GEOL 2391 - Environmental Geology

Delivery Online, self-paced

Course Description

Students examine geological processes and material and their interaction with human activities, environmental planning, and management.

Learning outcomes

Describe how natural geologic processes - such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods and slope failures - create conditions impacting human infrastructure and activities.
Explain how human activity - including human-caused climate change - impacts natural geological systems and the natural geo-environmental setting on local, regional and global scales.
Describe how the impact of these natural and human-induced processes-human suffering, property damage and economic disruption can be mitigated by proper consideration of geologic factors in planning.

Course topics

Unit 1: Earth Systems, Natural Climate Change and Glaciation
Unit 2: Soils, Clay Minerals and Slope Failures
Unit 3: Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions
Unit 4: Earth Resources, Sustainable Energy and Water Supplies
Unit 5: Geological Issues in Waste Disposal and Geological Implications of Climate Change

Required text and materials

Students are responsible for purchasing the required materials on their own:

GEOL 2391 Lab Kit

Note: The above item can be purchased through Wolfie's Campus Store.

Earle, S. (2021). Environmental Geology. Thompson Rivers University.

Note: The above item is an open textbook is available free of charge at https://environmental-geol.pressbooks.tru.ca.

Assessments

Please be aware that should your course have a final exam, you are responsible for the fee to the online proctoring service, ProctorU, or to the in-person approved Testing Centre. Please contact exams@tru.ca with any questions about this.

The successfully complete this course, students must achieve a passing grade of 50% or higher on the overall course and 50% or higher on the mandatory final exam.

Assignment 1: Past Climate Change, Glaciation	12%
Assignment 2: Clay, Soils, Slope Failure	12%
Assignment 3: Earthquakes, Volcanoes	12%
Assignment 4: Resources, Energy, Water	12%
Assignment 5: Waste Disposal, Climate Change	12%
Final Exam (mandatory)	40%
Total	100%

Prerequisites

Provincial Grade 12 diploma or equivalent is assumed.

Recommended requisite(s)

An introductory Geology course.

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Environmental Geology

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3 credits

Open Learning faculty member information

An Open Learning faculty member is available to assist students. Students will receive the necessary contact information at the start of the course.