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Dr. Helen M. Lang
Professor: Dr. Helen M. Lang
Office: 249 Brooks Hall
Office Hours: MW 1:30 - 3:30; or by appointment
Phone: (304)-293-5469
e-mail: hlang@wvu.edu
Teaching Assistant:
John Tellers
Office: 236 Brooks Hall
Phone: (304)-293-5603 leave a message
e-mail: jtellers@mix.wvu.edu
Text: Mineralogy, 2nd Edition, Dexter Perkins, 2002
Field Trips:
There will be one required Field Trip to the
Hillman Hall of Minerals at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh.
Saturday, Sept. 8, and one optional/make-up trip
on Saturday, Nov. 10.
Classes meet MWF at 9:30-10:20 in G 25 Brooks
Hall
Roll will be taken at each class and students will
be expected to attend class and be on time. If a student misses
more than six of the scheduled class periods during the semester
for any reason, he or she will lose one percentage point off his/her
grade for each absence beyond the six allowed absences.
Each student must attend one laboratory section
each week in 305 Brooks Hall
Lab 002: 12:30 to 2:20 PM on Tuesday OR
Lab 003: 12:30 to 2:20 on Thursday
Grading
| 2 Midterms (20% each) | 40% |
| Final Exam | 25% |
| Laboratory | 25% |
| Field Trip Reports, Quizzes and Problems | 10% |
Educational Goals:
1. To gain an understanding of the chemical classification of minerals and to become familiar with the properties, structures and uses of the common rock-forming minerals.
2. To be able to test for basic physical properties and identify the common rock-forming minerals in hand specimen and with the petrographic microscope.
3. To learn about the chemistry of minerals and the relationship between internal atomic structure and chemistry of minerals.
4. To learn about symmetry of minerals and how the internal structure controls the external form of minerals.
5. To begin to understand how minerals combine to form rocks.
West Virginia University is committed to social justice. The instructor of this course concurs with that commitment and expects to foster a nurturing learning environment based upon open communication, mutual respect and non-discrimination. Our University does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, age, disability, veteran status, religion, sexual orientation, color or national origin. Any suggestions as to how to further such a positive and open environment in this class will be appreciated and given serious consideration.
If you are a person with a disability and anticipate needing any type of accommodation in order to participate in this class, please advise me and make appropriate arrangements with Disability Services (293-6700)