NATURAL HAZARDS

Undergraduate

This course provides an introduction to the causes of a variety of natural hazards (tectonic – e.g. earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic activity; meteorological – e.g. hurricanes and flooding; and mass movement – e.g. landslides, mudslides, and avalanches) as well as their impact on human activities and the strategies available to predict and manage such events. PREREQUISITE: ENV 1010 or ENV 2030 or permission of the instructor Three semester hours of credit