2025 Summer Session A
6 weeks, May 27 - July 3
EPS 20 001 - LEC 001
Formerly Geophysics 20
Earthquakes in Your Backyard
Noha Farghal
May 27, 2025 - Jul 03, 2025
Tu, Th
02:30 pm - 04:59 pm
Internet/Online
Class #:11838
Units: 3
Instruction Mode:
Online
Time Conflict Enrollment Allowed
Offered through
Earth and Planetary Science
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
28
Enrolled: 122
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 150
Waitlist Max: 25
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
5 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 17.5 hours of outside work hours per week.
Other classes by Noha Farghal
Course Catalog Description
Introduction to earthquakes, their causes and effects. General discussion of basic principles and methods of seismology and geological tectonics, distribution of earthquakes in space and time, effects of earthquakes, and earthquake hazard and risk, with particular emphasis on the situation in California.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Physical Science, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
Associated Sections
None