GEO 5503 -- New Course

Fri Dec 5 12:38:11 2008

Approvals Received:

Department
on 12-04-08
by Kathy Ohler
(k-ohler@umn.edu)

Approvals Pending:

College/Dean > Catalog

Effective Status:

Active

Effective Term:

1099 - Fall 2009

Course:

GEO 5503

Institution:

UMNTC - Twin Cities

Career:

UGRD

College:

TIOT - Institute of Technology

Department:

11130 - Geology & Geophysics

General

Course Title Short:

Advanced Petrology

Course Title Long:

Advanced Petrology

Max-Min Credits
for Course:

3.0 to 3.0 credit(s)

Catalog
Description:

Quantitative approach to modern igneous and metamorphic petrology, with a strong emphasis on the thermodynamics of minerals and melts and with applications to phase diagrams, thermobarometry, melting relationships, and the energetics of petrologic mass transfer.

CCE Catalog
Description:

Grading Basis:

Stdnt Opt

Topics Course:

Honors Course:

Delivery Mode(s):

Classroom

Instructor
Contact Hours:

3.0 hours per week

Years most
frequently offered:

Odd years only

Term(s) most
frequently offered:

Fall

Component 1:

LEC (with final exam)

Component 2:

DIS (no final exam)

Auto-Enroll
Course:

Yes

Graded
Component:

DIS

Academic
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
3.0 credit(s)

Financial Aid
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
3.0 credit(s)

Repetition of
Course:

Repetition not allowed.

Course
Prerequisites
for Catalog:

Geo 2302, Chem 1021, Math 1372 or 1272 or 1572

Course
Equivalency:

No course equivalencies

Consent
Requirement:

No required consent

Enforced
Prerequisites:
(course-based or
non-course-based)

No prerequisites

Editor Comments:

Proposal Changes:

History Information:

Faculty
Sponsor Name:

Whitney/Hirschmann

Faculty
Sponsor E-mail Address:

dwhitney@umn.edu

Liberal Education

Requirement
this course fulfills:

None

Other requirement
this course fulfills:

None

Criteria for
Core Courses:

Describe how the course meets the specific bullet points for the proposed core requirement. Give concrete and detailed examples for the course syllabus, detailed outline, laboratory material, student projects, or other instructional materials or method.

Core courses must meet the following requirements:

They explicitly help students understand what liberal education is, how the content and the substance of this course enhance a liberal education, and what this means for them as students and as citizens.

They employ teaching and learning strategies that engage students with doing the work of the field, not just reading about it.

They include small group experiences (such as discussion sections or labs) and use writing as appropriate to the discipline to help students learn and reflect on their learning.

They do not (except in rare and clearly justified cases) have prerequisites beyond the University's entrance requirements.

They are offered on a regular schedule.

They are taught by regular faculty or under exceptional circumstances by instructors on continuing appointments. Departments proposing instructors other than regular faculty must provide documentation of how such instructors will be trained and supervised to ensure consistency and continuity in courses.

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Criteria for
Theme Courses:

Describe how the course meets the specific bullet points for the proposed theme requirement. Give concrete and detailed examples for the course syllabus, detailed outline, laboratory material, student projects, or other instructional materials or methods.

Theme courses have the common goal of cultivating in students a number of habits of mind:

thinking ethically about important challenges facing our society and world;
reflecting on the shared sense of responsibility required to build and maintain community;
connecting knowledge and practice;
fostering a stronger sense of our roles as historical agents.

Writing Intensive

Propose this course
as Writing Intensive
curriculum:

Question 1:

What types of writing (e.g., reading essay, formal lab reports, journaling) are likely to be assigned? Include the page total for each writing assignment. Indicate which assignment(s) students will be required to revise and resubmit after feedback by the instructor or the graduate TA.

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Question 2:

How does assigning a significant amount of writing serve the purpose of this course?

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Question 3:

What types of instruction will students receive on the writing aspect of the assignments?

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Question 4:

How will the students' grades depend on their writing performance? What percentage of the overall grade will be dependent on the quality and level of the students' writing compared with the course content?

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Question 5:

If graduate students or peer tutors will be assisting in this course, what role will they play in regard to teaching writing?

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Question 6:

How will the assistants be trained and supervised?

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Question 7:

Write up a sample assignment handout here for a paper that students will revise and resubmit after receiving feedback on the initial draft.

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Course Syllabus

Course Syllabus:

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The University policy on credits is found under Section 4A of "Standards for Semester Conversion" found here. Course syllabus information will be retained in this system until new syllabus information is entered with the next major course modification. This course syllabus information may not correspond to the course as offered in a particular semester.

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GEOLOGY 5503: ADVANCED PETROLOGY
Syllabus Geology 5503 Advanced Petrology

Marc M. Hirschmann, rm 220A, 625-6698; hirsc022@umn.edu
Office hours:

Donna L. Whitney, rm 116, 626-7582; dwhitney@umn.edu
Office hours:

Textbook: Metamorphic Phase Equilibria, F.S. Spear

The course will meet for lecture two times/week for 50 minutes/class and for discussion on time/week for 50 minutes.

Class webpages: http://www.geo.umn.edu/courses/5503/.

Grade basis:

Biweekly problem sets: 50%
Mid-term exam: 25%
Final exam: 25%

This class takes a quantitative approach to modern igneous and metamorphic petrology, with a strong emphasis on the thermodynamics of minerals, fluids, and melts and with applications to phase diagrams, thermobarometry, melting, and the energetics of petrologic processes. The course is intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

Course topics

Week: topic
1: Intro to thermodynamics, important variables, zeroth law
first and second laws; auxiliary functions
(problem set #1)

2: auxiliary functions; equilibrium; chemical potential
Gibbs equations, Gibbs-Duhem, Maxwell relations

3: heat capacity, a, b, third law
chemography, phase rule; Schreinemakers', G surfaces
(problem set #2)

4: calculation of thermodynamic functions at P,T
H, S, V, G at P,T -- calculation of PT diagrams

5: thermodynamics of mixtures
equilibrium constant, activity, ideal solutions
(problem set #3)

6: nonideal mixing (symmetric, asymmetric)
more on asymmetric models

7: reciprocal solutions
(problem set #4)

8: activity models for fluids
fluids: O-H system, C-O-H + graphite equilibria, oxygen fugacity

9: intro. to thermobarometry
more thermobarometry
(problem set #5)

10: evaluation of equilibrium; intro to zoning

11: calculation of phase diagrams; intro to software
(problem set #6)

12: projection methods in phase diagrams

13: energetics of petrologic processes: melting

14: energetics of petrologic processes, mass transfer

15: review