Emporia State University
Dr. Susan Ward Aber| Basic Information | Resources | Grading |
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| Susie Aber |
saber@emporia.edu |
11:00 am-12:50 pm, Room 128 |
Emporia State University will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented disabilities. Students need to contact the Director of Disability Services and the professor as early in the semester as possible to ensure that classroom and academic accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion. All communication between students, the Office of Disability Services, and the professor will be strictly confidential.
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Resources
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Useful resources on Reserve at the University Libraries:
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Grading
Course Requirements
Webpage Project and Presentation: A webpage project and presentation will account for 20% of the final grade. Potential webpage topics and specific guidelines are found at www.emporia.edu/earthsci/amber/go336/assign.htm. The final webpage is due on or before November 8 and presentations will be in December. The work done for this webpage should be exclusive and not used in or prepared for other courses. Past mineralogy student projects can be viewed at www.emporia.edu/earthsci/amber/go336/webpages.htm.
Academic dishonesty can result in penalties and is not tolerated in this class. Class absences will result in a lower grade. For ESU policy visit www.emporia.edu/acadaff/dishonesty.htm.
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This page originates from the Earth Science department for the use and benefit of students enrolled at Emporia State University. The curriculum is © by the author, 2001-2007. For more information contact the course instructor, S. W. Aber, e-mail: saber@emporia.edu Thanks for visiting! Created: December 20, 2000. Last update: 12 August, 2007.
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Letter grades (A, B, C, D, F with +/- subdivisions) are used to record your performance in this course. Incomplete (I) grades will only be considered in extremely rare cases and must be completed within one semester or the I is converted to an F.
Attendance is required and communication is highly recommended via class participation and email correspondence. Quizzes, activities, homework, and attendance account for 40% of the grade. The lowest quiz/activity score will be dropped from final grade consideration. Four exams will be worth 40% of the final grade and the web page presentation accounts for 20%. There is a field trip, November 3, to the Kansas City Gem and Mineral Show and class participation is required.
Schedule
Date
Topic
Assignment
August 16
Chapter 1: Introductions
pg. 1-11
Assign01: Text reading summary (due
8/21/07) and Writing-Plagiarism
worksheet (due 8/23/07)
August 21
HTML tutorial
Assign02: HTML tutorial
www.emporia.edu/earthsci/
amber/go336/html.htm
(due 8/28/07)
August 23
Chapter 2: Elements and Lattice Concept
pg. 12-17, 32-34
Assign03: Text reading summary
and Chemical Video (due 8/28/07),
Adopt a Mineral paper (due 8/30/07)
August 28
Chapters 3: Lattice and Crystal Structure
pg. 32-44
Assign04: Review A Study of
Minerals CD sections 1 and 3
(due 8/30/07)
August 30
Chemical property synthesis
Assign05: Adopt a Mineral webpage
(due 9/3/07) and create a 5 minute
presentation (due 9/4)
September 4
Student Presentations and Chapter 3-4:
Introduction to Crystallography pg. 34-44, 64-73
Assign06: Adopt a Mineral talk,
Text reading summary (due 9/11),
review Study of Minerals CD
section 2, and Symmetry contents
of letters and motifs (due 9/6)
September 6
Chapter 4: Point-group symmetry and forms
pg. 73-79
Assign07: Common Crystal Forms
(due 9/11)
September 11
Crystal Morphology
Assign08: Symmetry notation of
wooden models (due 9/13)
September 13
Chapter 3-4: Space-group symmetry and
indexing planes pg. 44-53, 79-83
Assign09: Text reading summary,
Indexing Planes and Miller
Indices (all due 9/18)
September 18
Test 1 review and mineral video
All assignments due
today-no more excuses
September 20
Test 1
Sites of Interest
Please visit some book reviews by past students at http://www.emporia.edu/earthsci/amber/go336/present.htm.