ESC 42 - Natural Hazards

    Recent Professors
    Glen White
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2027, Fall 2026
    Class Size
    40 students
    Difficulty
    4.2Lightout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Spring 2027 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5A · CSU GE Area B1
    Description
    This course is intended to provide an introduction to natural hazards as studied through the disciplines of geology, oceanography, astronomy, and meteorology. Through the course, students will learn to critically think as geologists, oceanographers, meteorologists, and astronomers do in order to solve earth science problems. Topics include the study of subsidence, flooding, mass wasting, wildfires, comet/asteroid impacts and extinctions, climate change, severe weather, coastal hazards, earthquakes, and volcanoes. Intended audience: This course is a general science class, intended to satisfy general education requirements for non-majors.
    Usually Held
    Tue 6:00pm–9:05pm, Wed 6:00pm–9:05pm