UCC/UGC/ECCC Proposal for Course Change FAST TRACK (Select if this will be a fast track item. Refer to Fast Track Policy for eligibility) If the changes included in this proposal are significant, attach copies of original and proposed syllabi in approved university format. 1. Course subject and number: GLG 575 2. Units: See upper and lower division undergraduate course definitions. 3. College: CEFNS 5. Current Student Learning Outcomes of the course. ** Master chemical analytical concepts and techniques to predict concentrations of solutes in contact with naturally occurring solids and solid surfaces, for both equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions. ** Understand and utilize industry-standard equilibrium speciation software for quality assurance and control calculations, saturation index calculations, and other equilibrium speciation equations. ** Understand and utilize industry-standard techniques for the sampling, collection, and analysis of water samples in the field and laboratory. ** Understand and utilized industry-standard techniques for ensuring the quality assurance and quality control of a water sampling collection program. ** Understand the physical, chemical, and hydrological principles underlying the processes controlling the composition of natural fresh waters, and apply this understanding to practical case studies. 4. Academic Unit: 4 Geology Show the proposed changes in this column (if applicable). Bold the proposed changes in this column to differentiate from what is not changing, and Bold with strikethrough what is being deleted. (Resources & Examples for Developing Course Learning Outcomes) UNCHANGED 6. Current title, description and units. Cut and paste, in its entirety, from the current on-line academic catalog* http://catalog.nau.edu/Catalog/. Show the proposed changes in this column Bold the proposed changes in this column to differentiate from what is not changing, and Bold with strikethrough what is being deleted. GLG 575 GEOCHEMISTRY OF NATURAL WATERS (4) Description: Introduces equilibrium and kinetic GLG 575 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY OF NATURAL WATERS (4) Description: Introduces equilibrium and kinetic Effective Fall 2012 processes responsible for the chemical composition of natural fresh, saline, and hypersaline surface and ground waters; application of these processes to geologic problems including diagenesis, weathering, and mineral deposits. 3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Units: 4 Prerequisite: Graduate status in CEFNS processes responsible for the chemical composition of natural fresh, saline, and hypersaline surface and ground waters; application of these processes to geologic problems including diagenesis, weathering, and mineral deposits. 3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Co convenes with GLG 475. Letter grade only. Course fee required. Units: 4 Prerequisite: Graduate status in CEFNS *if there has been a previously approved UCC/UGC/ECCC change since the last catalog year, please copy the approved text from the proposal form into this field. 7. Justification for course change. The course changes are only to the course title and so that this course can be co-convened with a new course, GLG475. 8. Effective BEGINNING of what term and year? See effective dates calendar. Fall 2016 IN THE FOLLOWING SECTION, COMPLETE ONLY WHAT IS CHANGING CURRENT Current course subject and number: PROPOSED Proposed course subject and number: Current number of units: Proposed number of units: Current short course title: GEOCHEMISTRY OF NATURAL WATERS Current grading option: letter grade pass/fail or both Current repeat for additional units: Proposed short course title (max 30 characters): ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY Proposed long course title (max 100 characters): ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY Proposed grading option: letter grade pass/fail or both Proposed repeat for additional units: Current max number of units: Proposed max number of units: Current prerequisite: Proposed prerequisite (include rationale in the justification): Proposed co-requisite (include rationale in the justification): Proposed co-convene with: GLG 475 Proposed cross list with: GEOCHEMISTRY OF NATURAL WATERS Current long course title: Current co-requisite: Current co-convene with: NONE Current cross list with: 9. Is this course in any plan (major, minor, or certificate) or sub plan (emphasis)? Yes Effective Fall 2012 No If yes, describe the impact. If applicable, include evidence of notification to and/or response from each impacted academic unit. Climate Science and Solutions; M.S.