| Date | Day | Topic | Discussion | |
| J. | 27 | T | Course Introduction -get organized | |
| 29 | Th | No-class-Trying to find a time for class.. | ||
| F | 3 | T | Introduction- | Bucher's Laws |
| e | 5 | Th | Tectonic observations | Heezen Tharp Map - Etc |
| b | 10 | T | Structure of the Earth, Mantle I | Adiabats etc... |
| r | 12 | Th | Plumes and Ridges | |
| u | 17 | T | Ocean Crust, Ridges | Heezen Tharp map |
| a | 19 | Th | Heat Flow - Ocean Crust | |
| r | 24 | T | Petrology of Ocean Crust-Ridges | Forces on plates |
| y | 26 | Th | Subduction, Introduction | The Bending of Plates |
| M | 3 | T | Island Arcs | Indonesia, Japan... |
| a | 5 | Th | Island Arcs - Geochemistry | |
| r | 10 | T | Vector motion of plates | Cox Exercises |
| c | 12 | Th | Paleomag. | Cox Exercises |
| h | 17 | T | No class; Spring Break | |
| 19 | Th | No class; Spring Break | ||
| 24 | T | Ocean-Continent collision | Isostacy | |
| 26 | Th | Island Arcs - Geochemistry | The Andes | |
| 31 | T | Accretionary prisms | Alaska | |
| A | 2 | Th | Continental Crust Introduction | Balanced sections - crit. wedge |
| p | 7 | T | Continent-continent collision | Nappes, Alps |
| r | 9 | Th | Terranes, General | |
| i | 14 | T | Continental Crust Introduction | The nature of the lower crust |
| l | 16 | Th | Continent-continent collision | P-T-t Paths |
| 21 | T | No class-Monday classes followed | ||
| 23 | Th | Metamorphism & collision | Extensional boundaries | |
| 28 | T | Delamination, An alternative model... | Rifting | |
| 30 | Th | Continental Extension | Rifting | |
| M | 5 | T | Rifts | |
| a | 7 | Th | Strike-slip tectonics | |
| y | 12 | T | PC Tectonics, United Plates | |
| Additional | ||||
| Heresy and Scientific revolution | Heresy and Scientific revolution | |||