Natural Disasters, Hazards and Resilience
Course #: ENVSCI 308, Class #: 14270, Section #: 01
Description
This course introduces major natural disasters, hazards, and resilience from a data-driven and interdisciplinary perspective. Students will learn about the state of the art in natural hazards research and explore publicly available, real-world databases of these hazards. This course focuses on six major disasters and hazards: wildfires, extreme heat, flooding, storms, landslides, and drought. For each hazard, students will learn about its causes, impacts, risk management approaches, and community resilience through lectures and discussions. Students will be introduced to real-world datasets and mapping tools to analyze recent disaster events. Other hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes, will be briefly discussed. This course also explores strategies to enhance the resilience of both human and natural systems to disasters and hazards.
Prerequisites
ENVSCI 281
Course Details
Date / Time
9/8/26 - 12/11/26
MoWe 2:30p.m. – 3:45p.m.
Location
Wheatley-Peters W01-0019
Credits
3
Session
Regular Academic Session
Class Dates
9/8/2026 - 12/11/2026
Location
Wheatley-Peters W01-0019
Enrolled / Capacity
18 / 23
Status
Closed