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GEOS-4824: Engineering Geology

Description: Application of geological, geochemical, and hyrdogeological principles to engineering problems; relating rock and soil forming processes to engineering properties of geological materials; physical and chemical weathering processes and relationships with engineering properties of soil and rock; effective stress theory and geologic hazards; methods and data types for environmental applications and engineering works; geologic hazards and human-land interactions; professionalism and ethics in the practice of engineering geology.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: (MATH-1025 or MATH-1225) and (PHYS-2205 or PHYS-2305) and (GEOS-1004 or GEOS-2024 or GEOS-2104) and (CHEM-1015 or CHEM-1035)

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 5

Average GPA: 3.73 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 71.28%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Ryan Pollyea202380.9%17.2%1.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.824
Howard K Haines202440.0%53.3%6.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.371

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