| Campus | Seminole Campus |
| Location | UP |
| Title | Adjunct Faculty |
| Email | Goddard.Ethan@spcollege.edu |
| Phone | (727) 344-8004 |
= Ethan Goddard has added information specific to this course.
(syllabus, video, class meeting times, etc.)Summer Term 2023-2024 (0635)  0635 | ||||||
| Course | Section | Campus | Format | Starts | Ends | |
| ESC 1000C Earth Science | 0783 | EC | Online | 05/20/24 | 07/26/24 | |
| Spring Term 2023-2024 (0630) 0630 | ||||||
| Course | Section | Campus | Format | Starts | Ends | |
| ESC 1000C Earth Science | 1565 | EC | Online | 01/16/24 | 05/10/24 |
| GLY 2100 History of the Earth and Life | 0540 | EC | Online | 01/16/24 | 05/10/24 |
| PSC 1191L Lab in the Physical Sciences | 1881 | EC | Online | 02/12/24 | 05/10/24 |
| Fall Term 2023-2024 (0625) 0625 | ||||||
| Course | Section | Campus | Format | Starts | Ends | |
| ESC 1000C Earth Science | 1983 | EC | Online | 08/14/23 | 12/08/23 |
 Days: Online Time: Location: EC EC-INTRNET Information:
COURSE SYLLABUSEarth Science ESC1000C Online Instruction
Fall 2023 (0625) WELCOMEHello and welcome to earth science. This class is a combination of geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy. We won't be going too deep into these sciences but we'll do enough to give you a flavor of how each of them works. Essentially, our goal is for you to be able walk around and understand what you're seeing. If you find yourself enjoying one particular part of the course, feel free to ask your instructor about taking a whole class about that discipline right here at SPC. Good luck and have fun! A NOTE ABOUT ONLINE CHEATING The exercises in this class may have been posted at various online sites. Doing so is a copyright violation and SPCs legal team is working to get them taken down. You should be aware that using these sites is considered cheating. If you are caught, and we have ways of catching you, you will receive a 0 on that assignment and your name will be reported to SPC's Academic Integrity Commission. Repeated offenses may result in you failing this class and possibly being kicked out of school. DO YOUR OWN WORK. Ask for help if you need to, but do your own work.
HONORLOCKThis course DOES NOT USE HONORLOCK for Fall 2023 Term 0625 - students may safely ignore any reference to Honorlock that may appear in this course. This course has required Honorlock in the past and there may be out-dated references to it - please ignore those references to Honorlock. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY is a fundamental value of St Petersburg College. Students are expected to conform to the Academic Integrity policies of this course. These basic rules are pretty simple:
INSTRUCTORName: Ethan Goddard Primary email: goddard.ethan@spcollege.edu Instructor Web Page: https://web.spcollege.edu/instructors/id/goddard.ethan Phone: 727-344-8004. As of January 2017 SPC Adjunct Instructors have been added to the SPC Voicemail System. All adjunct instructors now have a voicemail box connected to their email account. Students who wish to leave a voicemail message for their instructor welcome to do so. Please note - the MyCourses email tool remains the most efficient and reliable means of communicating with the instructor for this course. Please, unless absolutely unable to do so, use the MyCourses email tool for all course related communication. Office Hours and Location: Because I teach entirely through eCampus I do not have office hours. During the course term students should contact me via the MyCourses email tool. ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
Dean WebsiteCOURSE INFORMATIONCourse DescriptionThis course is an introduction to the essential principles relevant to the earth sciences. Contemporary issues are applied to topics in earth science and include the process of science, fundamental understanding of how the earth sciences are expressions of chemistry and physics, and the economic, environmental, and social impacts related to earth materials and processes. Course Goals & Objectives1. The student will analyze the fundamental principles that underlie the earth sciences by: a. describing the steps and principles involved in the scientific method. b. evaluating different methods of measurement of natural phenomena. 2. The student will recognize the basic aspects of geology by: a. identifying rocks and minerals and their properties. b. reading and interpreting topographic and geologic maps. c. defining the processes that shape the Earth’s surface. d. explaining the ways in which geologic materials are dated. 3. The student will analyze the major events in the history of the Earth by: a. evaluating the theoretical causes of major evolutionary and extinction events. b. distinguishing mountain building, rifting and other events with respect to the forces that produced them. c. memorizing the geologic time scale and placing events in their proper place on this scale. 4. The student will explain the features of the ocean and marine life by: a. defining the nature of sea water with respect to its chemistry and motion within the ocean basins of the Earth. b. comparing and contrasting different types of marine life relative to each other. 5. The student will analyze climate, weather and atmospheric systems by: a. explaining the different ways in which the atmosphere is measured. b. labeling and describing components of weather maps. c. recognizing how Earth's climate system functions and changes. 