Course Description
Earthquakes, EART 11
What is the probability of experiencing a big earthquake? Where will it occur and what can we do to be prepared? This course will investigate the causes and effects of earthquakes. It will address why and where they occur, how they are measured, mitigated, and predicted. The course explores tectonic plate motion, frictional faulting, earthquake triggering, wave propagation, earthquake damage, earthquake-related hazards, human-induced earthquakes and much more.
Key Information
Credit: 5 quarter units /
3.33 semester units credit
UC Santa Cruz, Earth and Planetary Sciences
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:
General Education: SE, SL.
UC Irvine:
Unit Credit
UC Los Angeles:
General Education: Physical Science (non-lab)
UC Merced:
Unit Credit (see your Academic Advisor)
UC Riverside:
Course Equivalence: UCR GEO 8 - EARTHQUAKE COUNTRY
UC San Diego:
General Education: TMC 1 course toward Physics GE Natural Science requirement or 1 course toward lower division disciplinary breadth if noncontiguous to major; Warren - May be counted depending on major/PofC; Sixth - 1 Analytic Methodologies, Seventh - 1 course towards Alternatives - Natural Sciences and Engineering; Revelle one course towards Natural Science by petition; Muir: 1 course in a Natural Science theme in "Chemistry, Physics, and the Environment"
UC San Francisco:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Barbara:
Course Equivalence: Likely equivalent to Earth 9 after petition
General Education: Area C - Science, Mathematics, and Technology
UC Santa Cruz:
General Education: MF (Mathematical and Formal Reasoning)
Course Creators
Susan Schwartz
Susan Schwartz is a Professor in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department at UC Santa Cruz. She teaches 2 different classes designed for non-science majors, Geology of National Parks and Earthquakes. In addition, she teaches a class for undergraduate Earth Science majors called “Geologic Hazards” and a variety of graduate classes in her specialty of seismology and geophysics. Her research addresses problems in earthquake and glacier mechanics. Much of her research is accomplished through the design and implementation of field experiments. This work has taken her to many interesting places including Costa Rica, New Zealand, Alaska and Antarctica.
Susan Schwartz is a Professor in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department at UC Santa Cruz. She teaches 2 different classes designed for non-science majors, Geology of National Parks and Earthquakes. In addition, she teaches a class for undergraduate Earth Science majors called “Geologic Hazards” and a variety of graduate classes in her specialty of seismology and geophysics. Her research ...Susan Schwartz is a Professor in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department at UC Santa Cruz. She teaches 2 different classes designed for non-science majors, Geology of National Parks and Earthquakes. In addition, she teaches a class for undergraduate Earth Science majors called “Geologic Hazards” and a variety of graduate classes in her specialty of seismology and geophysics. Her research addresses problems in earthquake and glacier mechanics. Much of her research is accomplished through the design and implementation of field experiments. This work has taken her to many interesting places including Costa Rica, New Zealand, Alaska and Antarctica.