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GEOS108 - DIRT APPRECIATION : Soils for Survival
MWF 9-9:50am GRNQ 101
Instructor: Dr. Chris Evans
Contact: GRNQ 331
Phone: 595-2171
Email: evansc@uwp.edu
COURSE FORMAT:
1. Class meetings will be designed to expand upon or explicate concepts from reading
assignments. Questions and discussion will be encouraged, provided, and/or required.
Occasional “labby” sessions may also be included to provide: a) hands-on illustrations
of text and lecture principles; b) opportunities for problem-solving;
c) opportunities for smaller group discussions.
2. The course is set up in five segments: Better Living with Dirt; Dirt Itself;
Quality Dirt; Dirt in the City; In Dirt We Trust. Each segment is three weeks long,
and reading resources for each segment are listed in the reading schedule below.
An html version of this resource list, with active links, can be found on
my website: www.uwp.edu/~evansc
Please notice that the websites and PDF documents listed will be the only text
sources for this class. Be sure to complete these reading assignments prior to the
week for which they are assigned because you will be required to respond to the
information contained in a variety of ways, including spontaneous (in-class) presentations,
short essays, group discussions, and others. There will be an opportunity to accumulate
at least 5 points each week. Maximum points for each assignment will be a
multiple of 5; i.e., some assignments may be worth 10, 15, or 20 points.
These assignments will form the basis for your grade, as determined by the rubric
at the end of this document. Your score, as a percentage of possible points, will translate to the following letter grades:
- 92-100 = A
- 83-91 = B
- 75-82 = C
- 66-74 = D
- < 65 = F
Due to the large class size, there will be no possibility of making up missed assignments, even for emergency or pre-arranged absences. Due to the frequency of graded assignments, an occasional absence will probably not impact your grade significantly. There will be no exams, and no final exam.
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