(elective), Environmental Sciences and Policy; M.S. (elective), Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability; Ph.D. (elective), Geology; B.S. (elective) See attached notice to SESES (PENDING) 10. Is there a related plan or sub plan change proposal being submitted? If no, explain Yes No 11. Does this course include combined lecture and lab components? Yes If yes, include the units specific to each component in the course description above. No Answer 12-15 for UCC/ECCC only: 12. Is this course an approved Liberal Studies or Diversity course? If yes, select all that apply. Liberal Studies Diversity 13. Do you want to remove the Liberal Studies or Diversity designation? If yes, select all that apply. Liberal Studies Diversity Yes No Both Yes No 14. Is this course listed in the Course Equivalency Guide? Yes No 15. Is this course a Shared Unique Numbering (SUN) course? Yes No Both FLAGSTAFF MOUNTAIN CAMPUS Scott Galland Reviewed by Curriculum Process Associate 3/12/2015 Date Approvals: Department Chair/Unit Head (if appropriate) Date Chair of college curriculum committee Date Dean of college Date For Committee use only: Effective Fall 2012 UCC/UGC Approval Approved as submitted: Approved as modified: Date Yes Yes No No EXTENDED CAMPUSES Reviewed by Curriculum Process Associate Date Approvals: Academic Unit Head Date Division Curriculum Committee (Yuma, Yavapai, or Personalized Learning) Date Division Administrator in Extended Campuses (Yuma, Yavapai, or Personalized Learning) Date Faculty Chair of Extended Campuses Curriculum Committee (Yuma, Yavapai, or Personalized Learning) Date Chief Academic Officer; Extended Campuses (or Designee) Date Approved as submitted: Approved as modified: Effective Fall 2012 Yes Yes No No CURRENT/PROPOSED ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY SYLLABUS Environmental Geochemistry GLG 475/575 Instructor: Rod Parnell, Frier Hall 207 or ARD 124 523-3329 Rod.Parnell@nau.edu office hours Tu Th 11-12, W 2-3 or by appointment Course Prerequisites: Senior standing in Applied Geology major sub-plan or Graduate student. You should have had at least one semester of geology (and hopefully mineralogy) as well as a year of chemistry (and ideally quantitative chemistry). Course Description: This course is an introduction to the field of aquatic geochemistry or hydrogeochemistry as applied to Environmental problems in society. There are generally two types of senior level or graduate level aquatic geochemistry courses, those emphasizing quantifying processes at the microscopic and atomic scales, with an emphasis on laboratory investigations, and those emphasizing processes at the ecosystem level with an emphasis on field investigations. This course is of the latter type. The material covered over the course of the semester will draw upon both chemistry and geology. Course Student Learning Objectives: ** Master chemical analytical concepts and techniques to predict concentrations of solutes in contact with naturally occurring solids and solid surfaces, for both equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions. ** Understand and utilize industry-standard equilibrium speciation software for quality assurance and control calculations, saturation index calculations, and other equilibrium speciation equations. ** Understand and utilize industry-standard techniques for the sampling, collection, and analysis of water samples in the field and laboratory. ** Understand and utilized industry-standard techniques for ensuring the quality assurance and quality control of a water sampling collection program. ** Understand the physical, chemical, and hydrological principles underlying the processes controlling the composition of natural fresh waters, and apply this understanding to practical case studies. Text Books: Drever, 4th edition is the only required textbook for this course and is newly available in print. A more detailed and higher level text, Stumm and Morgan is on reserve in the lab (room 208 Frier Hall) and we can quickly order more copies. Do not remove my copy from that room. The Treatise on Geochemistry, Volume 5 is a nice overview of the current state of hydrogeochemistry. The Water Supply Paper by Hem, although getting old, is a nice overview of water types and the practical side of hydrogeochemistry. Drever, J. I. 2014.Geochemistry of Natural Waters, 4th edition. (Stumm, W. and J. Morgan. 1996. Aquatic Chemistry. 3rd edit.supplemental) Drever, J. I. (editor). 2005. Surface and Ground Water, Weathering, and Soils. Treatise on Geochemistry. Volume 5. Elsevier. 626 pp. Effective Fall 2012 Hem, J.D. 1989. Study and Interpretation of the Chemical Characteristics of Natural Water. U.S. Geol. Survey Water Supply Paper 2254. (cheap and practical intro to hydrogeochemistry) Available at http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wsp/wsp2254/pdf/wsp2254a.pdf The required lab manual is the National Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations Book 9, Handbooks for Water-Resources Investigations. Chapter A6 You can download it at http://water.usgs.gov/owq/FieldManual/ Finally, we will read some journal articles by Fritz, Malusa et al., Marks et al., Crossey et al., and Selmants and Hart. These will be added to BBLearn as pdfs. The course closely follows the materials in Drever’s text and it is designed for geology, biology, and forestry graduate students. Stumm and Morgan is more detailed, more comprehensive, more rigorous, and more oriented toward chemistry and environmental engineering. Evaluation Methods and Deadlines: There will be two hour exams and one final exam. You will also be responsible for turning in 5-6 homework sets and laboratory exercises. The homeworks will not be graded if you are enrolled in GLG 475, but will be important to complete before we go over them in lab. Graduate students enrolled in GLG 575 will have their homeworks graded. I expect a cooperative effort on the homework assignments (i.e feel free to work together on problem-solving) However, each