6. The student will define the principles of astronomy by: a. analyzing the history of astronomical thought. b. describing the structure of our solar system. c. explaining the nature of the Earth Moon system. d. charting the origin of the universe and our solar system. PrerequisitesThere are no prerequisites for this course, however as with any online class, a knowledge of computers will be essential to your success. Availability of Course ContentAll course content is open and available at the start of the term. You are welcome to work ahead, but keep track of due dates. TestingThe mid term and the final are not proctored. They closed not closed book you are to use no resources at all. They are 50 questions and you will have 50 minutes to complete them. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK & OTHER RESOURCE INFORMATIONThis course makes use of freely available Open Educational Resources (OERs). These are free, there is no book. Students can accomplish all course work using the resources provided in the course. If you would like to buy a hard copy book to augment the OERs ask your instructor for a recommendation. LEARNER SUPPORTBelow you will find some school-based websites that will help you find help and be successful in this class. Please take advantage of as many of the school's services as you can. Even if you don't think you will need help, please have a look at these sites just so you know what's available. Answers to questions regarding accommodations may be found at the Accessibility Services site. If you are in need of accommodations, please contact a campus Accessibility Services Coordinator. If you need a Sign Language Interpreter, complete the form at web.spcollege.edu/survey/664. View the Academic Support and Student Success site. View the Learning Center Tutoring Schedules. View the On Campus Academic Support site. View the Online Academic Support site. View the SPC Libraries and Services site. View the Student Services site. IMPORTANT DATESCourse Dates: View the Academic Calendar. Drop Date: View the Academic Calendar. Withdrawal Date: View the Academic Calendar. Financial Aid Dates: View the Financial Aid Dates. Final Submission Deadline: All assignments must be submitted by 10:00pm EST Wednesday December 6, 2023 ATTENDANCEWe are required to report your attendance for the first and second weeks and at the 60% point in the class. For this class, you will be considered actively participating if you complete the minimum assignments, as listed below:
View the college-wide attendance policy included in How to Be a Successful Student. GRADINGMidterm Exam - 20% Final Exam - 20% Lab Exercises and Activities - 35% Discussions - 15% Module Quizzes - 10% How to check your Grades and review feedback:Grading ScaleA = 90-100% B = 80-89% C = 70-79% D = 60-69% F = 0-59%
LATE ASSIGNMENT POLICY Students may submit any assignment late up until the posted Final Deadline for Submissions which is specified in the Important Dates section of the syllabus and in the Course Calendar. Assignments submitted after the posted deadline are subject to a 20% late penalty. Assignments that are not submitted will be scored as zero and included in the final grade calculation. ASSIGNMENTSMidterm Exam and Final Exam These are worth 20% of your grade each for a total of 40%. The Final Exam is NOT cumulative, it will only cover the material from the second half of the class. Both exams have 50 multiple choice questions and the time limit is 50 minutes. Students who do not prepare in advance for these exams will have a hard time completing them. The exams will be a pretty straightforward for those who prepare. They will be very difficult for those who don't prepare and/or decide to cheat by looking up answers to each question. Lab Exercises and Activities This course combines lab and class material. The lab exercises and activities for this class are usually (but not always) something you download and complete. There are times when you will be required to photograph or scan your work then submit to the Dropbox. These are worth 35% of your grade. An accessible assignment option is available for the Concept Sketches for those learners with sight accommodations. Please contact your instructor for more information. Discussions These are meant to encourage you to engage with your fellow students. You'll be given a topic to write about and asked to respond to other students writing as well. These are worth 15% of your grade. Module Quizzes Each module has a multiple choice quiz. These are open book with multiple attempts and are meant to help you gauge your progress and prepare for the exams. They're worth 10% of your grade. STUDENTS' EXPECTATIONS AND INSTRUCTOR'S EXPECTATIONSRequired InteractionEmail is our primary mode of communication. You are expected to check your course email regularly. If you have any questions or concerns, be sure to email me right away. During the week, I will respond to emails within 24 hours. On the weekend and holidays I'll respond within 48 hours. Material will be graded within a week of submission if turned in within a reasonable time frame. If you turn everything in all at once the night it's due, it might take me a little longer to get through it. Understand that each module was designed to be done over roughly two weeks. There is NO WAY you can sit down and work through it in an evening. You should be logging on and working a bit pretty much every day. You may hear from your instructor if you start falling behind. You will not be successful if you sit down a day or two before the Midterm to work through the first half of the class. Participation, Conduct, and NetiquetteSPC has outlined expectations for student behavior and interaction for online discussions, email, and other forms of communication. View the Student Expectations in How to Be a Successful Student. Academic HonestyView the Academic Honesty Policy.
