Subsections

• Prerequisites
• Meeting Times & Places
• Textbook and Other References
• Google Earth

Course Description

A practical course examining the interactions of people and our physical environment. Natural hazards, including landslides, flooding, tsunamis, volcanoes, earthquakes, erosion and sea-level change. Air, soil, fresh and ocean water pollution problems and solutions including greenhouse gases, ozone depletion, acid rain, aquifer depletion, toxic wastes and contamination. Energy supplies and the environment, including radioactive waste problems. Global climate change and man's impacts on climate. Designed to fulfill the general education science requirement.

Prerequisites

This course has no prerequisites, students are assumed to have fulfilled the math and science requirements for admission to UTD.

Meeting Times & Places

Day	Time	Call Number	Professor	Phone	E-mail
MWF	MWF 10-11am	83376	Dr. Tom Brikowski	x6242	brikowi@utdallas.edu

Class meets in SOM 1.117 (see campus map). Professor's office hours are 11:00am-12:00pm MW in ROC 2.301D . Teaching assistant is Graham Mills .

Textbook and Other References

Required Text

Keller, E. A., Introduction to Environmental Geology, p. 792, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2011. 5th Ed., ISBN 9780321727510, (Publishers description)

Optional

the publisher maintains a companion for the textbook that contains lots of supplemental information, sample quizzes, etc. See the inside front cover of your textbook.

Google Earth

An important goal of this class is to give the student a visceral feel for the nature of each topic studied. The easy browsing of the Earth's surface in Google Earth allows you to do this in the comfort of your own home without field trip fees! Students are encouraged to download and use this free software. Links to Google-Earth-based lecture materials are available in eLearning, and intermittently on this website.