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CAS/GRS New Course Proposal Form This form is to be used when proposing a new CAS or GRS course. This form should be submitted to Senior Academic Administrator Peter Law (617-­‐353-­‐7243) as a PDF file to pgl@bu.edu. For further information or assistance, contact Associate Dean Susan Jackson (617-­‐353-­‐2410; sjackson@bu.edu) about CAS courses or Associate Dean Jeffrey Hughes (617-­‐353-­‐2690; hughes@bu.edu) about GRS courses. DEPARTMENT OR PROGRAM: Earth & Environment DATE SUBMITTED: September 2015 COURSE NUMBER: CAS ES 305 COURSE TITLE: Rock Deformation and Structure INSTRUCTOR(S): Christine Regalla TO BE FIRST OFFERED: Sem./Year: _Spring___ /_2016_____ SHORT TITLE: The “short title” appears in the course inventory, on the Link University Class Schedule, and on student transcripts and must be 15 characters maximum including spaces. It should be as clear as possible. S T R U C T U R E COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is the description that appears in the CAS and/or GRS Bulletin and The Link. It is the first guide that students have as to what the course is about. The description can contain no more than 40 words. Foundations of rock deformation and structural geology in a plate tectonics context. Emphasizes identification and analysis of rock structures in hand sample and in the field, collection and interpretation of 2D and 3D structural data, and synthesis of geologic histories. PREREQUISITES: Indicate “None” or list all elements of the prerequisites, clearly indicating “AND” or “OR” where appropriate. Here are three examples: “Junior standing or CAS ZN300 or consent of instructor”; “CAS ZN108 and CAS ZN203 and CAS PQ206; or consent of instructor”; “For SED students only.” 1. State the prerequisites: Required: ES 107, or consent of instructor 2. Explain the need for these prerequisites: ES 107, Introduction to Climate and Earth System Science lays the foundation for all subsequent courses in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Concepts in ES 305 will build upon the solid earth topics covered in ES107. 1 CREDITS: (check one)  Half course: 2 credits  Variable: Please describe.  X Full course: 4 credits  Other: Please describe. Provide a rationale for this number of credits, bearing in mind that for a CAS or GRS course to carry 4 credits, 1) it must normally be scheduled to meet at least 150 minutes/week, AND 2) combined instruction and assignments, as detailed in the attached course syllabus, must anticipate at least 12 total hours/week of student effort to achieve course objectives. Students will have 180 min of class meeting and 120 min of laboratory meeting per week. In addition to these 5 hours of classroom contact time, students should expect to spend 7-­‐8 hours per week to complete readings, quizzes, and assignments. Students will also participate in two weekend field labs. DIVISIONAL STUDIES CREDIT: Is this course intended to fulfill Divisional Studies requirements?  X No.  Yes. If yes, please indicate which division ______________________ and explain why the course should qualify for Divisional Studies credit. Refer to criteria listed here and specify whether this course is intended for “short” or “expanded” divisional list. HOW FREQUENTLY WILL THE COURSE BE OFFERED?  Every semester  Once a year, fall  Once a year, spring  X Every other year  Other: Explain: NEED FOR THE COURSE: Explain the need for the course and its intended impact. How will it strengthen your overall curriculum? Will it be required or fulfill a requirement for degrees/majors/minors offered by your department/program or for degrees in other departments/school/colleges? Which students are most likely to be served by this course? How will it contribute to program learning outcomes for those students? If you see the course as being of “possible” or “likely” interest to students in another departments/program, please consult directly with colleagues in that unit. (You must attach appropriate cognate comments using cognate comment form if this course is intended to serve students in specific other programs. See FURTHER INFORMATION below about cognate comment.) The proposed ES 305 course will become a core class for students pursuing elective coursework in the Earth and Climate group within Earth & Environmental Sciences, and will serve as an elective course for students in the Geophysics & Planetary Science major. The course will cover the fundamentals of map construction and interpretation, extrapolation of surface geology to the subsurface, identification and interpretation of rock deformational features and processes, and interpretation of geologic histories in a plate tectonics context. Through participation in class experiments and outdoor field labs, students will gain skills in data collection and analysis, synthesis of 2D and 3D data sets, and analysis of the spatial-­‐temporal evolution of rock deformation. These concepts are central to Earth & Environment and Geoscience curricula nationwide, and help build data analysis multidimensional reasoning skills sought after by employers in industry and consulting. 