Course Syllabus
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Mark A. Nanny Professor School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science |
Objectives:
- To quantify the major fate processes (e.g., solubility, sorption, hydrolysis, and redox transformations) affecting transportation and degradation of contaminants in the environment;
- To identify and describe the properties and processes associated with environmental compartments (e.g., soil, groundwater, and surface water) affecting contaminant fate and transport;
- To quantitatively predict the transport of a contaminant through mass transfer processes (dispersion, movement through a saturated porous medium (Darcy’s Law), gravitational settling and erosion);
- To use fate process models and transport process models to predict the fate and transport of contaminants within and between multiple environmental compartments;
- To map a subsurface contaminant plume and predict its origin using well data and contour plotting.
Class Hours: Live On-Line Lecture Sessions: 9:00-10:15 am, Tuesday & Thursday
Office Hours: On-Line: 10:30 – noon, Tuesday & Thursday, and by appointment
Zoom Link: ID: 939 7960 3446 Passcode: 37191489
Prerequisites: CEES 2313
Instructor: Dr. Mark Nanny
304A Carson Engineering Center
nanny@ou.edu (email is the best way to reach me)
Required Texts: (1) Mihelcic, J. R., Zimmerman, J. B. (2014), Environmental Engineering: Fundamentals,
Sustainability, Design, 2nd edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.
(2) Supplemental required reading will be posted on canvas.ou.edu.
Course Format:
The course format is a modified flipped classroom consisting of a two-week period for each topic. During the first week, you will read the introductory material and the textbook assignments as well as view two video lectures related to the new material. All items have a graded quiz at the end that may be taken as many times as desired until you achieve your desired score. In the second week of the topic, in the live on-line lecture sessions we'll do a variety of group exercises and provide opportunities for you to ask questions regarding the readings, the lecture videos, and other course materials. Every Thursday, there will be 30 minutes for questions and answers regarding the homework assignment and answer key, and then at 9:30 am there will be a 30-minute HW quiz covering the homework assignment posted the previous week. The HW answer key will be posted the morning prior to the HW quiz. You will need to keep your Zoom video on during the HW quiz.
As such, there is a two-week cycle to each topic. During each week, students will be engaged with the first week material of a new topic and the second week material of the current topic. Thus, each week, students are: 1) engaged in learning on their own about a new topic while 2) participating in live sessions on T and Th and as well with the homework quiz on Thursday with the current topics.
All live, on-live sessions will be recorded and posted on Canvas. Office hours will not be recorded.
Technology Requirements: You will need to be able to do the following:
- Engage in weekly Zoom events using both audio and video.
- Have “Genesis Scan” app (Android) or “Scannable” app (iOS) on your mobile phone so you can upload pdf files of your HW quizzes, hourly exams, lab reports and final exam on Gradescope (https://www.gradescope.com/). For information how to scan your work to Gradescope using a mobile device: https://help.gradescope.com/article/0chl25eed3-student-scan-mobile-device
Required Texts: (1) Mihelcic, J. R., Zimmerman, J. B. (2014), Environmental Engineering: Fundamentals, Sustainability, Design, 2nd edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.
(2) Supplemental required reading will be posted on canvas.ou.edu.
Canvas: Course information, and materials (e.g., syllabus, schedule, assignments, office hours, and supplemental readings) are available on Canvas. It is the student’s responsibility to regularly check and access posted materials and messages.
Attendance, excused absences, incomplete grades, and extra credit:
* No make-up HW quizzes. Only excused absences will be permitted to drop the "zero" grade.
* Make-up exams will be given only for excused and documented absences.
* Incomplete grades – permitted ONLY under extreme circumstances as outlined in the course catalog and
student handbook.
* Extra credit - don’t even ask.
* Information regarding assignment deadlines and other pertinent and timely information will be given promptly
during the first five minutes of lecture. I will not repeat this information for late arrivals.
Grading: Letter grades are assigned based on your point total at the end of the semester relative to the point totals of your fellow classmates and relative to my expectations. I do not have a strict 90-80-70 scale for assigning letter grades; rather, I try to find the natural breaks between students. Even though I have a sliding scale, I do have a few achievement levels. If your average is below 50%, you will receive an “F” regardless of the course average. Borderline cases are determined by your attendance record, class participation, and attitude toward learning.
