Who:
Alex Sessions (Professor); 108a N. Mudd, als@gps.caltech.edu; office hours in afternoon or by arrangement
Ashley Jones (Graduate student); 019 N. Mudd, jonesaa@gps.caltech.edu; office hours to be announced before problem sets.
When, Where:
MWF 10-11am, Arms 251
How:
Late policy: Assignments are due by 5pm on the due date. Work turned in after the deadline will be assessed a 10% penalty for each week they are late. Extensions are possible with a good excuse and permission of the TA and/or instructor.
Collaboration policy: You may work together on the problem sets, however the work you turn in must be your own. Since the problem sets all require running or modifying scripts in MatLab, it is very easy (and very tempting) to simply copy-and-paste scripts with other students. This is not allowed. You may talk with classmates about how best to implement or structure a script, and compare results, but you must write and run your own scripts and analyze your own results. Copying scripts, or parts of scripts, or script output, directly from your classmates is not allowed, and will be dealt with strictly.
Grading. 10% Class participation and discussion, 50% problem sets, 40% final exam.
Course syllabus (pdf format)
Textbook:
Earth System Science (Jacobson, Charlson, Rodhe, Orians). Elsevier Press, 2000.
Important Dates:
March 30: First day of class
April 6: Student-Faculty conference, no class
April 10: Problem Set 1 Due
April 22: Earth Day
April 24: Problem Set 2 Due
May 8: Problem Set 3 Due
May 20: Last day to drop course
May 22: Problem Set 4 Due
May 25: Memorial Day, no class
May 29: Last day of class