School of Engineering and Science
Undergraduate

Term: Spring 2026
Session: Full Term (Jan 20 - May 08)
Start Date: Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026
End Date: Friday, May 08, 2026
Availability: On Campus
Day(s): Mon./Wed./Fri.
Time: 09:00 AM to 09:50 AM

This course reviews the processes affecting the shape of the Earth's crust and the distribution of the world's major landforms. The course examines the Earth's dynamic interior the manifestation of this dynamism through agents such as plate tectonics volcanism thermal convection and earth quakes and the role these agents play in generating landforms. The type and character of the rocks associated with these dynamic processes are reviewed. The role of glaciers wind waves weathering mass wasting and running water in altering the Earth's landforms is considered. The distribution of the world's major energy and mineral deposits mountain ranges volcanoes fault zones and ocean basins is reviewed.Environmental hazards associated with the world's major landform regions are reviewed. Principles of scientific inquiry are integrated throughout the course.