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This document provides the syllabus for a course on natural disasters and catastrophes. It outlines the course topics which include earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, weather events like hurricanes and tornadoes, flooding, landslides, meteor impacts, and climate change. The syllabus lists the recommended textbook and contact information for the professor. It describes the course structure including four non-cumulative quizzes, lecture material, films shown in class, and policies on attendance, late work, and academic honesty.

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This document provides the syllabus for a course on natural disasters and catastrophes. It outlines the course topics which include earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, weather events like hurricanes and tornadoes, flooding, landslides, meteor impacts, and climate change. The syllabus lists the recommended textbook and contact information for the professor. It describes the course structure including four non-cumulative quizzes, lecture material, films shown in class, and policies on attendance, late work, and academic honesty.

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ENVR 1114: Notural Disosters ond Catostrophes

Spring 2013

- Course Colendor
Professor: Jennifer Cole

Office:53

Holmes Holl

OffSce Hours: Wednesdoy 9:45

lL:45

e-mails: [email protected]
phone: 617.373'3039
Recommended Textt Noturol Hazards &
Disosters. Hyndmon & Hyndmon, Thompson-

Brooks/Cole

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we currently hove the knowledgeto significontly reducethese costs. Unfortunotely, politicalond culturoltrends
couse some disosters to occur ogoin and agoin. This course is designed to provide on overview of what we know
about the couses, locations and effects of some of the most importont noturol disosters such as eorthguokes,
floods, ond hurricanes.We olso will look of how loss of life ond property domoge con be minimized by
implementing geologic knowledge. The course will olso brief ly examine less common, but possibly more
devostating cotastrophes such as large volconic eruptions, meteorite impocts, and rapid climote change.

How To Do Well In This Course: You ore responsible for the moterial presented in this course (lecture ond
reading). Some of whot I will cover in the lecture is not covered in the book, ond, as a general stotement, the
exoms will concentrote on the moteriol f present in lecture. fn other words, if you ottand ond understond the
lectures, you will do well in the course. Conversely, if you blow off lectures, you will probobly do poorly. Pleose
come see me ANYTIME you ore conf used. ff you wish to see me outside my off ice hours, coll, stop by, or cotch
me at the end of lecture. Geology is o visual science. f will show you lots of figures, ond diogroms which. you
need to try ond get into your notes. ff you don't understond something I draw or show, pleose let me know.
There will be o number of f ilms shown in closs, which ore oll very much foir gome on the quizzes ond ore
intended to odd to your visual understonding of these disosters. This is a large lecture holl, ond f osk thot you
refroin from ANY talking while closs is in session. If you need to discuss something with your neighbor, pleose
feel free to step outside ond do so.

the regulor lecture period. The formot of the


quizzesismultiplechoiceondtheywill begradedusinganopticolsconner. Forthisreosonitisimportontthot
you bring o number two pencil ond on erase? to the quizzes. There will be some simple mothematics on these
quizzes,ond you ore welcome to bring o colculator if it makes youf eel more comfortoble. Moke-ups will ONLY
be given for medicol emergencies or other equivolently speciol circumstance, and appropriote documentation is
reguired. There ore NO exceptions to this policy. Because I moke the multiple choice quizzes ovoiloble to the
rest of the closs shortly after the guiz is taken, the moke-up quizzes ore 10 question essoy. fn foirness to your
clossmates, there is olso no extro credit or scale opplied to the moke-up guiz. For eoch doy thot you do not
hove o documented excuse for missing the guiz, your grode will be lowered 10 points, ond this includes weekend
days. Eoch guiz is worth ?5% of your grode. T offer extro credit in the form of six extra point guestions ot
the end of eoch exom. Also, PLEASE refer to the University's Acodemic Honesty Policy ot:
http://wwwt.coe.neu.edul-joisoacs/honesty.html. It is my policy thot onyone found cheoting will be given a
foiling grade for the course ond will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict
Resolution. Thonk you for your cooperotion and f sincarely hope you enjoy the classl
Grades: Four non-cumulotive quizzeswill be odministered during

Dote

Readinq (Chapter)

Topic

t/9

fntroduction to Noturol Disosfers

preface

1/11

t/16

Energy Cycles and Sources; Humqn


Considerotions
Moterials of Eorth ond Eorth's Surfqce

L/t8

How Plote Tectonics reploced Continental

t/23

Eorthguokes: pqLrh Zones, Seismology

t/25

Eorthguokes Film

L/so

FIRST QUIZ

None

2/t

Volcqnoes: Types, Chemistry, Eruptive Styles

?/6

Volconoes: Hozords ond Mitigqtion

7 (to p.180)

2/8

Volconoes Film

7 (finish)

2/t3

Tsunqmi

5 (to p. 115)

2/15"

Tsunomi Film

5 (finish)

2/20

sEcoND QUrz

None

2/22

Principles of Weolher

10

2/27

Tornodoes, Hurricones, Thunderstorms

t0 (274-285) ond 14

3/t

Film - Violent Weather, Flooding

13 (skim

3/13

Rivers, Flooding

fi, t2

3/t5

fn closs exercise: Flood Recurrence fntervols

Hondout

3/20

THIRD QUIZ

None

3/22

Lqndslides

3/27

Londslides Film

3/29

Meteorites, Comets ond Asteroids

t7 (to

4/3

Meteorites, Comets, ond Asteroids Film

t7 (p.521- 526)

4/5

Globol Climote Change & Ozone Thinning

10 (285-312)

4/10

fn closs exercise: Climqte Voriqbility ond

4/12

Populotion

18

4/18

FOURTH QUIZ

Everything above

None

Drift

Change

(to p. ?7a)

if of interest), 15

p. 520)

Hondout

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