Welcome to Environmental Geology
Cataract Falls at Lieber State Recreation Area southwest of Greencastle, Indiana (IUPUI Earth Sciences).
This course was developed as part of the Online IUPUI initiative and the Center for Teaching and Learning Jump Start program. The initiative adds more online courses to allow for flexible scheduling of courses for IUPUI students and creates online courses that use the best practices in online learning, online communication, and online testing. This course parallels the material that would be covered in the on-campus sections of Environmental Geology.
There are several primary differences between this course and a course you would take on campus:
- There are no class meetings on campus; all course requirements are fulfilled through Oncourse
- Communication will occur through announcements, email and discussion groups
- Lectures are delivered by static web pages, animations, videos and links to online resources
- All assessments (tests, quizzes, and homework) are submitted online within Oncourse
- Your learning focuses more strongly on textbook readings and readings from additional materials
Are there other geology courses?
We offer other 100-level courses meant for both science and non-science majors, including Oceanography, Indiana Geology, Environmental Geology, Historical Geology, and Physical Geology. Indiana Geology and Oceanography are both offered as online courses. Labs are offered with Environmental Geology, Historical Geology, and Physical Geology.
IUPUI offers a B.S., B.A., and minor in Geology. A new B.S. in Environmental Science is now available through a joint effort with the Department of Geography and the School for Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA). As a graduate, careers are available with environmental consultants, labs, engineering firms, county, state, and federal environmental agencies, mining/resource companies, and non-profit agencies. Further education (M.S. or Ph.D) provides other opportunities in teaching and advanced research. Additionally, combining a geology major/minor with another major provides additional career opportunities.
If you are interested in learning more about the IUPUI Department of Earth Science or its courses, please contact your instructor.
Credits
The course was written by Chris Thomas, a faculty member of the Department of Earth Sciences. Updates have been provided by other Earth Science faculty. Several different members of the Department of Geology will be teaching the various sections of this course. You want to contact your specific course instructor—he or she will answer all your questions and assess your performance.
Special thanks go to several departments at IUPUI who helped bring this course together, including Tom Janke in the Center for Teaching and Learning, Erik Skull in Digital Media Services, and Sally Neal in University library. Additionally, thanks go to Dr. Kendall Hauer, interim curator of the Limper Geology Museum at Miami University, for offering feedback on the course content.