Coastal Processes, Hazards and Society
Tim Bralower, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus; diane maygarden, University of New Orleans; Sean Cornell, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
This blended and online course will provide students with a global perspective of coastal landscapes, the processes responsible for their formation, diversity, and change over time, as well as societal responses to ...

Global Climate Change
Sarah Fortner, Carleton College
× Consequences of global climate change already include: increased drought, heat waves, flood intensity, glacial retreat, and sea level rise. Solutions are needed to reduce human impact on our climate system ...

Environmental Science and Policy
Mary Anne Carletta, Georgetown College
This is an upper level college course for environmental science and sometimes political science majors or others who are interested. It consists largely of class discussions of material from an environmental policy ...

Course profile: Earth Hazards
Paul Bierman, University of Vermont
A course profile page for an introductory geologic hazards class at the University of Vermont, detailing its structure, learning goals, assessment methods, and resources, including a large-lecture format with discussion sections, coverage of natural hazards like earthquakes and climate change, and emphasis on science relevance and student engagement. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Introduction to Volcanology
Erouscilla Joseph, University of the West Indies
The course will introduce students to Plate tectonics and volcanoes; including the processes that takes place at active volcanoes (eruptive mechanisms, effusive and explosive volcanism); methods and instrumentation ...

Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Ignacio Pujana, The University of Texas at Dallas
This is an interdisciplinary science course offered in an online format. A flexible approach based on programmed self-instruction, with frequent tests to monitor progress, substitutes for the usual lecture with ...

Freshman Seminar: Geology and Human Health
Jeffrey Catalano, Washington University in St. Louis
This course explores the connections between human health and geological processes. It is taught through a series of case studies that first focus on the geological origin of a process that affects human health, ...

Natural Hazards & Environment (ISP-203 B - 002)
Brian Hampton, New Mexico State University-Main Campus;
This is a geology majors/non-majors course that addresses the science and public policy issues related to tectonic and atmospheric hazards.

Natural Disasters
Anna Tary, Boston University
This course introduces the concept of natural physical processes as disasters in which members of a society are harmed. Examines the origins, prediction/forecasting, effects, and mitigation efforts of some commonly ...

Climatology
Cindy Shellito, University of Northern Colorado
This course is designed to help students gain a scientific understanding of the physical aspects of Earth's climate system and the factors that influence climate change. We explore the global balance of energy ...

Living in a Hazardous Environment
Eric Kremers, Arkansas Tech University
Overview of emergency management systems with an analysis of the causes, characteristics, nature and effects of such disasters as avalanches, drought, earthquakes, epidemics, fires, flooding, hazardous materials, ...

Geohazards
Andrew Moore, Earlham College
This is an introductory-level, lecture-based course, primarily for non-science majors fulfilling general education requirements. Students work in small groups to apply what they've learned in class to simple ...

Natural Hazards Planning
Rebekah Paci-Green, Western Washington University
This interdisciplinary course emphasizes creation of safer human settlements through application of hazard mitigation strategies in community planning, site selection and layout, infrastructure design, and building ...

Living with Volcanoes - Mt. Rainier and Mt. Saint Helens, WA
Jennifer Thomson, Eastern Washington University
A pedagogical field course page detailing an interdisciplinary geology-biology curriculum centered on Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helens, covering volcanic processes, ecological recovery, course logistics, assessment methods, and educational resources for undergraduate, graduate, and K–12 audiences. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Course profile: Environmental Geology
John Huntsman, University of North Carolina - Wilmington
A course profile page for an introductory Environmental Geology class at UNC-Wilmington, detailing course content on natural hazards, resources, and global change; instructional goals in data analysis and critical thinking; lab-based assessment methods; and its role in geoscience education and student recruitment within undergraduate degree programs. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Natural Hazards and Catastrophes
Alan Whittington, The University of Texas at San Antonio
1 credit hour course for non-scientists, with no pre-requisites. Aims to improve quantitative and scientific literacy through applying simple skills to topics including global climate change, earthquakes, volcanoes ...

Course profile: Quantitative Natural Hazards
Arlo Weil, Bryn Mawr
A course profile page for "Quantitative Natural Hazards" at Bryn Mawr College details an introductory, math-intensive general science elective focused on geologic hazards—earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, and hurricanes—emphasizing quantitative analysis, data interpretation, real-world problem-solving, and human impacts, with structured assessment via problem sets, exams, and a disaster journal, serving undergraduate students fulfilling quantitative requirements. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Course profile: Environmental Geology
John Huntsman, University of North Carolina - Wilmington
A course profile page for an introductory Environmental Geology class at UNC-Wilmington, detailing its structure, content goals, skills development, assessment methods, and role in geoscience education, emphasizing natural hazards, resources, and societal impacts. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Resources and Risks: Humans and the Physical Environment
This course draws upon the earth and environmental sciences to explore interactions between humans and the physical environment. Students use spatial and aspatial datasets (e.g., Google Earth, computer simulations, ...

Natural Hazards and Disasters
Corrie Neighbors, University of California-Riverside
Natural Hazards and Disasters applies the basic principles of science to the recognition and analysis of natural hazards and the mitigation of related disasters. Students learn about the scientific causes and ...