A ATM 200 (8860): Natural Disasters
SPRING 2017

---

 

WELCOME TO A ATM 200
ONLINE COURSE

 

Puu_Oo_Volcano

 

Instructor: Michael Landin

 

 

Teaching Assistant:

Head TA is Pamela Eck, ES 218

Office Hours:  Tue/Thu, 10 AM to Noon

 

 

The goals of this course are to provide students with an understanding of the energy and forces behind natural events that can become natural disasters due to the ever increasing human population.  Various mitigation and safety strategies will be discussed for each type of natural disaster, to meet the ultimate challenge of being a “survivor” on our wonderful and dynamic, yet occasionally dangerous planet.

 

   Official course description in the Undergraduate Bulletin. 

  This course fulfils both a Natural Science General Education requirement

  and a Challenges for the 21st Century General Education requirement. 

  There are no specific pre-requisites for this course.

 

abb76698_17_23        

    Course Syllabus     

    Disaster Websites         

 
 
 
 
 
Below is the tentative syllabus, by date, for the Units(4), 
Modules(10) and Special Topics(4).  This course will be
available through the Blackboard Learning System.
 
Make sure to REFRESH your browser to see updated links!
 
           
Modules & Dates
 
Module #
 
Module #
 
Module #
 
---------------
 
---------
 
---------
 
---------
 
Unit 1: Introduction
 
1:Jan 23-27
Human Population
 
2:Jan 28-31
Energy and Disasters
 
 
 
Unit 1 Exam Due:
 
Feb 3
 
11:59 PM ET
 
 
 
Unit 2: Meteorology
 
3a: Feb 3-7
Weather Principles
 
3b:Feb 8-16
Severe Weather
 
4:Feb 17-23
Hurricanes
 
Special Topics 1 & 2: 
Feb 24-28
 
1:Blizzards
2:Floods

 

 
Unit 2 Exam Due:
 
Mar 3  
11:59 PM ET
 
 
 
Unit 3: Geology
 
5a:Mar 3-15
Seismology
 
5b:Mar 8-16
Earthquakes
 
6:Mar 24-31
Volcanoes
 
 
 
7:Apr 1-6
Tsunami
 
 

 

 
Special Topics 3 & 4:
 
Apr 7-11
 
3:Mass Movements
4:Wildfires

 

 
Unit 3 Exam Due:
 
Apr 14
 
11:59 PM ET
 
 
 
Unit 4: Earth History
 
8:Apr 14-20
Space Impacts
 
9:Apr 21-28
Mass Extinctions
 
10:Apr 29-May 2
Climate Change
 
Unit 4 Exam Due:
 
May 5
 
11:59 PM ET

 

 
Mitigation & Safety Final Exam Parts 1 & 2 Due: 
May 17, 11:59 PM ET

 

 
 
Get ready for an educational, eye-opening and fascinating
semester!  It has been said that the farther we are away from
a great natural disaster, the closer we are to the next one!

_____________________________________________

 


Please send your comments and inquiries to mlandin “at” albany.edu