GEOG 1301 PCM
Introduction to Physical Geography
Internet Class

Course Description

This internet-based course studies the factors that affect the earth's surface and create the environments and landscapes that form the human habitat. It shows the broad diversity of disciplines and information used in the study of physical geography: maps and map reading, weather and climate, water, soils, vegetation, land forming processes, and the dynamic relations among these processes.

Instructor: Michael Pool

Contact Information

Office Hours:

May 27-July 2

Pinnacle 413 512-223-8105

M-TH 12:00-1:00

July 7-August 11

Northgidge 2111 512-223-2848

M-Th 11:00-12:15

(These office hours are subject to change of time and location)

Mailing Address:

Austin Community College
Pinnacle Campus
7748 Highway 290 West
Austin, TX 78736

Fax: 512-223-8900 (for more than 10 pages: 7:00 pm to 8:00 am only)
Home: 512-280-7654 (no calls after 10:00 p.m.)
E-mail: mpool@austincc.edu
Class Web Page: http://www.austincc.edu/pool/geog1301

Campus Locations

Syllabus 11 Week Semester

Orientation

Please do not start orientation until you can access the Blackboard site. You will need to activate your ACCeID before you can access Blackboard. You can get information on how to do this at http://www.austincc.edu/acceid/.

Read this page and print it. Make sure all the assigments for each chapter are fully on your print out as you are responsible for them.
Go to the Syllabus page for your section above, read it, and print it.
Go to the Objectives page, read it, and print it out (This is useful to structure studying for a test).
Go to the ACC Blackboard site (acconline.austincc.edu) and read Student Guide - Getting Started with Blackboard.

Go to "Tools," "Personal Information," and then "Edit Personal Information"
Enter the e-mail address you want to be used and your contact phone number.

Go to "Discussion Board" and then "Student Discussion Forum"

Reply to the "Introduction" Thread and introduce yourself to the class.

Go to "Assignments" and take the "Pre-Test." This test does not count for your grade; however, it allows you to assess the math skilss that will be used in the course.

Complete the following Student Information Form.

TEXTBOOKS

McKnight, Tom L. and Darrell Hess (2008) Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation, Ninth Edition. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ. ISBN-10: 0132239019 or ISBN-13:9780132239011

McKnight, Tom L (Deceased). and Darrell Hess. (2008) Laboratory Manual for Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation, Ninth Edition. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ. ISBN-10: 0132381133 or ISBN-13: 9780132381130

The following information is needed when visiting an ACC Bookstore or placing an order by phone:

1) Course number
2) Section and Synonym numbers
3) Campus location: Open Campus (OPC) or Distance Learning

Be sure you get the 9th edition of the textbook and the lab manual. Also, make sure you get the lab manual and NOT the study guide.

Open Campus textbooks can be purchased either at the Rio Grande Bookstore (817 West 12th Street), by phone (512-474-2607), or by fax (512-474-1837). Textbooks can be transferred and held 24 hours at any of the ACC Bookstores. Requests to transfer books can be made by phone or when visiting one of the bookstores. ACC students can order books by phone and pay by credit card. Call (512) 474-2607. The packaged text book and lab manual are: New Price: $153.05 or Used Price: $114.80 (may not be available).

You can also purchase books from MBSDirect by internet , by phone (800-325-3252), or by fax (800-499-0143) for delivery directly to you. The text book is New: $110.75.

You can also order the textbook and lab manual directly form Pearson/Prentice Hall: Textbook $117.33 Lab Manual $53.33. Make sure you get the correct editions.

You can also order from the Barnes and Noble college textbooks web site (member price): Textbook $93.86 Lab Manual $43.92.

You can also order from Ecampus.com Textbook New: $112.64 Used $82.13. Lab Manual New $46.73.

Other internet sources can be found at Web Best Buys: Lab Manuals and Textbooks.

I usually only check and respond to my e-mail on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons. I may check it at other times, but I may not. I usually do not check it over the weekend. Keep this in mind when asking for test information and other time critical situations. Also keep in mind the ACC server has been known to go down, especially on weekends.