Academic Integrity and Artificial Intelligence (Generative AI) You may have heard of Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence). The best-known example is ChatGPT, a chatbot that allows you to type a question as if you were talking to a real person, and it quickly offers a seemingly meaningful, original answer. Tools like this are powerful and can be useful in many contexts, but we must be aware of their limitations, as they can produce inaccurate, fabricated, and even offensive content. In addition, the work produced is not technically your own. In order to avoid violating SPC’s academic integrity policy, students must be sure to follow each professor’s course policies regarding the use of artificial intelligence in academic work. If you’re unsure of a professor’s guidelines, reach out to them to discuss further. My policies for this course can be found below. As a reminder, the St Petersburg College Academic Honesty Policy states: St. Petersburg College expects students to be honest in all of their academic work. By enrolling at the College, students agree to adhere to the College’s standards of academic honesty and integrity. Failure to comply with this pledge may result in academic and disciplinary action, up to and including expulsion from the College. As members of the College community, students also have an ethical obligation to report violations of the SPC academic honesty policies they may witness (SPC Board Rule 4.461) The policy for this course is: Generative AI is permitted ONLY with prior permission from the instructor or when assignment instructions explicitly allow it. You may only use Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence), including ChatGPT and similar AI tools, when assignment directions specifically state that it is allowed, and these tools must be used with caution. If you think that generative AI would be a useful tool for a particular assignment that does not already allow it, please email the instructor for permission. Your request must explain how these tools will be used and why you think they are useful - be specific! AI is not a replacement for your own thinking and research. AI-generated text or other content must be clearly marked and cited properly. In addition, you are responsible for confirming the veracity of any information or sources produced by artificial intelligence. If you have any questions about this, please reach out to me. I am glad to offer guidance! CopyrightCopyrighted material within this course, or posted on this course website, is used in compliance with United States Copyright Law. Under that law you may use the material for educational purposes related to the learning outcomes of this course. You may not further download, copy, alter, or distribute the material unless in accordance with copyright law or with permission of the copyright holder. For more information on copyright visit: Copyright.gov STUDENT SURVEY OF INSTRUCTIONThe Student Survey of Instruction is administered in courses each semester. It is designed to improve the quality of instruction at St. Petersburg College. All student responses are confidential and anonymous and will be used solely for the purpose of performance improvement. TECHNOLOGYMinimum Technology RequirementsView the Technical Requirements for MyCourses. SPC offers Microsoft Office software to current students at no additional cost. The software is available for both Windows and Mac computers. View the How to Download Microsoft Office 2016 tutorial. Minimum Technical SkillsStudents should know how to navigate the course and use the course tools. Dropbox-style assignments may require attachments in either Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) or Rich Text Format (.rtf), so that they can be properly evaluated. If an attachment cannot be opened by the instructor, students will be required to re-format and re-submit an assignment so that it can be evaluated and returned with feedback. MyCourses tutorials are available to students new to this LMS and are located at the beginning of the course. Most features on MyCourses are accessible on mobile devices, although it is recommended that you use a computer for quizzes, tests, and essay assignments. Accessibility of TechnologyPrivacyTechnical SupportTechnical support is available via the Technical Support Desk Call Center. INSTRUCTIONAL CONTINUITY PLAN - EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS POLICYThe St. Petersburg College website at www.spcollege.edu is the official source of college information regarding the status of the institution. Other important information will be communicated via SPC Alert, local media outlets, and the college toll-free phone number 866-822-3978. All decisions concerning the discontinuation of college functions, cancellation of classes, or cessation of operations rest with the President or his/her designee. The College realizes that it is possible for a significant natural disaster to compromise SPC campus facilities sufficiently to disrupt the delivery of classes on campus/campuses for an extended period of time, and is planning ways our operations can continue following such an emergency. So, in the event that a hurricane or other natural disaster causes significant damage to St. Petersburg College facilities, you may be provided the opportunity to complete your course work online. Following the event, please visit the college website for an announcement of the College's plan to resume operations. Further, in the event of such a disaster, the instructor will continue using the Learning Management System (LMS) of MyCourses for continuation of all required learning and instructional activities in this course, including the issuing of graded online assignments and expectation of student completion of those graded assignments. Therefore, in order to keep up with all activities in this course during and after a natural disaster, please plan to continue this course by maintaining online access to MyCourses in lieu of meeting in a classroom - possibly through duration of the course's regularly scheduled end date. We will finish this course in MyCourses, as directed by your instructor online, and your instructor will use all graded assignments - both online and formerly on-campus - to assess and issue your final letter grade for this course, as normally planned, despite occurrence of the natural disaster. |
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| ESC 1000C Earth Science | 1995 | EC | Online | 09/11/23 | 12/08/23 |
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Days: Online Time: Location: EC EC-INTRNET Information:
COURSE SYLLABUSEarth Science ESC1000C Online Instruction
Fall 2023 (0625) WELCOMEHello and welcome to earth science. This class is a combination of geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy. We won't be going too deep into these sciences but we'll do enough to give you a flavor of how each of them works. Essentially, our goal is for you to be able walk around and understand what you're seeing. If you find yourself enjoying one particular part of the course, feel free to ask your instructor about taking a whole class about that discipline right here at SPC. Good luck and have fun! A NOTE ABOUT ONLINE CHEATING The exercises in this class may have been posted at various online sites. Doing so is a copyright violation and SPCs legal team is working to get them taken down. You should be aware that using these sites is considered cheating. If you are caught, and we have ways of catching you, you will receive a 0 on that assignment and your name will be reported to SPC's Academic Integrity Commission. Repeated offenses may result in you failing this class and possibly being kicked out of school. DO YOUR OWN WORK. Ask for help if you need to, but do your own work.
