**Living in a Hazardous Environment**\
**EAM-1003**

# [Instructor]{.underline}

George R. Franks, Jr.

Office Phone: 501-569-2421

E-mail: <george.franks@mail.atu.edu>

All e-mails to the Instructor concerning class issues should include the
student name, ATU student number, and course number reference.

All e-mails made to students concerning class issues will be directed to
the student\'s ATU e-mail address. Each student is individually
responsible for checking the assigned ATU e-mail in-box for messages.

### **Text required for Course**

Each student is required to purchase and read Patrick L. Abbott's
[Natural Disasters]{.underline}, Third Edition, available through the
ATU Bookstore (ISBN: 0-07-242865-1). Used copies may be available from
previous students.

#### Course Objectives

The student will:

-   Acquire an introduction to a variety of natural disasters facing
    mankind.

-   Acquire an understanding of the forces that work to produce natural
    disasters.

-   Improve understanding of mankind's role in helping to produce past
    natural disasters.

-   Gain additional knowledge of the things mankind can do to lessen the
    impact of future natural disasters.

#### Assessment Methods

Students will receive credit through the completion of two examinations,
one mid-term and the other a final, and through completion of chapter
questions. The course breakdown of the final grade is made in the
following manner:

Mid-term Examination = 30%

Final Examination = 30%

Chapter questions = 40%

The course grade will be based as follows:

90% and above = A

80% to 89% = B

70% to 79% = C

60% to 69% = D

Below 60% = F

**Examinations**: The mid-term examination will be designed to measure
the student's understanding of the chapters One through Eight. The
mid-term examination will be posted on June 14^th^ and removed on June
18^th^. In the same manner, the final examination will be posted on July
1st and removed on July 5^th^. The final examination will cover chapters
Nine through Sixteen. The examinations will be composed of true/false
and multiple choice questions. Chapter questions will assist the student
in preparing for the examination.

**Special Note**: When taking a web-based examination you should focus
on completing the exam without interruptions of any kind. You will have
one opportunity to complete the examination and any interruption will
prohibit you from doing so and result in a failure. Anyone not
completing an examination within the designated time frame will receive
a "zero" for that exam. During the examination you are allowed to use
your responses to the chapter questions and your book.

**Chapter Questions**: Chapter questions are designed to replace the
opportunity students normally have to participate in class discussions
and will be relevant to the examinations. Students will submit their
answers to the chapter questions by e-mail to my Tech e-mail address.

Chapter questions are due as follows:

Chapters 1 through 4 are due by June 10^th^

Chapters 5 through 8 are due by June 14^th^

Chapters 9 through 12 are due by June 24^th^

Chapters 13 through 16 are due by July 5^th^

Chapter questions will be graded as follows:

On-time and correct = 5 points

On-time with errors = 1 to 4 points

Submitted after the deadline = 0 points

No submission or no effort in a submission = -5 points

All work, including chapter question scores will be posted in the
Blackboard on-line grade book.

#### Policy on Cheating

This course is on-line and students will have ample opportunities to
find ways to avoid doing the work themselves and relying on the efforts
of others. This becomes the ultimate test for the student -- are you
here to learn or just to obtain a grade? The answer is for each to find
within his or her approach to the course.