PH 100 - Science of Disasters

Credit Hours: 3

A study of natural events and processes that impact human life and health with an emphasis on catastrophic geological and meteorological events including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, tsunamis and hurricanes. This course focuses on how the normal processes of the earth create the energies that produce these events. It also addresses the physical effects, prediction and implications of natural hazards.

Fulfills SUNY General Education – Natural Sciences.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

develop an understanding of the physical causes and events associated with natural hazards or disasters;
develop an understanding of the current methods of monitoring, measuring, describing, predicting and reporting such events;
gain an awareness of the effects of catastrophic events on society; and
be able to evaluate the current status of event prediction and the status of social and scientific mitigation.

Concurrent Registration: PH 101 recommended.
F/S (C, N, S)