Geology 118 Natural Disasters (3 HR)

MTWR 10:00 AM-12:20 PM, 161 Noyes Lab – Summer Session 2B
Prof. Stephen Altaner, altaner@illinois.edu
Prof. Altaner has received the LAS Teaching Award twice and the Campus Teaching Award.

Course introduces the nature, causes, risks, effects, and prediction of natural
disasters including earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, sinkholes, tornadoes,
lightning, hurricanes, global climate change, floods, and meteorite impacts. It
also covers geologic and atmospheric principles, many exciting case histories of
natural disasters, and human responses to natural disasters including societal
impact, mitigation strategies, and public policy.
This course is intended for non-science majors and fulfills the Natural Sciences Gen Ed
requirement.