2 At present, the Department of Earth & Environment offers a similar undergraduate course entitled CAS ES 301 Structural Analysis of Rocks. ES 305, as proposed here, is an entirely new course that covers some of the basic elements in ES 301. Consequently, once ES 305 is approved, the Department will no longer offer ES 301. ENROLLMENT: How many undergraduate and/or graduate students do you expect to enroll in the initial offering of this course? 10 – 15 CROSS-­‐LISTING: Is this course to be cross-­‐listed or taught with another course? If so, specify. Chairs/directors of all cross-­‐listing units must co-­‐sign this proposal on the signature line below. NO OVERLAP: 1. Are there courses in the UIS Course Inventory (CC00) with the same number and/or title as this course?  X No.  Yes. If yes, any active course(s) with the same number or title as the proposed course will be phased out upon approval of this proposal. NOTE: A course number cannot be reused if a different course by that number has been offered in the past five years. 2. Relationship to other courses in your program or others: Is there any significant overlap between this course and others offered by your department/program or by others? (You must attach appropriate cognate comments using cognate comment form if this course might be perceived as overlapping with courses in another department/program. See FURTHER INFORMATION below.) There is no overlap in the content of this course with other courses currently offered in Earth & Environment or other departments. FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT: What, if any, are the new or special facilities or equipment needs of the course (e.g., laboratory, library, instructional technology, consumables)? Are currently available facilities, equipment, and other resources adequate for the proposed course? (NOTE: Approval of proposed course does not imply commitment to new resources to support the course on the part of CAS.) The lectures and labs will be taught in existing classroom facilities. New laboratory materials proposed for this course include: A set of 10 Brunton Geologic compasses (standard surveying compass for professional geologists); three sets of sandbox analogue models for faulting; a spring slider model for earthquake simulation; two “tree” setups for strike and dip; and consumable materials for laboratory experiments. In addition, instruction of ES305 will require purchase of field books and drafting supplies for student use each semester. See attached proposed budget. STAFFING: How will the staffing of this course, in terms of faculty and, where relevant, teaching fellows, affect staffing support for other courses? For example, are there other courses that will not be taught as often as now? Is the staffing of this course the result of recent or expected expansion of faculty? (NOTE: 3 Approval of proposed course does not imply commitment to new resources to support the course on the part of CAS.) ES 305 will be taught by a new hire in the EE department (Regalla). In addition, the course will require one full time or half time Teaching Fellow to assist with lab setup, lab instruction and grading. BUDGET AND COST: What, if any, are the other new budgetary needs or implications related to the start-­‐up or continued offering of this course? If start-­‐up or continuation of the course will entail costs not already discussed, identify them and how you expect to cover them. (NOTE: Approval of proposed course does not imply commitment to new resources to support the course on the part of CAS.) The total budget request for this course is $3,760, comprising a $3,616.74 startup cost (including $2,999 for Brunton Compasses) and $143 per offering to support continuing expenses. These costs are itemized in an attached spreadsheet. EXTERNAL PROGRAMS: If this course is being offered at an external program/campus, please provide a brief description of that program and attach a CV for the proposed instructor. N/A FURTHER INFORMATION THAT MUST BE ATTACHED IN ORDER FOR THIS PROPOSAL TO BE CONSIDERED: •
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5 CAS ES 305 – Rock Deformation and Structure Office: CAS 133 Email: cregalla@bu.edu Office Phone: 358-­‐1628 Syllabus – Spring 2016 Instructor: Christine Regalla Class Meeting: Class: TR 9:30-­‐11 Lab: M 2:30-­‐4:30 Office Hours: TBD Course Overview: The prime purpose of this course is to improve your understanding of the deformation of the lithosphere, which is the focus of the study of structural geology. This course will emphasize the 3D nature of structural features, the basic kinematic and mechanical development of these features, how they fit into tectonic associations. To develop this type of integration throughout the semester, the lecture and laboratory aspects of this course will be frequently integrated. This course will consist of a mix of lecture, in-­‐class group exercises, and discussion. I will routinely show images throughout my lectures of geologic