| DATE | CHAPTER | TOPIC | LAB EXERCISE | LITERATURE REVIEW |
| 14-Jan | 1 | Introduction/Course overview | ||
| 19-Jan | MLK Holiday, no class | |||
| 21-Jan | 2 | Plate tectonics (hurray!) | ||
| 22/23-Jan | Reading journal articles | |||
| 26-Jan | 2 (quiz) | Plate tectonics | ||
| 28-Jan | 2 | Plate tectonics | Hess, 1962 | |
| 29/30-Jan | Visualizing plates | |||
| 2-Feb | Plate kinematics | |||
| 4-Feb | Plate kinematics | |||
| 5/6-Feb | Plate kinematics | |||
| 9-Feb | Plate kinematics | Wilson, 1965 | ||
| 11-Feb | 3 (quiz) | Seismic waves | Atwater, 1970 | |
| 12/13-Feb | Review for Exam 1 | |||
| 16-Feb | 1-3 | Exam 1 | ||
| 18-Feb | 4 (quiz) | Seismic refraction | ||
| 19/20-Feb | no lab | |||
| 23-Feb | 4 | Seismic refraction | ||
| 25-Feb | 4 | Seismic refraction | ||
| 26/27-Feb | Seismic refraction | |||
| 2-Mar | 5 & 6 (quiz) | Seismic reflection | ||
| 4-Mar | 5 & 6 | Seismic reflection | Johnson & Smithson, 1986 | |
| 5/6-Mar | Seismic reflection | |||
| 9-Mar | 7 (quiz) | Earthquake seismology | ||
| 11-Mar | 7 | Earthquake seismology | Isacks et al., 1968 | |
| 12/13-Mar | Earthquake seismology | |||
| 16/18-Mar | Spring break | |||
| 19/20-Mar | Spring break | |||
| 23-Mar | 7 | Earthquake seismology | ||
| 25-Mar | 7 | Earthquake seismology | Vine, 1966 | |
| 26/27-Mar | Review for Exam 2 | |||
| 30-Mar | 4-7 | Exam 2 | ||
| 1-Apr | 8 (quiz) | Gravity and Isostacy | ||
| 2/3-Apr | GEODAZE | |||
| 6-Apr | 8 | Gravity and Isostacy | ||
| 8-Apr | 8 | Gravity and Isostacy | ||
| 9/10-Apr | no lab | |||
| 13-Apr | 8 | Gravity and Isostacy | Pitman and Hayes, 1968 | |
| 15-Apr | 9 (quiz) | Magnetics | ||
| 16/17-Apr | Gravity | |||
| 20-Apr | 9 | Magnetics | ||
| 22-Apr | 10 (quiz) | Heat flow | DeMets et al., 1990 | |
| 23/24-Apr | Magnetic anomalies | |||
| 27-Apr | 10 | Heat flow | ||
| 29-Apr | Geodesy | |||
| 30-Apr/1-May | Geodesy | |||
| 4-May | Geodesy | Sella et al., 2002 | ||
| 6-May | Course review | |||
| 15-May | EVERYTHING! | Final exam 8-10 am | ||