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3 credits
Course Objectives
1. To gain an overview of the physical geological sciences as viewed through the lens of
natural hazards.
2. To get a better understanding of the concepts of risk, hazard, and vulnerability and how
they affect you both day to day, and over a longer term.
3. To convey the importance of scientific and critical thinking not only to science, but to the
rest of your life as well.
Textbook:
Reading assignments will be posted in Canvas. The class will use chapters modified from open educational resources.
Topics:
- The earth’s interior
- Plate tectonics
- Earthquakes
- Global seismicity
- Tsunamis
- Magma generation in the Earth
- Volcanic hazards
- Floods
- Hurricanes
- Landslides and other Slope Failures