Here's the syllabus and links as of 28 October, 2010
The lecture meets Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 - 10:30 AM in Benson Earth Sciences (BESC) Rm 185.
This syllabus is provisional and will evolve during the semester. There is a set of links to my html lecture notes for each lecture. In addition, there is a link to the Power Point lecture notes for each lecture. The Power Point notes are subject to change right up to the time of the lecture. Initially, these are the Power Point notes from last year's course.
This year we are incorporating the use of Clickers and will try to also incorporate many of the principles of the CU Science Education Initiative. So you will need to bring your clicker to class.
The recommended text is Manual of Mineral Science 23rd Edition by Klein and Dutrow (2008) ISBN 978-0471-72157-4. We will not use the textbook closely or follow the outline of the text, so the previous edition (22nd) will also be acceptable.
There are three laboratory sections offered this semester. Laboratory sections meet in BESC 455. There will be no lab sessions the first week.