SPRING 2021 Course Offerings

GEOL 321 - Environmental Geology

Description

Hours: Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week Prerequisite: Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4) Description: Interrelationships between human and natural geologic hazards: tsunami, earthquakes, landslides, subsidence, volcanoes. Explores environmental impact of resource extraction and usage, the importance of understanding the geologic processes and landscape in land use planning, and the means of using geology to minimize conflicts in resource management and disaster preparation.

Meeting Information

Info current as 12/21/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
MW  1:30 PM  -  2:45 PM  Online 1/23/2021 - 5/28/2021 Constance Christensen

Status: Closed
Class Number: 1479
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 4.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 1/23/2021 - 5/28/2021
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 24
Available Seats: 0
Wait List Capacity: 2
Wait List Total: 0

Textbook / Other Materials

Status: Required
ISBN: 9781429237437
Title: Environmental Geology
Publisher: W. H. Freeman & Company
Author: Merritts

Status: Required
ISBN: 9781319029500
Title: Environmental Geology
Publisher: Bedford Saint Martin's
Author: DeWet

More textbook information including prices

Enrollment Information

  • Upper Division
  • Interdisciplinary Approaches Mission Pillar
  • Upper Div - B Scientific Inq & Quantitative Reason

Notes

Open to Juniors and Seniors Only
Successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4)