person must turn in their own work. The lab exercises will be graded and must be your own work. Required Field Trips: There will be two weekend, day long field trips to Fossil Creek near Strawberry, AZ, and along Beaver Creek in the Verde Valley. These trips are required (unless arrangements are made with me in the first week of class) and will be scheduled for some time in March or early April during the first class period. Course Policies Class Attendance and Exams Students are expected to assume full responsibility for class attendance and are responsible for all work missed due to absences. The instructors are under no obligation to make special arrangements for a student who has been absent unless such absences have been excused by a formal institutional excuse. Therefore, if you must be absent on an exam or group activity day, you must notify one of us, and we must reach an agreement that the absence is excusable and that there is some way you can make up the work (that means talking or emailing with us, not just leaving us a message) at least a day before the exam. If you do not do this prior to the exam, and you miss the exam, you will receive a “0” for the test. Institutional Excuses permit students to be absent from classes in order to represent the university at athletic, extracurricular, or academic activities. These excuses must be approved and signed by the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Dean of Students, and the dean of the college in which the course is being offered. Institutional excuses must be presented to the instructors before the absence takes place. Office hours This course will be an introduction to an entirely new field for many of you. So, please do come see me whether you are doing well or poorly. If you cannot make my office hours, make an appointment Effective Fall 2012 with me. If you come by my office not during office hours but I have the door open, ask if it is an okay time to meet. Don’t feel offended if I say it is not, but the odds are that I can meet with you right then. Please don’t try to see me immediately before lecture or lab, I get cranky as I prepare lecture. Late Papers: Will not be accepted. Plagiarism and Cheating Any form of misconduct including cheating, fabrication, fraud, dishonesty and plagiarism will not be tolerated. Violators will be subject to a failing grade in the course. Students are encouraged to work and study together outside of class, but all work turned in for a grade must be completed only by the student (or students, on the group assignments) submitting the work. Please see the Student Code of Conduct and the section on Academic Dishonesty in the Northern Arizona University Student Handbook. Challenges to Assigned Grades Challenges to assigned grades are welcomed because they demonstrate that you are seriously thinking about the material in the course. However, we will only consider challenges in writing. Our hope is that written challenges will accomplish two goals: (1) a written format provides you with the opportunity to present an articulate and well considered argument (and therefore increase the likelihood that we will favor your challenge with an improved grade); and (2) a written request provides a record of the grade transaction in case there are questions at a later time. Challenges must be submitted within one week of the return of a graded assignment. Incompletes University policy prohibits the assignment of an “incomplete” grade except in extreme circumstances that are beyond the student’s control. To receive an incomplete requires the processing of a formal contract between the student and the faculty member documenting how and when the missing course materials will be completed. Withdrawals The last day to drop/delete without a W and without a fee is January 26 (with a fee you can drop without a w through February 9). The last day for Drop/Delete is and for drop with a W is March 16. Audits To receive an official audit for this course, attendance in lecture and laboratory is required. Class attendance Students must assume full responsibility for class attendance, which is mandatory. Individuals are responsible for all work missed by class absence. Institutional excuses permit students to be absent from classes to represent the University at athletic, extracurricular, or academic activities. These must be approved and signed by the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Dean of Students, and the Dean of the pertinent College, and presented to me before the absence. Special needs Students with physical handicaps or learning disabilities who need to make special arrangements for class assignments should consult me within the first two weeks of the semester. At any time, I encourage students to come to me for help in understanding the readings, lecture-discussions, writing assignments, or for other course-related assistance. All that I ask is that you respect office hours. If you can not make my scheduled office hours, I can make an appointment to see you at another time (for example, you could make an appointment by calling or speaking to me after or before class). Effective Fall 2012 Remember, that my telephone has voice mail, so you can always leave a message. My e-mail is Rod.Parnell@nau.edu. Grades The course grade will be based entirely on your exam scores and