Cal Poly
Pomona

Fall Quarter 2009
Schedule and Topics
(Subject to change so keep abreast of announcements... )

Please Note: Across campus and around the CSU system some class days will be cancelled this year because of furloughs.  In this course, two class meetings (= 1 week of instruction) will be cancelled. A furlough is mandatory un-paid time off; faculty and staff on each CSU campus are being “furloughed” two days per month.

These cancelled class days are marked on the schedule below.  It is important to recognize that these days off are not holidays. Instead, they are concrete examples of how massive state budget cuts have consequences for you as students and for me as a faculty member.

If you would like to take action, or simply learn more, I strongly recommend you contact the CSU Students for Quality Education on this campus using this email:
yourvoice_calpoly@yahoo.com

Topics: introduction, Earth - a rotating & revolving sphere
Readings: Prologue, Chapter 1
Dates: 9/24 - Prologue; 9/29-10/1 - Ch 1

Topics: radiation and heat, structure of the atmosphere
Readings: Chapters 2 & 3
Dates: 10/6-10/8 - Ch 2; 10/8-10/13 - Ch 3

Exam 1 - 10/15 (Thursday) Please bring a Scantron 882. You may also use a simple calculator if you wish.

FURLOUGH DAY - 10/20

Topics: moisture and precipitation, air pressure and winds
Readings: Chapters 4 & 5
Dates: 10/22-10/27 - Ch 4; 10/27-10/29 - Ch 5

Topic: weather
Readings: Chapter 6
Dates: 10/29-11/3

Exam 2 - 11/5 (Thursday) Please bring a Scantron 882. You may also use a simple calculator if you wish.

FURLOUGH DAY - 11/10

Topic: climates
Readings: Chapter 7
Dates: 11/12-11/19

Topic: biogeographic processes
Readings: Chapter 8
Dates: 11/19-11/24

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY - 11/26

Topic: biogeographic patterns
Readings: Chapter 9
Dates: 12/1-12/3

Exam 3 (Final) - December 8 (Tuesday), 1:40-3:40 PM
Please bring a Scantron 882. You may also use a simple calculator if you wish.

© 2009 by Terence Young
tgyoung@csupomona.edu
These are official class materials of GEO 101 as taught at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, by Terence Young.  They are subject to change without notice to anyone but students currently enrolled in the class.

9/1/09 - Fall 2009