ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Not open to students with credit for GEOSCI 100 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Physical Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the materials that make up the earth and the natural processes that shape the earth over a variety of time scales. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Use multiple lines of evidence (integrate multiple lines of data) to support or reject theories about Earth history, Earth processes, Earth hazards, and human impacts. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify why various geologic resources, benefits, hazards, and constraints may be important in a given geologic environment, and support the explanation with evidence. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Recognize the impacts of human actions and resource usage at regional, national, and global scales using available evidence. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the materials that make up the earth and the natural processes that shape the earth over a variety of time scales. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Use multiple lines of evidence (integrate multiple lines of data) to support or reject theories about Earth history, Earth processes, Earth hazards, and human impacts. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify why various geologic resources, benefits, hazards, and constraints may be important in a given geologic environment, and support the explanation with evidence. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Recognize the impacts of human actions and resource usage at regional, national, and global scales using available evidence. Audience: Undergraduate