As part of your grade in this course, you will be required to turn in TWO special assignment written reports. Click on eash assignment to link to a detailed description of the assignment requirements. 

Special Assignment #1 - Attend the field trip to southeastern Missouri and hand in a completed field notebook

Special Assignment #2 - Write a 5+ page report on the geology of a national park or monument

Special Assignment #3 - Write a 5+ page paper on a topic in Environmental Geology

Special Assignment #4 - Write a 5+ page paper on a topic in Historical Geology or on a significant Geologic Event

Each report will count as 7% of your final grade. If you write more than one paper, your second paper topic must be from a different special assignment category (e.g., If you wrote paper #1 about a national park, you need to write paper #2 about a topic in Environmental Geology or a Historic Figure/ Geologic Event).

For a general list of comments and requirements for the written reports, click here.