features, maps, cross-­‐sections to supplement the presentation of course concepts, and to foster group discussion of the material covered in the textbook. Application of course content will culminate in outdoor field labs, weekend field trips, and in a final project. Course Goals: Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: • Analyze the fundamental types of structures terms of their environment of formation, and mechanics of formation; identify these features both in the field; be proficient in working with data derived from these structures. • Distinguish between stress and strain and how they are related to structures seen in the field, and in hand sample. • Be proficient with a Brunton compass, understand the types of measurements you can make with a compass; be able to translate those measurements onto geologic maps, and use stereonets for data interpretation. • Be able to read and interpret geologic maps as well as construct cross-­‐sections that represent a 3-­‐dimensional interpretation of a geologic map. • Be able to recognize and classify plate boundaries and the types of deformation that occurs in various tectonic environments. • Write a structural history of a given area, combining observations from geologic maps, interpretations from cross-­‐sections, and relying on cross-­‐cutting relationships and relative age constraints. 1 Prerequisites: This course is intended for Sophomore to Senior level undergraduates. Required Prerequisite: ES 107, or consent of instructor Course materials: Text, Required for purchase: Haakon Fossen, Structural Geology Book will be made available at the University Bookstore. Online supplementary material available here: http://folk.uib.no/nglhe/StructuralGeoBook.html Selected readings from: Twiss and Moores, Structural Geology (readings will be made available) Lab texts: You are not required to purchase a laboratory manual. Supplementary methods will be provided and will draw largely upon text from Structural Analysis and Synthesis, A Laboratory Course in Structural Geology, Third Edition by Rowland, Duebendorfer and Schiefelbein and Basic Methods of Structural Geology, by Marshak and Mitra. Copies of these lab texts will be available for class viewing. Other materials, provided by the department: • Field Note Book, hard back • Protractor • fine-­‐tipped Sharpie • Drawing Compass • Colored pencils • Tracing paper • Scientific calculator • Graph paper • Ruler, clear and with • Geologist’s surveying metric preferred compass (Brunton) Classroom conduct: Attendance Policy: Students are expected to attend each scheduled class meeting, to be on time, and to be prepared for each class session. Many activities will include outdoor field work, and make up will be difficult if not impossible. In the event that the student must be absent from class activity or lab, the student is responsible for contacting the professor as soon as possible before the missed class to make arrangements. Arrangements to make up work cannot be guaranteed if the instructor is not contacted prior to the absence. Outdoor Labs and Field Trips There will be outdoor labs in this class. The outdoor labs offer you the greatest chance to apply what you learn in this course. Outdoor labs may go rain or shine so be prepared with appropriate clothing and footwear for chilly weather and rain. * There will also be two weekend field trips associated with the course. The first will be a Saturday day trip to visit a series of local outcrops in eastern Mass (Tentatively Apr 9). 2 The second will be an overnight Fri-­‐Sun trip to the Hudson Valley (Tentatively Apr15-­‐
17). Logistics associated with these trips will be discussed on the first day of class. Assignments completed as part of these trips will constitute a portion of your course grade. Failure to attend a field trip will require submission of a research paper on a related topic. Cell Phones and Laptops: Please respect the learning environment of your classmates and turn your cell phones off or on silent during class. In addition, please respect the time dedicated to you in the classroom by not accessing the internet or social media during class. Some modules in this class may utilize laptop computers and smart phone apps – please restrict your use of these to the assignment. Communication – Blackboard I will rely on Blackboard to send course email announcements, updates to assignments, data etc. Please be sure you check Blackboard regularly or set up notifications. If you are having any problems receiving and sending communications though Blackboard, or having difficulty accessing course materials, please let me know. Additional information about Blackboard can be obtained here: http://www.bu.edu/tech/services/teaching/lms/blackboard/students/ Assessment: Exam 1: 15% Exam 2: 15% Quizzes: 10% Homework: 15% Labs: 35% Final Project: 10% Quizzes: There will be weekly online quizzes for you to complete though Blackboard. Each weekly quiz will be due by Friday at 5 pm. The goal of these quizzes is to help you keep to up to date on text readings, new terminology, and new