HONORLOCKThis course DOES NOT USE HONORLOCK for Fall 2023 Term 0625 - students may safely ignore any reference to Honorlock that may appear in this course. This course has required Honorlock in the past and there may be out-dated references to it - please ignore those references to Honorlock. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY is a fundamental value of St Petersburg College. Students are expected to conform to the Academic Integrity policies of this course. These basic rules are pretty simple:
INSTRUCTORName: Ethan Goddard Primary email: goddard.ethan@spcollege.edu Instructor Web Page: https://web.spcollege.edu/instructors/id/goddard.ethan Phone: 727-344-8004. As of January 2017 SPC Adjunct Instructors have been added to the SPC Voicemail System. All adjunct instructors now have a voicemail box connected to their email account. Students who wish to leave a voicemail message for their instructor welcome to do so. Please note - the MyCourses email tool remains the most efficient and reliable means of communicating with the instructor for this course. Please, unless absolutely unable to do so, use the MyCourses email tool for all course related communication. Office Hours and Location: Because I teach entirely through eCampus I do not have office hours. During the course term students should contact me via the MyCourses email tool. ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
Dean WebsiteCOURSE INFORMATIONCourse DescriptionThis course is an introduction to the essential principles relevant to the earth sciences. Contemporary issues are applied to topics in earth science and include the process of science, fundamental understanding of how the earth sciences are expressions of chemistry and physics, and the economic, environmental, and social impacts related to earth materials and processes. Course Goals & Objectives1. The student will analyze the fundamental principles that underlie the earth sciences by: a. describing the steps and principles involved in the scientific method. b. evaluating different methods of measurement of natural phenomena. 2. The student will recognize the basic aspects of geology by: a. identifying rocks and minerals and their properties. b. reading and interpreting topographic and geologic maps. c. defining the processes that shape the Earth’s surface. d. explaining the ways in which geologic materials are dated. 3. The student will analyze the major events in the history of the Earth by: a. evaluating the theoretical causes of major evolutionary and extinction events. b. distinguishing mountain building, rifting and other events with respect to the forces that produced them. c. memorizing the geologic time scale and placing events in their proper place on this scale. 4. The student will explain the features of the ocean and marine life by: a. defining the nature of sea water with respect to its chemistry and motion within the ocean basins of the Earth. b. comparing and contrasting different types of marine life relative to each other. 5. The student will analyze climate, weather and atmospheric systems by: a. explaining the different ways in which the atmosphere is measured. b. labeling and describing components of weather maps. c. recognizing how Earth's climate system functions and changes. 6. The student will define the principles of astronomy by: a. analyzing the history of astronomical thought. b. describing the structure of our solar system. c. explaining the nature of the Earth Moon system. d. charting the origin of the universe and our solar system. PrerequisitesThere are no prerequisites for this course, however as with any online class, a knowledge of computers will be essential to your success. Availability of Course ContentAll course content is open and available at the start of the term. You are welcome to work ahead, but keep track of due dates. TestingThe mid term and the final are not proctored. They closed not closed book you are to use no resources at all. They are 50 questions and you will have 50 minutes to complete them. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK & OTHER RESOURCE INFORMATIONThis course makes use of freely available Open Educational Resources (OERs). These are free, there is no book. Students can accomplish all course work using the resources provided in the course. If you would like to buy a hard copy book to augment the OERs ask your instructor for a recommendation. LEARNER SUPPORTBelow you will find some school-based websites that will help you find help and be successful in this class. Please take advantage of as many of the school's services as you can. Even if you don't think you will need help, please have a look at these sites just so you know what's available. Answers to questions regarding accommodations may be found at the Accessibility Services site. If you are in need of accommodations, please contact a campus Accessibility Services Coordinator. If you need a Sign Language Interpreter, complete the form at web.spcollege.edu/survey/664. View the Academic Support and Student Success site. View the Learning Center Tutoring Schedules. View the On Campus Academic Support site. View the Online Academic Support site. View the SPC Libraries and Services site. View the Student Services site. IMPORTANT DATESCourse Dates: View the Academic Calendar. Drop Date: View the Academic Calendar. Withdrawal Date: View the Academic Calendar. Financial Aid Dates: View the Financial Aid Dates. Final Submission Deadline: All assignments must be submitted by 10:00pm EST Wednesday December 6, 2023 ATTENDANCEWe are required to report your attendance for the first and second weeks and at the 60% point in the class. For this class, you will be considered actively participating if you complete the minimum assignments, as listed below:
View the college-wide attendance policy included in How to Be a Successful Student. GRADINGMidterm Exam - 20% Final Exam - 20% Lab Exercises and Activities - 35% Discussions - 15% Module Quizzes - 10% How to check your Grades and review feedback:Grading ScaleA = 90-100% B = 80-89% C = 70-79% D = 60-69% F = 0-59%
