was pangea?Pangea was a supercontinent where all of the present day continents had once fit together.
• When was pangea?
  Pangea was roughly 210-250 million years ago.

No other notes were given in today’s lecture.

SYLLABUS

Time: Tuesday and Thursday 9:45-11 am

Professor: Tanya Furman

305 Deike Building

phone 865-5782

e-mail furman@geosc.psu.edu

office hours Mon. 9-10 am and Fri.10:30-11:30 am

Teaching Assistant: Rachel Bosch

313 Deike Building

phone 863-3965

e-mail bosch@geosc.psu.edu

office hours Tues. 2-4 pm

Textbook: Rocking the Parks by R.B. Alley

Grading: All mid-term exams are short answer or essay and are worth 20% each. There will be four (4) short writing assignments which are worth 10% each. And finally there will be one quantitative exercise from the book which is worth 10%. There will also be five (5) "attendance quizzes" given at unexpected intervals throughout the semester. Points from these quizzes can be added to the exam grade of your choice.

Exams: First Exam: February 11 1999

Second Exam: April 1 1999

Third Exam: TBA (during finals week)