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Note that this schedule may be altered during the quarter.
| Date | Lecture | Reading before class | Warm-up before class | |
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| Wed, Sep 24 | 1 | Intros (course, web site, DH) | ||
| Fri, Sep 26 | 2 | Geology 101 Themes | Ch. 1 | 1 |
| Mon, Sep 29 | 3 | Minerals | Ch. 2 | 2 |
| Wed, Oct 1 | 4 | Magma and Igneous Rocks & Resources | Ch. 3 | 3 |
| Fri, Oct 3 | 5 | Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics | Ch. 4 | 4 |
| Mon, Oct 6 | 6 | Volcanic Hazards | Ch. 4 | 5 |
| Wed, Oct 8 | 7 | Weathering and Soil Resources | Ch. 5 | 6 |
| Fri, Oct 10 | 8 | Sedimentary Rocks | Ch. 6 | 7 |
| Mon, Oct 13 | 9 | Metamorphic Rocks & Resources | Ch. 7 | 8 |
| Wed, Oct 15 | 10 | Exam # 1 | ||
| Fri, Oct 17 | 11 | Geologic Time | Ch. 8 | 9 |
| Mon, Oct 20 | 12 | More Geologic Time | Ch. 8 | 10 |
| Wed, Oct 22 | 13 | Landslides and Hazards | Ch. 9 | 11 |
| Fri, Oct 24 | 14 | Streams | Ch. 10 | 12 |
| Mon, Oct 27 | 15 | Flood Hazards | Ch. 10 | 13 |
| Wed, Oct 29 | 16 | Groundwater Resources | Ch. 11 | 14 |
| Fri, Oct 31 | 17 | Glaciers | Ch. 12 | 15 |
| Mon, Nov 3 | 18 | The Beach | Ch. 14 | 16 |
| Wed, Nov 5 | 19 | Coastal Processes | Ch. 14 | 17 |
| Fri, Nov 7 | 20 | Exam # 2 | ||
| Mon, Nov 10 | 21 | Geologic Structures | Ch. 15 | 18 |
| Wed, Nov 12 | 22 | Seismic Hazards | Ch. 16 | 19 |
| Fri, Nov 14 | 23 | Earthquakes and a layered earth | Ch. 16-17 | 20 |
| Mon, Nov 17 | 24 | The Deep Ocean | Ch. 18 | 21 |
| Wed, Nov 19 | 25 | Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics | Ch. 19 | 22 |
| Fri, Nov 21 | 26 | Tectonics and a Layered Earth | Ch. 19 | 23 |
| Mon, Nov 24 | 27 | Mountain Building | Ch. 20 | 24 |
| Wed, Nov 26 | HOLIDAY-Thanksgiving | |||
| Fri, Nov 28 | ||||
| Mon, Dec 1 | 28 | Earth Resources | Ch. 21 | 25 |
| Wed, Dec 3 | 29 | Global Warming | Handout | 26 |
| Fri, Dec 5 | 30 | Scientific Thinking & Course Evaluation | None | NA |
| Wed, Dec 10 | Final Exams: Individual & Cooperative (8:00 - 10:00) | |||