LATE ASSIGNMENT POLICY Students may submit any assignment late up until the posted Final Deadline for Submissions which is specified in the Important Dates section of the syllabus and in the Course Calendar. Assignments submitted after the posted deadline are subject to a 20% late penalty. Assignments that are not submitted will be scored as zero and included in the final grade calculation. ASSIGNMENTSMidterm Exam and Final Exam These are worth 20% of your grade each for a total of 40%. The Final Exam is NOT cumulative, it will only cover the material from the second half of the class. Both exams have 50 multiple choice questions and the time limit is 50 minutes. Students who do not prepare in advance for these exams will have a hard time completing them. The exams will be a pretty straightforward for those who prepare. They will be very difficult for those who don't prepare and/or decide to cheat by looking up answers to each question. Lab Exercises and Activities This course combines lab and class material. The lab exercises and activities for this class are usually (but not always) something you download and complete. There are times when you will be required to photograph or scan your work then submit to the Dropbox. These are worth 35% of your grade. An accessible assignment option is available for the Concept Sketches for those learners with sight accommodations. Please contact your instructor for more information. Discussions These are meant to encourage you to engage with your fellow students. You'll be given a topic to write about and asked to respond to other students writing as well. These are worth 15% of your grade. Module Quizzes Each module has a multiple choice quiz. These are open book with multiple attempts and are meant to help you gauge your progress and prepare for the exams. They're worth 10% of your grade. STUDENTS' EXPECTATIONS AND INSTRUCTOR'S EXPECTATIONSRequired InteractionEmail is our primary mode of communication. You are expected to check your course email regularly. If you have any questions or concerns, be sure to email me right away. During the week, I will respond to emails within 24 hours. On the weekend and holidays I'll respond within 48 hours. Material will be graded within a week of submission if turned in within a reasonable time frame. If you turn everything in all at once the night it's due, it might take me a little longer to get through it. Understand that each module was designed to be done over roughly two weeks. There is NO WAY you can sit down and work through it in an evening. You should be logging on and working a bit pretty much every day. You may hear from your instructor if you start falling behind. You will not be successful if you sit down a day or two before the Midterm to work through the first half of the class. Participation, Conduct, and NetiquetteSPC has outlined expectations for student behavior and interaction for online discussions, email, and other forms of communication. View the Student Expectations in How to Be a Successful Student. Academic HonestyView the Academic Honesty Policy.
Academic Integrity and Artificial Intelligence (Generative AI) You may have heard of Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence). The best-known example is ChatGPT, a chatbot that allows you to type a question as if you were talking to a real person, and it quickly offers a seemingly meaningful, original answer. Tools like this are powerful and can be useful in many contexts, but we must be aware of their limitations, as they can produce inaccurate, fabricated, and even offensive content. In addition, the work produced is not technically your own. In order to avoid violating SPC’s academic integrity policy, students must be sure to follow each professor’s course policies regarding the use of artificial intelligence in academic work. If you’re unsure of a professor’s guidelines, reach out to them to discuss further. My policies for this course can be found below. As a reminder, the St Petersburg College Academic Honesty Policy states: St. Petersburg College expects students to be honest in all of their academic work. By enrolling at the College, students agree to adhere to the College’s standards of academic honesty and integrity. Failure to comply with this pledge may result in academic and disciplinary action, up to and including expulsion from the College. As members of the College community, students also have an ethical obligation to report violations of the SPC academic honesty policies they may witness (SPC Board Rule 4.461) The policy for this course is: Generative AI is permitted ONLY with prior permission from the instructor or when assignment instructions explicitly allow it. You may only use Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence), including ChatGPT and similar AI tools, when assignment directions specifically state that it is allowed, and these tools must be used with caution. If you think that generative AI would be a useful tool for a particular assignment that does not already allow it, please email the instructor for permission. Your request must explain how these tools will be used and why you think they are useful - be specific! AI is not a replacement for your own thinking and research. AI-generated text or other content must be clearly marked and cited properly. In addition, you are responsible for confirming the veracity of any information or sources produced by artificial intelligence. If you have any questions about this, please reach out to me. I am glad to offer guidance! CopyrightCopyrighted material within this course, or posted on this course website, is used in compliance with United States Copyright Law. Under that law you may use the material for educational purposes related to the learning outcomes of this course. You may not further download, copy, alter, or distribute the material unless in accordance with copyright law or with permission of the copyright holder. For more information on copyright visit: Copyright.gov STUDENT SURVEY OF INSTRUCTIONThe Student Survey of Instruction is administered in courses each semester. It is designed to improve the quality of instruction at St. Petersburg College. All student responses are confidential and anonymous and will be used solely for the purpose of performance improvement. TECHNOLOGYMinimum Technology RequirementsView the Technical Requirements for MyCourses. SPC offers Microsoft Office software to current students at no additional cost. The software is available for both Windows and Mac computers. View the How to Download Microsoft Office 2016 tutorial. Minimum Technical SkillsStudents should know how to navigate the course and use the course tools. Dropbox-style assignments may require attachments in either Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) or Rich Text Format (.rtf), so that they can be properly evaluated. If an attachment cannot be opened by the instructor, students will be required to re-format and re-submit an assignment so