Course Calendar

1. August 17th – August 23rd            Orientation & Syllabus Review

       Introduction to Earth

      Review Chapter & Lecture

    Course Introduction Quiz

2. August 24th – August 30th             Portraying Earth

            Weekly Assignment 1 & Discussion 1, review Chapter 2 & Lecture

3. August 31st – September 6th        Critical Analysis 

      Introduction to the Atmosphere, Discussion 2, review Chapter 3 & Lecture

4. September 7th – September 13th   Insolation & Temperature, Atmospheric Wind

    Weekly Assignment 2 & Discussion 3, review Chapter 4-5 & Lecture

5. September 14th – September 20th Landscape Map Quiz 1

          Atmospheric Moisture, Weekly Assignment 3, review Chapter 6 & Lecture

6. September 21st – September 27th Atmospheric Disturbances 

    Weekly Assignment 4 & Discussion 4, review Chapter 7 & Lecture

7. September 28th – October 4th    Climate Change Action Plan

    Climate & Climate Change, Discussion 5, review Chapter 8 & Lecture

8. October 5th – October 11th The Hydrosphere, Cycles & Patterns in the Biosphere 

    Weekly Assignment 5 & Discussion 6, review Chapters 9-10 & Lecture, Midterm Review Page

9. October 12th – October 18th     Midterm Exam (review Chapters 1-8, Study Guide, and Lectures for Exam)

          Discussion 7, Extra Credit Discussion 1

10. October 19th – October 25th Soil

    Weekly Assignment 6 & Discussion 8, review Chapter 12

11. October 26th – November 1st Internal Processes 

      Weekly Assignment 7 & Discussion 9, review Chapter 14

12. November 2nd – November 8th Landscape Map Quiz 2

    Weathering & Mass Wasting, Weekly Assignment 8, review Chapter 15 & Lecture

13. November 9th – November 15th   Fluvial Processes

    Weekly Assignment 9 & Discussion 10, review Chapter 16 & Lecture

14. November 16th – November 22nd Glacial Modification of Terrain

        Weekly Assignment 10 & Discussion 11, review Chapter 19 & Lecture

15. November 23rd – November 29th Extra Credit Week - Extra Credit Assignment 1

16. November 30th – December 6th      Coastal Processes

  Weekly Assignment 11 & Discussion 12, review Chapter 20 & Lecture

17. December 7th – December 13th   Natural Processes Recreation

          Final Exam Review

18. December 14th – December 18th    Final Exam (review Chapters 9-10,12,14-16,19-20, Study Guide, and Lecture for Exam)

    Extra Credit Discussion 2 

*The last day of the semester is on Friday December 18, 2026 by 11:59pm. Please do not let this deadline pass without taking your Final Exam. No exceptions for a makeup will be provided.*