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This module is part of a growing collection of classroom-tested materials developed by GETSI. The materials engage students in understanding the earth system as it intertwines with key societal issues. The collection is freely available and ready to be adapted by undergraduate educators across a range of courses including: general education or majors courses in Earth-focused disciplines such as geoscience or environmental science, social science, engineering, and other sciences, as well as courses for interdisciplinary programs.
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Webinar about teaching this module: Teaching Landslide Analysis to Undergraduates: Planning for Failure and a Safer Society

Stephen Hughes: Using Planning for Failure: Landslide Analysis in Advanced Geomorphology at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez. This grad level course...

Bobak Karimi: Using Planning for Failure: Landslide Analysis in Advanced GIS & Remote Sensing at Wilkes Community College. This upper division course...

Scott White: GEOL 315: Surface and Near-Surface Processes at University of South Carolina-Columbia. This is an upper-division course intended for Geological Sciences and the Environmental Sciences majors. The GETSI module was taught over a three-week period, beginning the third week of the course, as one of students' first exercises after introduction to topography and elevation surveying.

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This module is part of a growing collection of classroom-tested materials developed by GETSI. The materials engage students in understanding the earth system as it intertwines with key societal issues. The collection is freely available and ready to be adapted by undergraduate educators across a range of courses including: general education or majors courses in Earth-focused disciplines such as geoscience or environmental science, social science, engineering, and other sciences, as well as courses for interdisciplinary programs.
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