Course Description
Natural Disasters, PUBHLTH 90
Natural disasters are natural processes that adversely affect humans. By examining these processes students develop a basic understanding of Earth's physical environment. Topics include: tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, severe weather, flooding, climate change, mass extinctions and impacts with space objects.
Key Information
Credit: 4 quarter units /
2.67 semester units credit
UC Irvine, Public Health
Course Credit:
Upon successful completion, all online courses offered through cross-enrollment provide UC unit credit. Some courses are approved for GE, major preparation and/or, major credit or can be used as a substitute for a course at your campus.If "unit credit" is listed by your campus, consult your department, academic adviser or Student Affairs division to inquire about the petition process for more than unit credit for the course.
UC Berkeley:
Unit Credit
UC Davis:
Course Equivalence: UCD GEL 017 Earthquakes and Other Earth Hazards
General Education: SE, SL.
UC Irvine:
Course Equivalence: Course Co-Instructed with UCR - GEO 004V
General Education: II – Science and Technology
UC Los Angeles:
General Education: Phy Sci GE, no lab
UC Merced:
General Education: SSHA Natural Science GE without lab, if combined (see your adviser)
Units toward degree (see your adviser)
UC Riverside:
Course Equivalence: Co-Instructed with UCR - GEO 004V
General Education: A. California Concentration
Major Preparation: Geoscience Education
UC San Diego:
General Education: TMC 1 course toward lower division disciplinary breadth if noncontiguous to major, Seventh - 1 course towards Alternatives - Natural Sciences and Engineering; ERC - natural science
UC San Francisco:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Barbara:
Course Equivalence: UCSB EARTH 20
General Education: Area C-Science, Mathematics, and Technology
UC Santa Cruz:
General Education: SI
Course Fees
Fee for exam proctoring by ProctorU is approx. $15-20 per exam.
Course Creators
Lisa Grant Ludwig
My research group addresses natural hazards and disasters from a geologic perspective, with emphasis on earthquakes. Earthquakes are a major threat to public health. We focus on defining the potential for large earthquakes, and working collaboratively on developing forecasts, hazard models and effective responses. Results of our work are applied for disaster preparedness planning, structural design, land-use planning, seismic risk assessment and public education about earthquake hazard. My research group addresses natural hazards and disasters from a geologic perspective, with emphasis on earthquakes. Earthquakes are a major threat to public health. We focus on defining the potential for large earthquakes, and working collaboratively on developing forecasts, hazard models and effective responses. Results of our work are applied for disaster preparedness planning, ...
My research group addresses natural hazards and disasters from a geologic perspective, with emphasis on earthquakes. Earthquakes are a major threat to public health. We focus on defining the potential for large earthquakes, and working collaboratively on developing forecasts, hazard models and effective responses. Results of our work are applied for disaster preparedness planning, structural design, land-use planning, seismic risk assessment and public education about earthquake hazard.
David Oglesby
David Oglesby received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999. Oglesby develops computer models of the forces acting on faults that develop into fault ruptures and fault slippage, and the transmission of seismic waves from slipping faults. His modeling predicts the wave propagation and ground motion caused by different faults. He can answer how and why faults slip, causing earthquakes. His recent projects included developing ground motion forecasts for the Rose Canyon Fault in San Diego and computer models of earthquakes on segments of thrust faults.
David Oglesby received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999. Oglesby develops computer models of the forces acting on faults that develop into fault ruptures and fault slippage, and the transmission of seismic waves from slipping faults. His modeling predicts the wave propagation and ground motion caused by different faults. He can answer how and why faults slip, ...
David Oglesby received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999. Oglesby develops computer models of the forces acting on faults that develop into fault ruptures and fault slippage, and the transmission of seismic waves from slipping faults. His modeling predicts the wave propagation and ground motion caused by different faults. He can answer how and why faults slip, causing earthquakes. His recent projects included developing ground motion forecasts for the Rose Canyon Fault in San Diego and computer models of earthquakes on segments of thrust faults.
Corrie Neighbors
Corrie Neighbors received her PhD from the University of California, Riverside in 2015 and has been teaching at the university level since 2005. Corrie is an observational seismologist, traveling to tectonically active regions (e.g., U.S., Mexico, Chile, etc.) to install seismic instruments. Through her research and the research conducted by the greater seismic and engineering community, we may better understand earthquake processes and seismic hazard to mitigate damage from future earthquakes.
Corrie Neighbors received her PhD from the University of California, Riverside in 2015 and has been teaching at the university level since 2005. Corrie is an observational seismologist, traveling to tectonically active regions (e.g., U.S., Mexico, Chile, etc.) to install seismic instruments. Through her research and the research conducted by the greater seismic and engineering community, we ...
Corrie Neighbors received her PhD from the University of California, Riverside in 2015 and has been teaching at the university level since 2005. Corrie is an observational seismologist, traveling to tectonically active regions (e.g., U.S., Mexico, Chile, etc.) to install seismic instruments. Through her research and the research conducted by the greater seismic and engineering community, we may better understand earthquake processes and seismic hazard to mitigate damage from future earthquakes.
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