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GO 571 Introduction the Hydrogeology Course Syllabus |
The Hot Spring Colonnade (the fountain of youth?), Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic (photo by M. Schulmeister, 2002).
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Schedule
The tentative schedule and weekly reading assignment for GO 571 are presented in the below. Lectures are provided in web-page format may be accessed using your class password in Blackboard Weekly homework assignments and instructions are given at the end of each lecture.
On-campus students will meet once a week for an introduction to the material every Monday from 1:00-2:50 PM in SH 131. Review sessions may also take place on Wedsdays from 2-3 or Thursdays from 2-3 if decided upon by the class.
Weekly announcements will be posted in the first column below. To view them, click on the date.
| Weekly Announcements | Lecture Topic | Web Lecture | Reading Assignment | ||
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| Jan 16 | Navigating this Course | Practice Lecture | |||
| Jan. 21 | Basic Concepts in Hydrogeology | Lecture 1 | Chapter 1 | ||
| Jan. 28 | The Hydrologic Cycle, Watersheds, field trip for on-campus students | Lecture2 | Chapter 1,2 | ||
| Feb. 4 | Surface water, Stream hydrographs, | Lecture 3 | Chapter 2 | ||
| Feb. 11 | Aquifer properties | Lecture 4 | Chapter 3 | ||
| Feb. 18 | Aquifer properties, Ground-water flow | Lecture 5 | Chapter 3, 4 | ||
| Feb. 25 | Exam 1 | Exam 1, | |||
| Mar. 3 | Ground-water flow, Wells and well tests, | Lecture 6 | Chapter 4,5 | ||
| Mar. 10 | Boundaries and Image wells, Slug tests | Lecture 7, Virtual Field Trip | Chapters 5,6 | ||
| Mar. 17 | Spring Break - no classes | Term paper notes and Extra Credit | Field Notes | ||
| Mar. 24 | Unsaturated zone hydrology, Water chemistry - basic concepts | Lecture 8 | Chapter 6,9 | ||
| Mar 31 | Water chemistry - basic concepts continued, water quality | Lecture 9 | Chapter 9,10 | ||
| Apr. 7 | Reporting chemistry data, Contaminant hydrogeology | Lecture10 | Chapter 10,13 | ||
| Apr. 14 | Exam 2 | Exam 2 | |||
| Apr 21 | Site Characterization | Field Methods | Chapter 8 | ||
| Apr 28 | Water quantity: Resource development and management | Lecture 11 | Chapter 11 | ||
| May 5 | Regional ground-water flow; Geology of aquifers | Term Project Lecture | Chapter 7,8 | ||
| May 12 | Final Exam | ||||
Grading
| 3 Exams | 50% |
| Homework Exercises | 30% |
| Term Paper | 20% |
| A* | 90-100% |
| B | 80-89% |
| C | 70-79% |
| D | 60-69% |
| F | <60% |
*+’s and –’s will be assigned in special borderline cases to be determined based on class attendance (for on campus students), participation in discussions (via email correspondence for distance learners), and demonstrated efforts to excel in the class.
**Exams will be similar in scope to the homework problems and may include some short-answer essay questions. You may be tested on materials presented on homework assignments in addition to all topics discussed in lectures and reading assignments.
Miscellaneous
Academic Dishonesty: Academic dishonesty, a basis for disciplinary action, includes but is not limited to activities such as cheating and plagiarism (presented as one’s own the intellectual of creative accomplishments of another without giving credit to the source or sources). The faculty member in whose course or under whose tutelage an act of academic dishonesty occurs has the option of failing the student for the academic hours in question.
Accommodations for Disabilities: Emporia State University will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented disabilities. Students need to contact the Director of Disability Services and the instructor 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 instructor will be strictly confidential.