Hamblin, W. Kenneth, and Howard, James D., 2005. Exercises in physical geology (twelfth edition): Upper Saddle River, NJ, Pearson Prentice Hall, 297 p., ISBN 0-13-144770-X  ( Note - If you obtain a used lab manual make sure that it has all 297 numbered pages, followed by a two-page map of the world and sheet of topographic map symbols in the back)

Our mandatory class field trip is at 7:45 AM on Saturday, November 8, 2008. Transportation will be provided by the College and we will return by 6:30 PM. You must participate in an ACC physical geology field trip to pass this course. Department policy states that students who do not attend the required field trip will fail the class. If you cannot attend our class trip on November 8, 2008, it is you responsibility to make arrangements in advance to participate in another  professor's field trip. Do not assume that if you miss the field trip that you will be able to make it up.

You are expected to attend lectures, laboratory sessions, and participate in class discussion. Students who do not attend class during the first two weeks of the semester may be administratively withdrawn. You are expected to work with the professor and your classmates. This may include distributing and collecting course materials in the classroom, setting up and logging off of computers, participating in class demonstrations, and cleaning up the classroom. Assignments turned in late will be penalized four points each calendar day; however, it is better to turn an assignment in late than to receive no points for the work. Late assignments placed in Professor Blodgett's mailbox in RGC Rm. 204 must have the date they are turned in stamped on them by the administrative assistant in the mail room. Late work will not be accepted after an assignment has been returned to the class.

If you decide to drop this class, it is your responsibility to protect your academic record by withdrawing no later than Monday, November 24, 2008. The professor, however, reserves the right to withdraw a student for not meeting course objectives. Departmental policy forbids the professor from withdrawing you from this class after the withdrawal date. It is your responsibility to verify that you have successfully withdrawn from the class before the Final Withdrawal Date. You are strongly encouraged to keep copies of paperwork should there be a problem in the computer records.

An incomplete (grade of "I") will be given only if extenuating circumstances, such as illness or death of a loved one, keep a student from completing the final examination and/or final laboratory quiz. Incompletes must be requested in writing with documentation of the extenuating circumstances. If a grade of I is given, the final examination and/or the final laboratory quiz must be taken by a date set by the student and professor. This date may not be later than two weeks prior to the end of the 2009 Spring Semester.

You are expected to be seated and ready for class on time. If you arrive late or need to leave early, please sit near a door. Please notify the professor if you have to arrive late or leave early on a regular basis. As a common courtesy, do not interrupt the professor or classmates when they are speaking, do not carry on conversations during lectures, and turn off audible rings on your cell phone, pager, and computer before you come to class. Note taking with computers will be restricted if elevated computer screens are distracting others. In the classroom, and in field activities, you are expected to focus on course content and not engage in other electronic communication.