| Week and Date: | Type | Description | Points |
| Week 1: Work due February 14 (Sunday) | WA | Introduction | 5 |
| Q | Orientation | 10 | |
| Q | Chapter 1 – Humans, Geology & the Environment | 10 | |
| Week 2: Work due February 21 (Sunday) | WA | Geographic Information Systems in Geology | 15 |
| Q | Chapter 2 – Getting Around in Geology | 15 | |
| Week 3: Work due February 28 (Sunday) | WA | Plate Tectonics & Tsunamis | 15 |
| Q | Chapter 3 – Plate Tectonics | 15 | |
| Week 4: Work due March 7 (Sunday) | WA | Earthquake Hazards | 15 |
| Q | Chapter 4 – Earthquakes & Human Activities | 15 | |
| Week 5: Work due March 14 (Sunday) | WA | Volcanoes & Volcanic Hazards | 15 |
| Q | Chapter 5 – Volcanoes | 15 | |
| Week 6: Work due March 21 (Sunday) | WA | The Yellowstone Supervolcano | 15 |
| Q | Chapter 6 – Soils, Weathering & Erosion | 15 | |
| Week 7: Work due March 28 (Sunday) | Q | Chapter 7 – Mass Wasting & Subsidence | 15 |
| Q | Chapter 8 – Fresh Water Resources | 15 | |
| (Two chapter quizzes this week; no writing assignment.) | |||
| Week 8: Work due April 4 (Sunday) | WA | Scientific Article Summary | 15 |
| Q | Chapter 9 – Hydrologic Hazards at Earth’s Surface | 15 | |
| Week 9: Work due April 11 (Sunday) | WA | Response to Article Summary | 15 |
| Q | Chapter 10 – Coastal Environments & Humans | 15 | |
| Week 10: Work due April 18 (Sunday) | WA | Hurricanes | 15 |
| Q | Chapter 11 – Glaciation & Climate Change | 10 | |
| Q | Chapter 12 – Arid Lands & Desertification | 10 | |
| Week 11: Work due April 25 (Sunday) | WA | Report on “An Inconvenient Truth” | 30 |
| (No other work due.) | |||
| Week 12: Work due May 2 (Sunday) | Q | Chapter 13 – Mineral Resources & Society | 15 |
| Q | Chapter 14 – Energy & the Environment | 15 | |
| (Two chapter quizzes this week; no writing assignment.) | |||
| Week 13: Work due May 9 (Sunday) | WA | Research Project Due | 30 |
| (No other work due.) | |||
| Week 14: Work due May 16 (Sunday) | Q | Chapter 15 – Waste Management & Geology | 10 |
| (Nothing else due this week) | |||
| Week 15: Work due May 28 (FRIDAY) | Q | FINAL EXAM | 65 |
| (WA=Writing Assignment, Q=Quiz) | Total Points: | 465 |