Spring 2024

EPS C20 001 - LEC 001

Earthquakes in Your Backyard

Roland Burgmann

Jan 16, 2024 - May 03, 2024

Tu, Th

02:00 pm - 03:29 pm

Internet/Online

Class #:20537

Units: 3

Instruction Mode: Online

Offered through Earth and Planetary Science

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: -2

Enrolled: 455

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 453

Waitlist Max: 100

No Reserved Seats

Also offered as: LS C70Y

Hours & Workload

2 to 3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 6 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 to 0 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Other classes by Roland Burgmann

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.

Class Notes

Please note that LS C70Y and EPS C20 are the same course. If EPS C20 is full, please enroll in LS C70Y. If both courses are full, please place yourself on the waitlist. Depending on student demand, we may increase enrollment.