laboratory exercise reports. You will be expected to turn in a report for each laboratory exercise assigned. While cooperation in understanding the lab material is fine, each report must be entirely your own work. Evidence of plagiarism will result in a failing grade for that report. Class attendance is mandatory. Final grades will be assigned on your standing relative to the highest point total by a student in the class. For example, student A receives more points over the course of the semester than anyone else: 790 points. Student B receives 689 points. Student A gets 100% and an A; student B gets 689/790 = 87% , and gets a B. Grades will be assigned as follows: 90 - 100% = A 80 - 89.9% = B 70 - 79.9% = C 60 - 69.9% = D Below 60% = F Your final grade will be based upon the following point schedule: GLG 475, for undergraduate students 2 hourly exams (100 points each) 1 final exam laboratory (10-15 points each) final project TOTAL 200 points 100 points 60 points 40 points 400 points GLG 575, for graduate students 2 hourly exams (100 points each) 1 final exam laboratory (10-15 points each) homeworks (5 points each) equilibrium speciation modeling exercises final project TOTAL 200 points 100 points 60 points 30 points 10 points 120 points 520 points Homework will be assigned during lecture for Graduate Students only. Solutions will be provided during homework review sessions. Please do these problems. You will find they closely resemble exam questions. The exams will be closed book and closed notes and must reflect your own understanding of course principles. Any cheating on an exam will result in a 0 for that exam and possible additional disciplinary action. The final exam will focus on the last third of the semester. Laboratory Your laboratory is essential to your developing an understanding concerning the procedures which environmental professionals utilize. It is where you will gain important practical experiences without having to listen to me drone on and on. Late laboratory assignments are strongly discouraged. For each week that an assignment is late, 10% of the grade will be deducted. Labs will consist of in-class laboratory, computer exercises, and field trips. There are two required field trips for this course. Attendance is required because it is the best Effective Fall 2012 way to learn the practical applications of material presented and because it is a great opportunity to learn in more detail from me and your peers than you could ever get in a class or lab setting. The dates below are tentative but are our best estimates. If any dates should change I will inform you immediately. Please let me know if you have any conflicts with these dates at the first class meeting. TRAVERTINE DEPOSITION AND CARBONATE SYSTEM DISEQUILIBRIA IN FOSSIL CREEK all day Saturday or Sunday in March BEAVER CREEK all day Saturday or Sunday in March or early April. Final project Both undergraduate and graduate students will complete final projects based upon the field trips and subsequent laboratory analyses of the samples taken. The graduate student projects will be more work in the following ways: (i) they will work with equilibrium speciation computer models for additional depth in the interpretation and analysis of these samples, (ii) they will complete a more indepth project with more analyses run, (iii) the final report for their project will be longer reflecting the greater amount of work on the project. Their project reports will have this additional modeling component to them. Lecture topics and reading assignments are given in a separate spreadsheet. NAU POLICY STATEMENTS Safe Environment Policy NAU’s Safe Working and Learning Environment Policy prohibits sexual harassment and assault, and discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status by anyone at this university. Retaliation of any kind as a result of making a complaint under the policy or participating in an investigation is also prohibited. The Director of the Office of Affirmative Action & Equal Opportunity (AA/EO) serves as the university’s compliance officer for affirmative action, civil rights, and Title IX, and is the ADA/504 Coordinator. AA/EO also assists with religious accommodations. You may obtain a copy of this policy from the college dean’s office or from the NAU’s Affirmative Action website nau.edu/diversity/. If you have questions or concerns about this policy, it is important that you contact the departmental chair, dean’s office, the Office of Student Life (928-523-5181), or NAU’s Office of Affirmative Action (928) 523-3312 (voice), (928) 523-9977 (fax), (928) 523-1006 (TTD) or aaeo@nau.edu. Students with Disabilities If you have a documented disability, you can arrange for accommodations by contacting Disability Resources (DR) at 523-8773 (voice) or 523-6906 (TTY), dr@nau.edu (e-mail) or 928-523-8747 (fax). Students needing academic accommodations are required to register with DR and provide required disability related documentation. Although you may request an accommodation at any time, in order for DR to best meet your individual needs, you are urged to register and submit necessary documentation (www.nau.edu/dr) 8 weeks prior to the time you wish to receive accommodations. DR is strongly committed to the needs of student with disabilities and the promotion of Universal Design. Concerns or