Homework quizzes 20%
On-line quizzes 10%
Technical Reports 20%
Two Hourly Exams (Each exam 15%) 30%
Final exam 20%
Homework Assignments and Quizzes: Homework problems will be assigned weekly. Homework will NOT be collected or graded. Instead, a 30-minute Homework quiz will be given at 9:30 am on the Thursday of the live on-line lecture session in the following week (except for weeks when an hourly exam is scheduled). The HW answer key will be posted the day (i.e. Wednesday morning) before the Thursday HW quiz.
The first 30 minutes of the Thursday session will be to answer questions related to the HW assignment and answer key. For the quiz, students can use a calculator and it is an open book quiz. Other electronic materials or devices are NOT allowed. This means that any notes, power point lecture slides, or other items you desire to use must be paper copies and not electronic
Quiz questions can cover any part of the HW problem set (i.e., may build from a HW problem to explore the problem in a new way), or may include a completely different question with a similar concept. So, the most efficient method for preparing for the quiz is to do all the HW problems. Do not merely review the answer keys; this approach will not help you because the quiz questions will not be repeated HW problems.
You will upload your HW quiz as a pdf file to Gradescope for grading. Your lowest homework quiz grade for the semester will be dropped.
Exams: Three 75-minute exams will be given on Feb. 25, March 25, and April 29. These exams will cover course material as indicated in the schedule. Exams will consist of three problems and short answer questions similar to those in homework assignments, problems presented in lecture and the readings, and those done for the technical reports. Students can use a calculator. Open book exam. Other than a calculator, electronic materials or devices are NOT allowed. The lowest exam score of the three exams will be dropped; only the two highest exam scores will be used for grading.
You will need to keep your Zoom video on during the exam.
Final Exam: The comprehensive final exam will be a take-home exam. Final exam instructions will be posted on Canvas no later than Thursday, April 1. You will email your final exam as a pdf file to me. The final exam is due by noon, Friday, May 14th.
Estimated workload: This is a three credit-hour class. You should expect to spend at least an average of 9 to 12 hours each week outside of on-line lectures working on this course (i.e., doing assigned readings and homework assignments, working through class notes, studying for HW quizzes and exams, etc.). You may require more time than this based on the efficiency and discipline of your study habits.
Academic misconduct: You are responsible for understanding and complying with the University of Oklahoma student code regarding academic misconduct. Please see the OU Office of Academic Integrity (http://integrity.ou.edu/) for a definition of academic misconduct and the academic misconduct code, the definition of plagiarism, as well as general information about academic integrity. Here is a quote from that web page:
“The [Academic Misconduct] Code defines academic misconduct simply as any act which improperly affects the evaluation of a student's academic performance or achievement. Just as professionals are expected to know the rules of their profession, students have to know what counts as misconduct. Claiming ignorance of the rules is not a defense. So when in doubt, ask your professor!”
Academic Integrity: Chegg and Other Online Tutoring Sources: There are a wide variety of tutoring resources available through paid websites. Many of these sites have students upload assignments and solutions and surreptitiously provide these documents to other students. What appears to be a session with a tutor may be, behind the scenes, the tutor doing a search of their company database of solutions to share. By using these sites you risk being charged with academic misconduct, either by supplying other students with answers they did not author or by receiving someone else’s answer that you did not author. Since these companies are not open with students about their practices, you cannot know whether a tutor is providing meaningful support (for example, identifying misunderstandings of content and explaining them) or simply feeding you someone else’s solution a bit at a time. The tutor’s actions can result in different students submitting answers that are identical, which may be flagged as academic misconduct during grading. See the table below for specific examples. There is no way to use these sites without risking being charged academic misconduct at this time. These sites cooperate with the OU Office of Academic Integrity to identify students who are using their services to commit academic misconduct.
Example Scenarios:
You use the website to receive help. During the process, the assignment and all or part of your solution are stored on a company computer. The assignment or solution are subsequently delivered by the company to another student that you do not know.
- May Be Charged With Academic Misconduct? Yes
- May be Guilty of Academic Misconduct? No, but you’re going to have to prove it since two students
with identical solutions is usually considered good evidence of academic misconduct
You use the website to receive help. The assignment has already been uploaded, and your tutor provides you with a solution. You submit all or part of this solution as your work.
