Schedule

Course Schedule For Spring 2022

Link to the Google Calendar for the course is here

The green highlighted links below will take you to the locations in this course WordPress site with detailed instructions for each Unit and assignment.

Unit Topic and Dates Assignments Due Dates Points
0 Event of the Week

January 21 – April 15

a. Read EOTW Post and do research New post each Friday
b. Comment on Post and answer specific questions Each following Friday 10 pts each, 100 pts total
1 Orientation
January 10 – 14
a. Create WordPress avatar and nickname

b. Syllabus Quiz

 January 14

January 14

20

15

c. Introduction blog post  January 14 20
2 Plate Tectonics
January 14 – 24
a. New resource post  January 24 10 pts – 6 pts for the post, 4 points for commenting
b. Google Earth project January 24 50 pts
3 Weather/Climate Basics
January 24 – Feb. 2
a. New resource post  January 31 10 (6+4)
b. MetEd quizzes complete February 2 50
4 Intro to Natural Hazards
January 31 – Feb. 7
a. Case study choices Complete blog post by Feb 5

Complete comment and replies by Feb 7

40
5 Case Study 1
February 7 – March 4
Wk. 1 – Basic February 14 35 (Quiz – 5; writing and post/comment – 30)
Wk. 2 – Monitoring / mitigation February 21 35
Wk. 3 – Risk / vulnerability Feb 28 35
Wk. 4 – Report March 4 50
6 Case Study 2*
March 14 – April 8*You will do the same types of assignments for Case Study 2 as for Case Study 1, just with your second hazard topic.
Wk. 1 – Basic Science March 21 35
Wk. 2 – Monitoring / mitigation March 28 35
Wk. 3 – Risk / vulnerability April 4 35
Wk. 4 – Report April 8 50
7 Society, Response, Recovery
April 8 – April 15
a. Discussion

b. Presentation

April 13

April 15

75
8 Preparedness
April 15 – April 22
a. Assess your own preparedness April 22

April 22

75
b. Community preparedness blog post 75
9 Capstone Project April 29 150
Weekly meeting bonus points will be added on top of your final points, with your grade calculated out of 1000 total Total points 1000
Weekly Meeting Bonus Points     5 each

Weekly course meeting – Each week I will host  one  ~ 1 hour long Zoom session and one additional ~ 1 hour long Google chat session for the purpose of connecting with students, answering questions, discussing assignments, or just discussing anything hazards related you might have an interest in. Day and time of the Zoom and Chat sessions TBD depending on participant schedules. Instructions for how to join are in the How To menu.

Bonus points – each week you participate in a Zoom or Chat meeting, you will receive 3.5 bonus points – up to 50 total points by the end of the semester! Participation means that you actively communicate during the Hangout. If you show up but don’t say anything, you won’t get points

GEOS 380