that it can be evaluated and returned with feedback. MyCourses tutorials are available to students new to this LMS and are located at the beginning of the course. Most features on MyCourses are accessible on mobile devices, although it is recommended that you use a computer for quizzes, tests, and essay assignments. Accessibility of TechnologyPrivacyTechnical SupportTechnical support is available via the Technical Support Desk Call Center. INSTRUCTIONAL CONTINUITY PLAN - EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS POLICYThe St. Petersburg College website at www.spcollege.edu is the official source of college information regarding the status of the institution. Other important information will be communicated via SPC Alert, local media outlets, and the college toll-free phone number 866-822-3978. All decisions concerning the discontinuation of college functions, cancellation of classes, or cessation of operations rest with the President or his/her designee. The College realizes that it is possible for a significant natural disaster to compromise SPC campus facilities sufficiently to disrupt the delivery of classes on campus/campuses for an extended period of time, and is planning ways our operations can continue following such an emergency. So, in the event that a hurricane or other natural disaster causes significant damage to St. Petersburg College facilities, you may be provided the opportunity to complete your course work online. Following the event, please visit the college website for an announcement of the College's plan to resume operations. Further, in the event of such a disaster, the instructor will continue using the Learning Management System (LMS) of MyCourses for continuation of all required learning and instructional activities in this course, including the issuing of graded online assignments and expectation of student completion of those graded assignments. Therefore, in order to keep up with all activities in this course during and after a natural disaster, please plan to continue this course by maintaining online access to MyCourses in lieu of meeting in a classroom - possibly through duration of the course's regularly scheduled end date. We will finish this course in MyCourses, as directed by your instructor online, and your instructor will use all graded assignments - both online and formerly on-campus - to assess and issue your final letter grade for this course, as normally planned, despite occurrence of the natural disaster. |
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| ESC 1000C Earth Science | 3757 | EC | Online | 08/14/23 | 12/08/23 |
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Days: Online Time: Location: EC EC-INTRNET Information:
COURSE SYLLABUSEarth Science ESC1000C Online Instruction
Fall 2023 (0625) WELCOMEHello and welcome to earth science. This class is a combination of geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy. We won't be going too deep into these sciences but we'll do enough to give you a flavor of how each of them works. Essentially, our goal is for you to be able walk around and understand what you're seeing. If you find yourself enjoying one particular part of the course, feel free to ask your instructor about taking a whole class about that discipline right here at SPC. Good luck and have fun! A NOTE ABOUT ONLINE CHEATING The exercises in this class may have been posted at various online sites. Doing so is a copyright violation and SPCs legal team is working to get them taken down. You should be aware that using these sites is considered cheating. If you are caught, and we have ways of catching you, you will receive a 0 on that assignment and your name will be reported to SPC's Academic Integrity Commission. Repeated offenses may result in you failing this class and possibly being kicked out of school. DO YOUR OWN WORK. Ask for help if you need to, but do your own work.
HONORLOCKThis course DOES NOT USE HONORLOCK for Fall 2023 Term 0625 - students may safely ignore any reference to Honorlock that may appear in this course. This course has required Honorlock in the past and there may be out-dated references to it - please ignore those references to Honorlock. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY is a fundamental value of St Petersburg College. Students are expected to conform to the Academic Integrity policies of this course. These basic rules are pretty simple:
INSTRUCTORName: Ethan Goddard Primary email: goddard.ethan@spcollege.edu Instructor Web Page: https://web.spcollege.edu/instructors/id/goddard.ethan Phone: 727-344-8004. As of January 2017 SPC Adjunct Instructors have been added to the SPC Voicemail System. All adjunct instructors now have a voicemail box connected to their email account. Students who wish to leave a voicemail message for their instructor welcome to do so. Please note - the MyCourses email tool remains the most efficient and reliable means of communicating with the instructor for this course. Please, unless absolutely unable to do so, use the MyCourses email tool for all course related communication. Office Hours and Location: Because I teach entirely through eCampus I do not have office hours. During the course term students should contact me via the MyCourses email tool. ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
Dean WebsiteCOURSE INFORMATIONCourse DescriptionThis course is an introduction to the essential principles relevant to the earth sciences. Contemporary issues are applied to topics in earth science and include the process of science, fundamental understanding of how the earth sciences are expressions of chemistry and physics, and the economic, environmental, and social impacts related to earth materials and processes. Course Goals & Objectives1. The student will analyze the fundamental principles that underlie the earth sciences by: a. describing the steps and principles involved in the scientific method. b. evaluating different methods of measurement of natural phenomena. 2. The student will recognize the basic aspects of geology by: a. identifying rocks and minerals and their properties. b. reading and interpreting topographic and geologic maps. c. defining the processes that shape the Earth’s surface. d. explaining the ways in which geologic materials are dated. 3. The student will analyze the major events in the history of the Earth by: a. evaluating the theoretical causes of major evolutionary and extinction events. b. distinguishing mountain building, rifting and other events with respect to the forces that produced them. c. memorizing the geologic time scale and placing events in their proper place on this scale. 