11 Week Semester Section 003 Synonym 16551 May 27-August 11	Topic	Assignments
May 27-June 22	Introduction to the Earth	McKnight Chapter 1 Objectives Animation CD Solar System Formation Earth–Sun Relations Hess: Lab Exercise 1: read only Hess: Lab Exercise 2, Part I & Part II 1-2 Hess: Lab Exercise 3, Part I and Part II 2-3 Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
	Portraying the Earth	McKnight Chapter 2 Objectives Hess: Lab Exercise 4, Part I Hess: Lab Exercise 5, Part I Hess: Lab Exercise 6, Parts I (C° or F°, one or the other but NOT both) & II Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
	Atmosphere	McKnight Chapter 3 Objectives Animation CD Ozone Depletion Coriolis Effect Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
	Insolation and Temperature	McKnight Chapter 4 Objectives Animation CD Atmospheric Energy Balance Global Warming Ocean Circulation Patterns Hess: Lab Exercise 7 Hess: Lab Exercise 8, Part I Hess: Lab Exercise 9 (correction: in Part I 2b, change Jan. 22 to June 22) Hess: Lab Exercise 10, Parts I & III (NOT Part II) Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
	Atmospheric Pressure and Winds	McKnight Chapter 5 Objectives Animation CD Development of Wind Patterns Cyclones and Anticyclones Global Atmospheric Circulation The Jet Stream and Rossby Waves Seasonal Pressure and Precipitation Patterns El Nino Hess: Lab Exercise 11 Hess: Lab Exercise 12 Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
	Atmospheric Moisture Ice and Snow The Water Cycle	McKnight Chapter 6 Objectives Animation CD Phase Changes of Water Adiabatic Processes and Atmospheric Stability Seasonal Pressure and Precipitation Patterns Hess: Lab Exercise 13, Parts I & II 1-2 (S.I. Units) or Parts III & IV 1-2 (English Units) Hess: Lab Exercise 14, Parts I & II (S.I. Units) or Parts III & IV (English Units) Hess: Lab Exercise 15 Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
	Air masses & Disturbances Storms Forecasting Weather Resources	McKnight Chapter 7 Objectives Animation CD Cold Fronts and Warm Fronts Midlatitude Cyclones Hurricanes Tornadoes Hess: Lab Exercise 16, Parts I & II Hess: Lab Exercise 17: read only Hess: Lab Exercise 18: read only Hess: Lab Exercise 19: read only Hess: Lab Exercise 20: read only Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
		You need to get a new Test Id and User Id before taking each test.
*June 23*		*Test 1 (Chapters 1-7)* *Lab Manual Exercises 1-20*
June 23-July 13	Climates	McKnight Chapter 8 Objectives Animation CD Seasonal Pressure and Precipitation Patterns End of the Last Ice Age Orbital Variations and Climate Change Hess: Lab Exercise 21, Parts I & II Hints: On the climographs be sure that temperature is a line graph, and precipitation is a bar graph. Be sure to follow the "Procedures for Classiying Climates" on pages 132-133. Be sure to pay special attention to 3. to determine if it should be a dry climate (B climate) or not. Use the whole 2 or 3 letter code for the Koppen Climate Type. Dominant Climate Controls are found in the text book. Hess: Lab Exercise 22: read only Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
	Hydrosphere	McKnight Chapter 9 Objectives Animation CD Hydrologic Cycle Tides Ocean Circulation Patterns The Water Table Groundwater Cone of Depression Hess: Lab Exercise 23 Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
	Biosphere	McKnight Chapter 10 Objectives Animation CD Net Primary Productivity Biological Productivity in Midlatitude Oceans Hess: Lab Exercise 24 Part I Hess: Lab Exercise 25 Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
	Flora and Fauna	McKnight Chapter 11 Objectives Hess: Lab Exercise 26 Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
	Soils	McKnight Chapter 12 Objectives Hess: Lab Exercise 27: read only Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
		You need to get a new Test Id and User Id before taking each test.
*July 14*		*Test 2 (Chapters 8-12)* *Lab Manual Exercises 21-27*
July 14-August 10	Landforms Plate Tectonics	McKnight Chapter 13 Objectives Animation CD Metamorphic Rock Foliation Isostasy Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
	Internal Processes Volcanoes Volcano Resources U.S. Geological Survey	McKnight Chapter 14 Objectives Animation CD Plate Boundaries Seafloor Spreading Paleomagnetism Convection and Plate Tectonics Divergent Boundaries Subduction Zones Subduction Zones Transform Faults and Boundaries Assembly and Breakup of Pangaea Mantle Plumes Terrane Formation Volcanoes Eruption of Mount St. Helens Formation of Crater Lake Igneous Features Folding Faulting Earthquake Waves Seismographs Hess: Lab Exercise 28 Hess: Lab Exercise 29, Parts I, II, III 1 & 3, & IV Hess: Lab Exercise 30, Parts I, II 1, & III Hess: Lab Exercise 31 Hess: Lab Exercise 32, Parts I 1-3, 5 & II Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
	Weathering and Mass Wasting	McKnight Chapter 15 Objectives Animation CD Mechanical Weathering Mass Wasting Hess: Lab Exercise 33 Parts I, II, & IV Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
	Fluvial Processes	McKnight Chapter 16 Objectives Animation CD Stream Sediment Movement Meandering Streams Floods and Natural Levee Formation Stream Rejuvenation Hess: Lab Exercise 34, Parts I, II 5-7, III, & IV Hess: Lab Exercise 35, Parts I 1(a) & 2-4, II, III, & IV Hess: Lab Exercise 36 Hess: Lab Exercise 37: read only Hess: Lab Exercise 38: read only Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
	Solution Processes and Karst Topography	McKnight Chapter 17 Objectives Hess: Lab Exercise 39, Part I Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
July 29		Last Day to Withdraw
	Arid Lands	McKnight Chapter 18 Objectives Animation CD Wind Transportation of Sediment Desert Sand Dunes Hess: Lab Exercise 40, Parts II, III,, IV 1-3, & V Hess: Lab Exercise 41 Chapter Summary Internet Exercise

	Glacial Modifications	McKnight Chapter 19 Objectives Animation CD End of the Last Ice Age Isostasy Flow of Ice within a Glacier Glacial Processes Hess: Lab Exercise 42, Parts I 1-2, II 1-3, & III 1-2 Hess: Lab Exercise 43, Parts I, II, III, & IV Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
	Coastal Processes and Landforms	McKnight Chapter 20 Objectives Animation CD Wave Motion and Wave Refraction Tsunami Tides Coastal Sediment Transport Coastal Stabilization Structures Hess: Lab Exercise 44 Chapter Summary Internet Exercise
August 11		*Lab Manual Exercises 28-44*
		You need to get a new Test Id and User Id before taking each test.
August 11		*Test 3 (Chapters 13-20)*

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GEOG 1301 PCM Introduction to Physical Geography Internet Class

Course Description

Syllabus 11 Week Semester

Orientation

TEXTBOOKS

GEOG 1301 PCM
Introduction to Physical Geography
Internet Class