E&ES155 - Hazardous Earth: Stuff That Will Kill You

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Academic Year 2004/2005

Hazardous Earth: Stuff That Will Kill You
E&ES 155 SP

From Deep Impact to the Day after Tomorrow, the role of natural disasters in causing death and destruction is glorified in popular culture. How realistic are those portrayals? This course will examine the normal processes of the Earth that lead to earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, landslides, catastrophic climate change, floods, and killer asteroids. How these processes have contributed to the overall history of the Earth, as well as shaping the current ephemeral landscape, will be emphasized. Current and recent natural disasters will be used as case histories in developing the concepts of how a changing Earth kills and maims humans and destroys their structures.

MAJOR READINGS

Text(s) to be determined.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm, final, five assignments.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: NSM E&ES Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Greenwood,James P.

Times: .M.W.F. 09:00AM-09:50AM; Location: SCIE405;

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 30)

SR. major: X Jr. major: X

SR. non-major: 5 Jr. non-major: 5 SO: 10 FR: 10

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Quantitative Reasoning

SECTION 02