Instructor: Greg Moore
Office: POST 807
email: gmoore@Hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6854
Office Hours: T-Th 10:15-11:15 and by appointment
(send me email)
Text: Geology and the environment, by Pipkin and Trent

The primary objective of this course is to learn about the major features of the Hawaiian Islands, their origin and evolution, and how human activities affect them. You will also learn something about the field of Environmental Geology, which should help you understand the Earth's environment, both in Hawai`i and elsewhere.

Most of the course will be lecture, reading, exercises and discussion.

Please be sure to read the appropriate section in the text before class.
Class notes will be available on this page (see below).
Exercises are mostly web based and will be accessed through this page.
Time will be set aside at the beginning of each class to answer questions from previous lectures or readings, and to present any current geologic events.

Grades will be based on homework (25% of your grade), three exams (25% each). The exams will be one hour long and will not be cumulative -- each will cover approximately 1/3 of the course.

Please note that I intend to discuss the homework exercises at the beginning of the hour on the day that they are due. Therefore, NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED!

If you must miss an exam or homework deadline because of illness, military duty, or family crisis, you must inform me by phone or E-mail as soon as possible and then provide written documentation. In lieu of a make-up exam, the average score of all other exams will be used. If the absence remains unexcused, then a grade of zero will be assigned. No make-up will be given for the exams.

There will be several Field Trips during this course. The in-class trips are required (you may find questions about them on the exams); the other two are strongly recommended.

TENTATIVE LECTURE OUTLINE

Homework Assignments

Homework 1, Due January 22, 2004
Homework 2, Due January 29, 2004
Homework 3, Due February 12, 2004
Homework 4, Due March 4, 2004
Homework 5, Manoa Landslide Exercise, Due March 18, 2004
Homework 6 , Due March 18, 2004
Homework 7 , Due April 6, 2004 (If you have problems with the pages not loading in Internet Explorer, please try Netscape)