Syllabus
| Week | Date |
Topic | Reading in Lowrie |
| 1 | Jan 19 | 1 - Introduction to Forces and Energy | --- |
| Lab | XX - No Lab | --- | |
| Jan 21 | XX - No Class | --- | |
| 2 | Jan 26 | 2 - Space and Planetary Science: Formation of Universe and Solar System | Ch. 1.1 |
| Lab | 3 - Extra Class - Space and Planetary Science: Formation of Planets | --- | |
| Jan 28 | XX - No Class | --- | |
| 3 | Feb 2 | 4 - Plate tectonics: Overview of plate dynamics and kinematics | Ch. 1.2 |
| Lab | Plate Motions Lab (Room 308) | --- | |
| Feb 4 | XX - No Class | --- | |
| 4 | Feb 9 | 5 - Gravity: Size and Shape of Earth | Ch. 2.1-2.3 |
| Lab | 6 - Extra Class - Gravity: Global Anomalies | Ch. 2.4-2.5 | |
| Feb 11 | XX - No Class | --- | |
| 5 | Feb 16 | 7 - Gravity: Regional Anomalies | Ch. 2.6-2.7 |
| Lab | Gravity Lab | --- | |
| Feb 18 | 8 - Earthquakes and Faulting | Ch. 3.5 | |
| 6 | Feb 23 | 9 - Rock Deformation | Ch 2.8.1-2.8.4, 3.1-3.2 |
| Lab | Brunton, Structures, and Strike/Dip Lab | --- | |
| Feb 25 | 10 - Seismology: Body Waves, Surface Waves, Normal Modes | Ch 3.3-3.4 | |
| 7 | Mar 2 | 11 - Seismology: Wave Propagation | Ch. 3.6 |
| Lab | Stereonet Lab | --- | |
| Mar 4 | EXAM | --- | |
| 8 | Mar 8-12 | XX - No Class - Spring Break | --- |
| 9 | Mar 16 | 12 - Seismology: Structure of Crust, Mantle, and Core | Ch. 3.7 |
| Lab | Seismic Refraction Lab | --- | |
| Mar 18 | 13 - Seismology: Implications of 3-D Variations | --- | |
| 10 | Mar 23 | 14 - Earth Composition: Rocks and Minerals | --- |
| Lab | 15 - Extra class - Earth Composition: Mantle and Core | --- | |
| Mar 25 | 16 - Heat: Heat Equation and Geotherms | Ch. 4.2.1-4.2.7 | |
| 11 | Mar 30 | 17 - Heat: Radioactivity and Geochronology | Ch. 4.1 |
| Lab | 18 - Extra Class - Heat: Viscosity; Convection | Ch. 2.8.6, 4.2.9 | |
| Apr 1 | 19 - Magnetism: Dipoles, Geodynamos, Magnetosphere, Reversals | Ch. 5.1-5.2, 5.4 | |
| 12 | Apr 6 | XX - No Class | --- |
| Lab | Viscosity Lab | --- | |
| Apr 8 | 20 - Magnetism: Paleomagnetism, Magnetic Anomalies; Planetary Geophysics | Ch. 5.5-5.7 | |
| 13 | Apr 13 | 21 - Plate Tectonics: Lithosphere Structure and Rigidity | Ch. 2.8.5, 4.2.8 |
| Lab | 22 - Extra class - Plate Tectonics: Continents, Oceans, and Convection | --- | |
| Apr 15 | 23 - Plate Tectonics: Plumes, Supercontinents, and Wilson Cycles | --- | |
| 14 | Apr 20 | XX - No Class | --- |
| Lab | Elastic Flexure Lab | --- | |
| Apr 22 | XX - No Class | --- | |
| 15 | Apr 27 | 24 - Radiation: Greenhouse Effect, Climate Change | --- |
| Lab | 25 - Extra Class - Energy Resources | --- | |
| Apr 29 | 26 - The Anthropic Principle: Fermi’s Paradox | --- | |
| Finals | ? | EXAM | --- |
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