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GEOL 2391 Environmental Geology<\/h1>\r\nWelcome to GEOL 2391: Environmental Geology.<\/em>\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\nThis\u00a0Course Guide contains important information about the course structure, learning materials, and expectations for completing the course requirements. It also provides information about how and when to contact your Open Learning Faculty Member, an expert in the course content, who will guide you through the course. Take some time to read through the Course Guide to familiarize yourself with what you need to do to successfully complete your course.\r\n\r\nIf you have any questions, please feel free to contact your Open Learning Faculty Member. We hope you enjoy the course!\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_22\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"712\"]\"\" Figure 0-1<\/strong> Garibaldi Lake, British Columbia, showing glacial features and a lava flow (lower right).[\/caption]\r\n

Course Description<\/h2>\r\nStudents examine geological processes and material and their interaction with human activities, environmental planning, and management. <\/em><\/span>\r\n\r\nIn this course, you will examine how geological processes affect the environment as well as humans and their infrastructure, and how humans affect geological processes. This is a geology course, and it is recommended that you have some geological knowledge before attempting the course. It would be helpful if you have completed an introductory course on geology (first-year college<\/span>), but if you haven\u2019t, there is some recommended reading that you should do at the start.<\/span>\r\n

Prerequisites<\/h2>\r\nProvincial Grade 12 diploma or equivalent is assumed.\r\n

Learning Outcomes<\/h2>\r\nAfter successfully completing this course, you will be able to:\r\n
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  1. Describe how natural geologic processes, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods and slope failures, create\r\nconditions impacting human infrastructure and activities.<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Explain how human activity, <\/span>including human-caused climate change, <\/span>impacts natural geological systems and the\r\nnatural geo-environmental setting on local, regional and global scales.<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Describe how the impact of these natural and human-induced processes-human suffering, property damage and\r\neconomic disruption-can be mitigated by proper consideration of geologic factors in planning.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    Course Materials<\/h2>\r\nThis section describes the course materials that you will need for GEOL 2391: Environmental Geology<\/em>.\r\n

    Required Textbooks<\/h3>\r\nThe following free, open educational resource is required for this course:\r\n