questions related to the accessibility of programs and facilities at NAU may be brought to the attention of DR or the Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity (523-3312). Academic Contact Hour Policy Based on the Arizona Board of Regents Academic Contact Hour Policy (ABOR Handbook, 2 -224), for every unit of credit, a student should expect, on average, to do a minimum of three hours of work per week, including but not limited to class time, preparation, homework, studying. Academic Integrity Effective Fall 2012 Integrity is expected of every member of the NAU community in all academic undertakings. Integrity entails a firm adherence to a set of values, and the values most essential to an academic community are grounded in honesty with respect to all intellectual efforts of oneself and others. Academic integrity is expected not only in formal coursework situations, but also in all University relationships and interactions connected to the educational process, including the use of University resources. An NAU student’s submission of work is an implicit declaration that the work is the student’s own. All outside assistance should be acknowledged, and the student’s academic contribution truthfully reported at all times. In addition, NAU students have a right to expect academic integrity from each of their peers. Individual students and faculty members are responsible for identifying potential violations of the university’s academic integrity policy Instances of potential violations are adjudicated using the process found in the university Academic Integrity Policy. Research Integrity The Responsible Conduct of Research policy is intended to ensure that NAU personnel including NAU students engaged in research are adequately trained in the basic principles of ethics in research. Additionally, this policy assists NAU in meeting the RCR training and compliance requirements of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-The America COMPETES Act (Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education and Science); 42 U.S.C 18620-1, Section 7009, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) policy on the instruction of the RCR (NOT-OD-10-019; “Update on the Requirement for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research”). For more information on the policy and the training activities required for personnel and students conducting research, at NAU, visit: http://nau.edu/Research/Compliance/Research-Integrity/. Sensitive Course Materials University education aims to expand student understanding and awareness. Thus, it necessarily involves engagement with a wide range of information, ideas, and creative representations. In the course of college studies, students can expect to encounter-and critically appraise-materials that may differ from and perhaps challenge familiar understandings, ideas, and beliefs. Students are encouraged to discuss these matters with faculty. Classroom Disruption Policy Membership in the academic community places a special obligation on all participants to preserve an atmosphere conducive to a safe and positive learning environment. Part of that obligation implies the responsibility of each member of the NAU community to maintain an environment in which the behavior of any individual is not disruptive. Instructors have the authority and the responsibility to manage their classes in accordance with University regulations. Instructors have the right and obligation to confront disruptive behavior thereby promoting and enforcing standards of behavior necessary for maintaining an atmosphere conducive to teaching and learning. Instructors are responsible for establishing, communicating, and enforcing reasonable expectation and rules of classroom behavior. These expectations are to be communicated to students in the syllabus and in class discussions and activities at the outset of the course. Each student is responsible for behaving in a manner that supports a positive learning environment and that does not interrupt nor disrupt the delivery of education by instructors or receipt of education by students, within or outside a class. The complete classroom disruption policy is in Appendices of NAU’s Student Handbook. Effective Summer 2014 Approved UCC-1/28/14 Approved UGC-2/12/14 Effective Fall 2012 Example of GLG 440C Course Schedule Field project locations and dates are subject to change from year to year Date Lecture/Exercise Jan. 24 Introduction to course and GIS – Lisa Skinner Jan. 31 Introduction to Project 1. GIS exercise with Lisa Skinner Feb. 6-9 Project 1: Willow Beach. Lee Amoroso and Jim Sample Feb. 14-16 Project 1: Willow Beach. Lee Amoroso and Jim Sample Feb. 21-23 Backup for Project 1 in case of bad weather: Willow Beach. Lee Amoroso and Jim Sample. If backup not used: Project 1 follow up with Lisa Skinner. Mar. 7 GIS lab with Lisa Skinner Mar. 17-21 SPRING BREAK Mar. 28 Introduction to Project 2. GIS exercise with Lisa Skinner. Apr. 3-6 Project 2: Lees Ferry. Jim Sample and Mike Darin. Apr. 10-13 Project 2: Lees Ferry. Jim Sample and Mike Darin. April 13 will be field final exam date. Apr. 18-20 Backup for Project 2 in case of bad weather: Lees Ferry. Jim Sample and Mike Darin If backup not used: Project 2 follow up with Lisa Skinner. Apr. 25 Project 2 follow up if backup weekend used Effective Fall 2012