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GEOL 1060

GEOL 1060 - Environmental Geology


This course will explore surficial earth processes and related natural disasters and study how these geologic processes affect humans, how humans modify the Earth, and how geologic systems change in both expected and unexpected ways. A focus of the course is to study how and why certain natural disasters occur and what can be done to mitigate exposure to them. This course is designed to be an introduction to environmental geosciences and will highlight both local and global impacts of natural processes and human induced events.

Global Education Student World Denizen Course
Location: L
Credits: 3
Classroom Lecture Hours: 45
Lab Hours: 0