concepts; they are not intended to be stressful “tests”. Quizzes will therefore be open book and open note, but they will have a time limit (so you cannot just look up every answer. You will have to do the readings before hand!). If you don't like the grade you earn on the quiz, you have the option to retake a quiz for a total of three times. Quizzes are not to be collaborative: each student is responsible for individually completing their own quizzes. Exams: Two required exams will be administered during the semester. You are required to complete exams during the assigned period. If there is a conflict or illness, you are required to contact the professor in advance of the exam. A make-­‐up exam cannot be guaranteed if I am contacted after the exam period has passed. Exam 1: Cumulative exam based on readings in text, class lectures, discussions, exercises, activities and labs. Exam 2: Cumulative exam based on readings in text, class lectures, discussions, exercises, activities and labs. The entire class content will be integrated, but approximately 2/3 of the exam will be on material covered following Exam 1. 3 Final Project: Each student will individually complete an analysis and interpretation of the geologic evolution of a given region based on a provided geologic map and/or structural data. Your deliverable will consist of a 5-­‐10 page report and associated analyses/ figures. Partial credit: for all assignments, quizzes and exams, partial credit will be given based on the level of completion and correctness. For problems that require calculations, full credit will not be given if the appropriate supporting work is not clearly shown. Assignment-­‐specific grading requirements/ rubrics will be provided as necessary. Grades will be based on the following points/ percentages: Percentage
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Late Policy: -­‐ Assignments are due at the beginning of class unless otherwise stated. - Late penalty: 10% deduction per day late. If extenuating circumstances arise and you need an extension, you must arrange this with the Professor prior to the original lab due date. Otherwise the full deduction will be taken. -
Assignments cannot be turned in for any credit after the exercise has been graded and returned to the class. Academic integrity: - Students are required to adhere to the Boston University Academic Conduct Code: http://www.bu.edu/academics/policies/academic-­‐conduct-­‐code/ - Many projects will include collaborating in groups; however, unless explicitly stated otherwise, each group member must submit their own unique work. Duplication of other group members’ work will be considered cheating. - For written assignments, any information presented from an outside source (books, news papers, online sources) must be cited appropriately. Paraphrasing without citation will be considered plagiarism. - Infractions will be handled in accordance with university policy, and can result in a zero for the assignment, or reduction in course grade. Disability Accommodations: Accommodations for students with disabilities will be provided in accordance with the policies of Boston University. 4 Week Topics (Class T,R) Week 1 – Jan • Overview of Concepts in Structural 19, 21 Geology • Linking tectonic processes and rock structures Week 2 – Jan • Fold terminology and geometry 26, 28 • Intro to stereonets, lines and planes Online Quiz Homework Quiz 1 on Foss Ch 1, T&M CH 1 Quiz 2 on Foss Ch 11 Stereonets 1 HW Lab 1, Jan 25: Intro to working with Structural Data Quiz 3 on Stereonets Stereonets 2 HW Quiz 4 on Foss Ch 8 & 9 Week 5 – Feb • Andersonian faulting • Foss Ch 17, 18 (Feb 16 = • Normal faults and extensional Extensional Monday Regimes systems schedule) • Maps and cross sections involving normal faults Week 6 – Feb • Thrust faults and thrust systems • Foss Ch 16, 23, 25 Contractional • Fault related folds Structures Quiz 5 on Foss Ch 17 Cross section construction HW Quiz 6 on Foss Ch 16 Week 7 – Mar 1, 3 Quiz 7 on Foss Ch 20 balanced cross sections HW Lab 2, Feb 1 Reading contour and geologic maps Lab 3, Feb 8 Folds in 2 and 3 Dimensions Feb 15 – No Lab, Presidents day Lab 4, Feb 16 (Monday schedule) Earthquakes Lab Lab 5, Feb 22 Normal Faults experiment and write up Lab 6, Feb 29 Thrust Faults experiment and write up Week 3 – Feb •
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Ch 6 Rheology Ch 12 Foliation Ch 13 Lineation Ch 14 Boudins • Ch 15 Shear zones maps HW Mohr HW Quiz 9 on Ch 4, 5, 7 Quiz 10 on Ch 2 & 3 Quiz 11 on Ch 6, 12, 13, 14 ID rock fabrics HW Lab 11/10, Apr 11 Strain and Deformation in rocks Quiz 12 on Ch 15 Apr 18 No Lab, Patriots Day Lab 12, Apr 20 (Monday Schedule) Rheology of food and rocks Lab 13, Apr 25 Work on Final Projects • Twiss ad Moores Ch 19 & 20 (provided) Exam 2 as scheduled by the University Registrar during the Final Exam period Lab 7, Mar14 Outdoor field lab: Methods, collecting structural data Lab 8, Mar 21 Strike Slip experiments /write up Lab 9, Mar 28 Jello Fracking experiment Lab 10/11, Apr 4 Outdoor field lab prep: structural analysis 6