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 11/25/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
MW  3:00 PM  -  4:15 PM  Sierra Hall 1334 1/19/2019 - 5/24/2019 Constance Christensen

Status: Open
Class Number: 1753
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 4.00
Class Components: Laboratory
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 1/19/2019 - 5/24/2019
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 16
Available Seats: 8
Wait List Capacity: 12
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: An Earth Systems Approach
Publisher: Bedford Saint Martin's
Author: Merritts

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Enrollment Information

  • Upper Division
  • Interdisciplinary Approaches Mission Pillar
  • CS Numbers 15-17
  • Upper Div - B Scientific Inq & Quantitative Reason