Computers in Geology
Possible Syllabus (subject to change)
Novemebr 6, 1997
Week
Day
Subject
1
 8/27    
8/28 
8/29 		 Intro. to computing in Geology: examples, philosophy, and basic operations of lab    
LAB:  Getting familiar with the GCIF 
Basic internet: email and WWW (telnet and ftp) 
2
 9/3    
9/4 
9/5 		 Hardware: Mac and PCs, what is inside, how do computers work?    
LAB:  Hardware exploration 
Peripherals: Printers, scanners, etc. 
3
 9/10    
9/11 
9/12 		 Operating systems: Mac, PC and the development of OS intuition    
LAB:  Operating systems practice and UNIX demo 
GEOREF--Geologic bibliographic database 
4
 9/17    
9/18 
9/19 		 Integrated software systems: Microsoft Office; Microsoft Word    
LAB:  Word processing and Microsoft Word 
Scientific citations: Microsoft Word and Endnote 
5
 9/24    
9/25 
9/26		 Formatting large documents: Microsoft Word    
LAB:  Formatting large documents 
Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel 
6
 10/1    
10/2 
10/3 		 Spreadsheets and data reduction: Microsoft Excel    
LAB:  Spreadsheets and plotting programs (Deltagraph and Kaleidagraph) 
Spreadsheets and interactive modeling: Microsoft Excel 
7
 10/8    
10/9 
10/10 		 Spreadsheets and interactive modeling: Microsoft Excel    
LAB:  Spreadsheets and interactive modeling: Microsoft Excel   
Spreadsheets and interactive modeling: Microsoft Excel 
8
 10/15    
10/16 
10/17 		 Customizing relational databases: Filemaker Pro (Chris Skiba guest lecture)    
LAB:  Customizing relational databases: Filemaker Pro (Chris Skiba guest lab)  
Customizing relational databases: Filemaker Pro (Chris Skiba guest lecture) 
9
 10/22    
10/23 
10/24 		 Don Burt and the digital camera.    
LAB:  Scanning images and text 
Raster image processing, file formats and conversion using Adobe Photoshop 
10
 10/29    
10/30 
10/31 		 Vector graphics: Autocad introduction    
LAB:  Autocad and digitizing maps 
Vector graphics: Autocad 
11
 11/5    
11/6 
11/7 		 Combining vectors and rasters for presentation: Canvas
LAB: Canvas figure preparation
A little bit more Canvas and then making presentations using MS Powerpoint
12
 11/12    
11/13 
11/14 		 Geographic Information Systems: Arc Info and Arc View
LAB: Arc View
Internet, implications of Cyberspace for geologic practice: HTML 
13
 11/19    
11/20
11/21 		 Internet, implications of Cyberspace for geologic practice: HTML    
LAB:  HTML coding
Symbolic computation: Mathematica 
14
 11/26    
11/27
11/28 		 Large scale data analysis: Mathematica    
No lab
Thanksgiving recess 
15
 12/3    
12/4
12/5 		 3D visualization: Mathematica    
LAB:  3D visualization: Mathematica 
3D visualization: Mathematica 
16
 12/10    
12/11
12/12 		 Presentation preparation    
Presentation preparation
Presentation preparation 
Final Exam time   
Tuesday, Dec 16 7:40-9:30 am		 Presentations 
 

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