This class examines the features of the earth and the processes which have produced and continue to change those features, including plate tectonics, volcanism, climatology, and oceanography.
Laboratory exercises provide hands-on experience in geological materials and techniques.
This course provides an in-depth examination of specific topics and issues in the earth sciences. The impact of disasters on local and global ecology and human society is examined. Students are responsible, individually or in groups, for seminar presentations on specific topics from the syllabus. This course focuses on the meteorological processes that lead to severe and unusual weather events and patterns. Topics include thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, flash floods, drought, and winter storms.