GEOL 0300 - Environmental Geology

Demand 3 Credit Hours
An introduction to our relationship to the earth’s environment. The limitations of natural resources and discussion of consequences of the exploitation of natural resources are considered along with the demands of humanity upon the environment. Overview of natural environmental hazards, including volcanoes, earthquakes, subsidence landslides, floods, and asteroid impacts. Prerequisite: Five credits in physical science, physics and/or chemistry. Cross listed as EH 0300.