GEO 3500 - Geomorphology

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

Geology

Description:

The course focuses on understanding the physical and chemical processes that affect landscapes including erosion, sediment transport, and soil development. Students will become familiar with interpreting landscape evolution in the field and from data products such as geologic/geomorphic maps, digital topography datasets, and aerial photography. Societally important applications will be considered, such as hazards associated with active faults, landslides, soil properties, and rockfall. Field trips required during class/lab time, plus one weekend trip, although alternative arrangements are available for students with differing abilities. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Identify major landforms and describe the conditions that contributed to their formation. 2. Analyze landforms within a given area using topographic maps, aerial imagery, and field observations, interpret the ages of these landforms, and hypothesize about why they formed. 3. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the mass balance of physical and chemical transport at the Earth's surface. 4. Evaluate hazards associated with Earth surface processes, such as floods and landslides. 5. Employ software including Google Earth and GIS to conduct geomorphic analyses. Prerequisites: GEO 1110 or GEO 1010 or GEOG 1000 (Grade C or higher), AND GEOG 3600 (Grade C or higher, may be taken concurrently with this course), AND MATH 1060 or higher (Grade C or Higher) OR ACT Math score of 25 or higher or equivalent placement score. Course fee required. SP (even)

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

General Education

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