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Week 1
The Scope of Geomorphology
LAB: Exercises 1-2
Ch 1-2: pp 1-12
Week 2
Tectonic Geomorphic Systems
Quiz 1
LAB: Local Field Trip
Ch 8-9: pp 215-239

Week 3
Labor Day Holiday
Tectonic Geomorphic Systems (cont'd)
Quiz 2

Ch 10: pp 240-259
Week 4
Landforms Developed on Igneous Rocks
Quiz 3
LAB: Exercises 9-10
Ch 11: pp 260-292

Week 5
Weathering
Quiz 4
LAB: Exercises 11
Ch 3: pp 13-55

Week 6
Mass Movement
Quiz 5
LAB: Exercises 3-4
Ch 4: 56-95

 
Week 7
Fluvial Geomorphology
Quiz 6
LAB: Exercise 5
Field Trip - All-Day to Alabaster Caverns, Little Sahara
Ch. 5: pp. 96-143


 
Week 8
Fluvial Geomorphology (cont'd)
Quiz 7
LAB: Exercise 6
Ch 6: pp 144-184

 
Week 9
Groundwater-Related Landforms
Quiz 8
LAB: Exercise 7
Ch 7: pp 185-214

Week 10
FALL BREAK
Glacial Geomorphic Systems

Ch 12: pp 293-332
Week 11
Glacial Geomorphic Systems (cont'd)
Quaternary Climatic Changes and the Ice Age
Quiz 9
LAB: Exercise 12-13
Ch 13: pp 333-363
Ch 14: pp 364-399

Week 12
Planetary Landforms
Quiz 10
LAB: Exercise 14
TBA

Week 13
Coastal Processes and Landforms
Quiz 11
LAB: Exercise 15
Ch 16: pp 428-470

Week 14
Eolian Processes and Landforms
Quiz 12
LAB: Exercise 16
Ch 17: pp 471-493

Week 15
Dating Geomorphic Features
Quiz 13
LAB: Exercise 17
Ch 18: pp 494-522

Week 16
Periglacial Processes and Landforms
Quiz 14
LAB: Student Poster Presentations
Ch 15: pp 400-427