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Class number:
3792
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Title: Natural Disasters |
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Department: Environmental Science |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 29 |
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Current enrollment: 42 |
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Available seats: 0 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MWF: 9:00AM-9:50AM, MECC - 246 |
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Instructor(s): Bouali, El Hachemi |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Natural Science Requirement |
Course Description:
An introductory course on natural disasters, their study, their impacts, and human attempts to mitigation. The course will begin with an overview and discussion about why humans decide to live in harm's way. It then takes a closer look at natural disasters that have the potential to cause catastrophic property damage and loss of human lives. Natural disasters covered in the course include earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, landslides, sinkholes and subsidence, climate change, flooding, and major weather events. The course will emphasize real-world examples and include discussions of current, ongoing events as they occur throughout the semester. This course is designed for non-science majors who seek to learn more about dramatic geological, environmental, and meteorological phenomena. |