4. The student will explain the features of the ocean and marine life by: a. defining the nature of sea water with respect to its chemistry and motion within the ocean basins of the Earth. b. comparing and contrasting different types of marine life relative to each other. 5. The student will analyze climate, weather and atmospheric systems by: a. explaining the different ways in which the atmosphere is measured. b. labeling and describing components of weather maps. c. recognizing how Earth's climate system functions and changes. 6. The student will define the principles of astronomy by: a. analyzing the history of astronomical thought. b. describing the structure of our solar system. c. explaining the nature of the Earth Moon system. d. charting the origin of the universe and our solar system. PrerequisitesThere are no prerequisites for this course, however as with any online class, a knowledge of computers will be essential to your success. Availability of Course ContentAll course content is open and available at the start of the term. You are welcome to work ahead, but keep track of due dates. TestingThe mid term and the final are not proctored. They closed not closed book you are to use no resources at all. They are 50 questions and you will have 50 minutes to complete them. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK & OTHER RESOURCE INFORMATIONThis course makes use of freely available Open Educational Resources (OERs). These are free, there is no book. Students can accomplish all course work using the resources provided in the course. If you would like to buy a hard copy book to augment the OERs ask your instructor for a recommendation. LEARNER SUPPORTBelow you will find some school-based websites that will help you find help and be successful in this class. Please take advantage of as many of the school's services as you can. Even if you don't think you will need help, please have a look at these sites just so you know what's available. Answers to questions regarding accommodations may be found at the Accessibility Services site. If you are in need of accommodations, please contact a campus Accessibility Services Coordinator. If you need a Sign Language Interpreter, complete the form at web.spcollege.edu/survey/664. View the Academic Support and Student Success site. View the Learning Center Tutoring Schedules. View the On Campus Academic Support site. View the Online Academic Support site. View the SPC Libraries and Services site. View the Student Services site. IMPORTANT DATESCourse Dates: View the Academic Calendar. Drop Date: View the Academic Calendar. Withdrawal Date: View the Academic Calendar. Financial Aid Dates: View the Financial Aid Dates. Final Submission Deadline: All assignments must be submitted by 10:00pm EST Wednesday December 6, 2023 ATTENDANCEWe are required to report your attendance for the first and second weeks and at the 60% point in the class. For this class, you will be considered actively participating if you complete the minimum assignments, as listed below:
View the college-wide attendance policy included in How to Be a Successful Student. GRADINGMidterm Exam - 20% Final Exam - 20% Lab Exercises and Activities - 35% Discussions - 15% Module Quizzes - 10% How to check your Grades and review feedback:Grading ScaleA = 90-100% B = 80-89% C = 70-79% D = 60-69% F = 0-59%
LATE ASSIGNMENT POLICY Students may submit any assignment late up until the posted Final Deadline for Submissions which is specified in the Important Dates section of the syllabus and in the Course Calendar. Assignments submitted after the posted deadline are subject to a 20% late penalty. Assignments that are not submitted will be scored as zero and included in the final grade calculation. ASSIGNMENTSMidterm Exam and Final Exam These are worth 20% of your grade each for a total of 40%. The Final Exam is NOT cumulative, it will only cover the material from the second half of the class. Both exams have 50 multiple choice questions and the time limit is 50 minutes. Students who do not prepare in advance for these exams will have a hard time completing them. The exams will be a pretty straightforward for those who prepare. They will be very difficult for those who don't prepare and/or decide to cheat by looking up answers to each question. Lab Exercises and Activities This course combines lab and class material. The lab exercises and activities for this class are usually (but not always) something you download and complete. There are times when you will be required to photograph or scan your work then submit to the Dropbox. These are worth 35% of your grade. An accessible assignment option is available for the Concept Sketches for those learners with sight accommodations. Please contact your instructor for more information. Discussions These are meant to encourage you to engage with your fellow students. You'll be given a topic to write about and asked to respond to other students writing as well. These are worth 15% of your grade. Module Quizzes Each module has a multiple choice quiz. These are open book with multiple attempts and are meant to help you gauge your progress and prepare for the exams. They're worth 10% of your grade. STUDENTS' EXPECTATIONS AND INSTRUCTOR'S EXPECTATIONSRequired InteractionEmail is our primary mode of communication. You are expected to check your course email regularly. If you have any questions or concerns, be sure to email me right away. During the week, I will respond to emails within 24 hours. On the weekend and holidays I'll respond within 48 hours. Material will be graded within a week of submission if turned in within a reasonable time frame. If you turn everything in all at once the night it's due, it might take me a little longer to get through it. Understand that each module was designed to be done over roughly two weeks. There is NO WAY you can sit down and work through it in an evening. You should be logging on and working a bit pretty much every day. You may hear from your instructor if you start falling behind. You will not be successful if you sit down a day or two before the Midterm to work through the first half of the class. Participation, Conduct, and NetiquetteSPC has outlined expectations for student behavior and interaction for online discussions, email, and other forms of communication. View the Student Expectations in How to Be a Successful Student. Academic HonestyView the Academic Honesty Policy.
