Course: GEOL 490. Senior Capstone (3)
Prerequisites: GEOL 303; GEOL 306 or GEOL 309; and a grade of “C-” or better in GEOL 314. Senior standing, Geology and Environmental Science majors only. Students engage in a semester-long case-study problem where a community must make a decision about how to effectively use a geologically complex site such as an eroding coastline, a contaminated industrial site, or a landfill facing landslides (topics change yearly). Students work in collaborative teams to investigate the geologic, economic, social, and political factors that affect that decision.