GEOG 1011: Landscapes & Water
Lab Syllabus
Fall 2005 Section 017 Monday 8-9:50
TA: Susan Riggins
Email: Susan.Riggins@Colorado.edu
Office: Guggenheim 311
Office Phone: 303 492- 4279
Mailbox: 1st floor Guggenheim, “Riggins”
Office Hours: Mon. 10-11, Tues. 1-2, or by appointment
Required Lab Manual:
Lab Manual to Accompany GEOG 1011, Pitlick and Clayton.
Lab Attendance and Grading Policies:
 Lab Assignments count for 30% of your total course grade.
 I will take attendance. You are required to be present to get a grade for the lab.
 There are 12 lab assignments. Your lowest lab score will be dropped, and you will
be graded out of 11 labs, each weighted equally.
 Lab assignments are due in lab the week after we have worked on them. Labs are
due at the beginning of lab. Labs that are handed in at the end of lab will be
considered late.
 Late labs will be deducted 10% each day they are late. No labs will be accepted
more than 1 week late.
 Field trips are mandatory and cannot be made up without prior arrangements. If
you miss a field trip, you will not be able to hand in the lab assignment. This
includes labs #3, #5, and #8. Please dress appropriately and be on time.
 If you know in advance that you will be missing a lab and would like to make it
up, let me know ahead of time so that we can make arrangements for you to
attend another lab session. If you are sick and must miss lab, I require a doctor’s
note for a makeup. Most of the labs require that you attend a lab session in order
to be able to complete the material, due to the use of maps, etc.
 You are encouraged to work on your lab assignments together, but do your own
work. This means put your answers in your own words and hand in your own
assignments. Copying is considered a form of cheating. This class follows the
University’s Honor Code.
 Please come talk to me if you have a disability and need to be accommodated.
 We will occasionally have quizzes. These will count for 10% of your lab grade.
If you have read the lab for the day you should have no problem with the quiz.
Please come to lab prepared! This means reading the day’s assignment before you
come to lab! I recommend bringing a calculator and ruler each week. You may also
want to bring your lecture notes and textbook. Also, I encourage you to email me or
come to my office hours if you are having any problems. Email is the best way to get
in touch with me. I also have an office on East campus and will not be checking
phone messages every day.
LAB ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE:
Date
Exercise
8/29
1: Maps, Grids, Scale and Contours
9/5
LABOR DAY - NO LABS
9/12
9/19
9/26
10/3
2: Rock Identification
3: FIELD TRIP to Mesa Trail *
4: Azimuth, Aspect, Gradient & Profile
5: Soils FIELD TRIP *
10/10
FALL BREAK – NO LABS
10/17
10/24
10/31
11/7
11/14
Soils Internet Lab- no class
6: Hillslopes & Mass Wasting
7: Hydrographs & Flood Frequency Analysis
Hydrology Internet Lab—no class
8: FIELD TRIP to Boulder Creek
11/21
THANKSGIVING – NO LABS
11/28
12/5
9: Stream Channels & Fluvial Landforms
10: Glacial landforms- LAST LAB!!
Due
9/5
9/19
9/26
10/3
10/10
10/24
10/31
11/7
11/14
11/21
12/5
12/12
* these labs are off campus field trips- we will meet at the cul-de-sac on the south
side of the rec center
- Days of internet labs we will NOT meet. The labs from the previous week will be
due in my mailbox (main floor Gugg) by lab time.