Academic Integrity and Artificial Intelligence (Generative AI) You may have heard of Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence). The best-known example is ChatGPT, a chatbot that allows you to type a question as if you were talking to a real person, and it quickly offers a seemingly meaningful, original answer. Tools like this are powerful and can be useful in many contexts, but we must be aware of their limitations, as they can produce inaccurate, fabricated, and even offensive content. In addition, the work produced is not technically your own. In order to avoid violating SPC’s academic integrity policy, students must be sure to follow each professor’s course policies regarding the use of artificial intelligence in academic work. If you’re unsure of a professor’s guidelines, reach out to them to discuss further. My policies for this course can be found below. As a reminder, the St Petersburg College Academic Honesty Policy states: St. Petersburg College expects students to be honest in all of their academic work. By enrolling at the College, students agree to adhere to the College’s standards of academic honesty and integrity. Failure to comply with this pledge may result in academic and disciplinary action, up to and including expulsion from the College. As members of the College community, students also have an ethical obligation to report violations of the SPC academic honesty policies they may witness (SPC Board Rule 4.461) The policy for this course is: Generative AI is permitted ONLY with prior permission from the instructor or when assignment instructions explicitly allow it. You may only use Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence), including ChatGPT and similar AI tools, when assignment directions specifically state that it is allowed, and these tools must be used with caution. If you think that generative AI would be a useful tool for a particular assignment that does not already allow it, please email the instructor for permission. Your request must explain how these tools will be used and why you think they are useful - be specific! AI is not a replacement for your own thinking and research. AI-generated text or other content must be clearly marked and cited properly. In addition, you are responsible for confirming the veracity of any information or sources produced by artificial intelligence. If you have any questions about this, please reach out to me. I am glad to offer guidance! CopyrightCopyrighted material within this course, or posted on this course website, is used in compliance with United States Copyright Law. Under that law you may use the material for educational purposes related to the learning outcomes of this course. You may not further download, copy, alter, or distribute the material unless in accordance with copyright law or with permission of the copyright holder. For more information on copyright visit: Copyright.gov STUDENT SURVEY OF INSTRUCTIONThe Student Survey of Instruction is administered in courses each semester. It is designed to improve the quality of instruction at St. Petersburg College. All student responses are confidential and anonymous and will be used solely for the purpose of performance improvement. TECHNOLOGYMinimum Technology RequirementsView the Technical Requirements for MyCourses. SPC offers Microsoft Office software to current students at no additional cost. The software is available for both Windows and Mac computers. View the How to Download Microsoft Office 2016 tutorial. Minimum Technical SkillsStudents should know how to navigate the course and use the course tools. Dropbox-style assignments may require attachments in either Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) or Rich Text Format (.rtf), so that they can be properly evaluated. If an attachment cannot be opened by the instructor, students will be required to re-format and re-submit an assignment so that it can be evaluated and returned with feedback. MyCourses tutorials are available to students new to this LMS and are located at the beginning of the course. Most features on MyCourses are accessible on mobile devices, although it is recommended that you use a computer for quizzes, tests, and essay assignments. Accessibility of TechnologyPrivacyTechnical SupportTechnical support is available via the Technical Support Desk Call Center. INSTRUCTIONAL CONTINUITY PLAN - EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS POLICYThe St. Petersburg College website at www.spcollege.edu is the official source of college information regarding the status of the institution. Other important information will be communicated via SPC Alert, local media outlets, and the college toll-free phone number 866-822-3978. All decisions concerning the discontinuation of college functions, cancellation of classes, or cessation of operations rest with the President or his/her designee. The College realizes that it is possible for a significant natural disaster to compromise SPC campus facilities sufficiently to disrupt the delivery of classes on campus/campuses for an extended period of time, and is planning ways our operations can continue following such an emergency. So, in the event that a hurricane or other natural disaster causes significant damage to St. Petersburg College facilities, you may be provided the opportunity to complete your course work online. Following the event, please visit the college website for an announcement of the College's plan to resume operations. Further, in the event of such a disaster, the instructor will continue using the Learning Management System (LMS) of MyCourses for continuation of all required learning and instructional activities in this course, including the issuing of graded online assignments and expectation of student completion of those graded assignments. Therefore, in order to keep up with all activities in this course during and after a natural disaster, please plan to continue this course by maintaining online access to MyCourses in lieu of meeting in a classroom - possibly through duration of the course's regularly scheduled end date. We will finish this course in MyCourses, as directed by your instructor online, and your instructor will use all graded assignments - both online and formerly on-campus - to assess and issue your final letter grade for this course, as normally planned, despite occurrence of the natural disaster. |
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