2009 Syllabus

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Credit hrs: 4 Class hours: T, Th 2:15 – 5:15
Locations: Lecture Tuesday: Rm 317 Beach
Lab Thursday: Computer - Rm 303 WBY (Young); LERIS Laboratory
Field - BH well field or Water Resources Field Station - Building #2(B2 former MCL)
Instructor: Dr. Gary A. Robbins, 313 WBY, Office 486-2448, Lab 486-0603, Dept. 486-2840
Email: gary.robbins@uconn.edu
Office hrs: M 10-11, W 11-12 or by arrangement
Lecture notes available on-line at Virtual Ground Water Academy website tutorial (www.vgwacademy.com)
Class web site: Link from--http://www.water.uconn.edu/
Exams: two and final
Lab: class experiments, problem sets, computer analyses,
Final Grade = 30%(ave lect tests) + 20%(final exam) + 20%(HW) + 25%(lab ave) + 5%(class participation.)

COURSE SCHEDULE:
LECTURES
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EXERCISES

“Attention Students.
Final exam week for Fall 2009 takes place from Monday, December 14, through Saturday, December 19. Students are required to be available for their exam during that time. Students must visit the Dean of Students Office if they cannot make their exam. The DOS will give the student his or her instructions thereafter.

Please note: vacations, previously purchased tickets or reservations, weddings (unless part of the wedding party), and other large or small scale social events, are not viable excuses for missing a final exam. Please contact the Dean of Students office with any questions. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.”

1. Homework Instructions
All homework must be done in a spreadsheet. Make sure you label the spreadsheet sufficiently so the instructor can identify the question number, follow your work, and find your answer on the printout. Underline your answers or put them in boxes. Print your spreadsheet out using 10-point font size or larger. Also make sure the printout is legible. (Make sure there is sufficient ink in the printer to print legible quality). Do not use paper with other material printed on it (this is not good for the printer and it makes my job grading your work harder). IF I CANNOT FIGURE IT OUT, YOU GET NO CREDIT.

2. Exercise Instructions
Most exercises require you to provide answers on the instruction sheets, supplemented with spreadsheets. You should attach in a logical order, any computations, computer printouts, graphics and other relevant data or information to the instruction sheet when you hand in the exercise. NO BACKUP-NO CREDIT!

3. Due Dates
All homework and laboratory reports are due in two weeks. Unless you have permission of the instructor, late work will not be acceptable. If you think your work will be late, contact me ASAP.

4. Ethics*
DO YOUR OWN WORK! IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, SEE THE INSTRUCTOR. ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT* WILL RESULT IN A FAILING GRADE IN THIS COURSE AND DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
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* “Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to, providing or receiving assistance in a manner not authorized by the instructor in the creation of work to be submitted for academic evaluation (e.g. papers, projects, and examinations); any attempt to influence improperly (e.g. bribery, threats) any member of the faculty, staff, or administration of the University in any matter pertaining to academics or research; presenting, as one's own, the ideas or words of another for academic evaluation; doing unauthorized academic work for which another person will receive credit or be evaluated; and presenting the same or substantially the same papers or projects in two or more courses without the explicit permission of the instructors involved.
A student who knowingly assists another student in committing an act of academic misconduct shall be equally accountable for the violation, and shall be subject to the sanctions and other remedies described in The Student Code.”