- May Be Charged With Academic Misconduct? Yes
- May be Guilty of Academic Misconduct? Yes, and you may not even be aware that the tutor was
working from someone else’s solution.
IMPROPER COLLABORATION. Collaboration means working together. Many classes emphasize working with a partner or in groups. Permission from the professor to "work together" on a homework, project or paper is not permission to violate the rules of integrity by presenting another student's work as your own…it is assumed that all work submitted for a grade will be the product of the student's own understanding, and thus expressed in the student's own words, calculations, computer code, etc. When a student's work is identical or very similar to someone else's at points where individual variations in expression would be expected, it is reasonable for the professor to conclude that academic misconduct has occurred.”
Plagiarism and Cheating: I take plagiarism and cheating very seriously and will report all cases to the OU Office of Academic Integrity (http://integrity.ou.edu/) for review and prosecution. No exceptions will be made. If you don’t know if you’re cheating or committing plagiarism, stop what you’re doing and either ask me for guidance or visit the Office of Academic Integrity website.
Reasonable accommodation policy: The University of Oklahoma is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for all students with disabilities. Students with disabilities who require accommodations in this course are requested to speak with the professor as early in the semester as possible. Students with disabilities must be registered with the Office of Disability Services prior to receiving accommodations in this course. The Office of Disability Services is located in Goddard Health Center, Suite 166, phone 405/325-3852 or TDD only 405/325-4173.
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Academic Misconduct
In addition to the course conduct policies outlined by your professor in the Course Syllabus in the online classroom, please review the Graduate Student Handbook.
It is the responsibility of each student to be familiar with the definitions, policies, and procedures concerning academic misconduct. The Student Code is available from the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, and is contained in the Student's Guide to Academic Integrity.
This site also defines misconduct, provides examples of prohibited conduct, and explains the sanctions available for those found guilty of misconduct.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the most common form of academic misconduct at OU. There is basically no college-level assignment that can be satisfactorily completed by copying. OU's basic assumption about writing is that all written assignments show the student's own understanding in the student's own words. That means all writing assignments, in class or out, are assumed to be composed entirely of words generated (not simply found) by the student, except where words written by someone else are specifically marked as such with proper citation. Including other people's words in your paper is helpful when you do it honestly and correctly. When you don't, it's plagiarism.
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Reasonable Accommodation for Disabilities
The University of Oklahoma is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for all students with disabilities. Students with disabilities who require accommodations in this course should contact their professor as early in the semester as possible.
Students with disabilities must be registered with the Disability Resource Center prior to receiving accommodations in this course.
If you have a disability and you would like to make a request for reasonable accommodation, please see the Graduate Student Handbook or get in touch with the Disability Resource Center.
Adjustments for Pregnancy/Childbirth Related Issues
Should you need modifications or adjustments to your course requirements because of documented pregnancy-related or childbirth-related issues, please contact me as soon as possible to discuss your options. Generally, modifications will be made where medically necessary and similar in scope to accommodations based on temporary disability. Learn more about the rights of pregnant and parenting students by consulting the FAQ sheets provided by the Institutional Equity Office.
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Religious Holidays
It is the policy of the University to excuse absences of students that result from religious observances and to provide for the rescheduling of examinations and additional required classwork that may fall on religious holidays without penalty. It is the responsibility of the student to make alternate arrangements with the instructor at least one week prior to the actual date of the religious holiday.
Copyright Policy
It is illegal to download, upload, reproduce, or distribute any copyrighted material, in any form and in any fashion, without permission from the copyright holder or his/her authorized agent. The University of Oklahoma expects all members of its community to comply fully with federal copyright laws. If such laws appear to have been violated by any user, the university reserves the right (1) to terminate that user’s access to some or all of the university’s computer systems and information resources and (2) to take additional disciplinary actions as deemed necessary or appropriate. Repeat offenders will be sanctioned and their privileges terminated.
Registration and Withdrawal
If you choose to withdraw from this course, you must complete the appropriate University form and turn the form in before the deadline. If you stop attending the course and doing the coursework without doing the required paperwork, your grade will be calculated with missed homework and examination grades entered as zero. This could result in receiving a grade of F in the course. Deadlines are shown in the Academic Calendar, which is available from the Office of the Registrar.
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