Geography 361  Environmental Hazards

2006 Schedule
2007 Schedule
2008 Schedule

Tuesdays and Thursday  12:30 - 1:45 in P281
Recommended: Geography 104 or Geology 106/110/115
Instructor: Harry M. Jol                                  
Office: P249                                             
Email address: jolhm@uwec.edu                  
Office Phone #: 36-3472        
Office Hours: Tuesday 2:30-3:00, Wednesday 1:00-3:00 or by appointment    
Rental Text: Abbott, P.L., 2008. Natural disasters. Boston, MA, McGraw Hill Higher Education, 510 pp. Text Website
Course Content: The course focuses on environmental hazards and disasters (including geomorphic, atmospheric, and human); how the normal processes on the Earth concerntrate their energies and deal destructive blows to humans and their structures.
Course Organization: The class schedule will be divided between lecture periods, discussions, assignments, team projects, field excursions, and project presentations.
Course Topic Schedule: Possible Topics include: Natural Disasters and the Human Population, Energy Flows in Earth History, Geology Overview, Plate Tectonics & Earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanoes, Mass Movements, Climate Change, Severe Weather, Hurricanes, Floods, Fire, Biophyiscal, Extinctions, Human Popution Dynamics, Impacts with Space.Objects. Final topic schedule will be dependent upon class discussions.
Evaluation:
Assignments 25%
Project/Presentation 25%
Mid-term Examination 25%
Final Examination 25%

                      Total:

 100%
Other Comments:
  • The final examination will be scheduled during the University's examination period. No alternative arrangement for writing exams will be made unless exceptional, properly documented circumstances occur (e.g. valid medical reasons).
  • Plagiarism or cheating on assignments or exams will result in a grade of zero for that particular assignment or exam.
  • Late assignments will be deducted 20% per day late to maximum of 5 school days; assignments more than five days late will be graded a zero.
  • All components/assignments need to be completed and achieve a passing grade to receive a passing grade in the course.
  • Academic misconduct will be dealt with according to university regulations. Please review the literature on this subject supplied by the Office of Student Development and Diversity, which is on the web at http://www.uwec.edu/sdd/chap14.htm.
  • If you have a disability and are in need of classroom accommodations, please contact us and the Services for Students with Disabilities Office at 836-4542. We, along with the university, are committed to equality of educational opportunity for all students, but it is your responsibility to initiate the provision of any accommodations (see http://www.uwec.edu/SSD/services/index.htm).
  • If you have any scheduling conflicts that would negatively affect your performance, you must let us know about them as soon as possible. We will make arrangements to accommodate reasonable conflicts if, and only if, you provide us with adequate warning.