GEOMORPHOLOGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: GEOSCI/ENVIR ST 106 , GEOSCI 100 , 109 , 204 , ENVIR ST/GEOG 120 , 127 or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Physical Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize the processes that cause rivers to transport sediment. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Recognize the processes by which glaciers slip over or deform their beds and produce landforms. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Recognize the processes that govern hill slope stability. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify and explain the processes that govern the geomorphology of coastal regions. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Describe why parts of Wisconsin look the way they do. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Calculate glacier sliding speeds from glacier profiles. Audience: Graduate 7. Calculate sediment transport by rivers. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize the processes that cause rivers to transport sediment. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Recognize the processes by which glaciers slip over or deform their beds and produce landforms. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Recognize the processes that govern hill slope stability. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify and explain the processes that govern the geomorphology of coastal regions. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Describe why parts of Wisconsin look the way they do. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Calculate glacier sliding speeds from glacier profiles. Audience: Graduate 7. Calculate sediment transport by rivers. Audience: Graduate