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GEO 301 (Geomorphology)
Course Goals and Objectives: The course provides an overview of landforms, land forming processes, and landscape evolution. In particular, it aims to shed light on various land forming processes and how these depend on climate and tectonic regimes, and time. The course shall further convey an understanding of land forming processes on different temporal and spatial magnitudes.
Textbook: Fundamentals of Geomorphology" by Richard Huggett
Course Grading: Your grade in the course will be based on the following distribution of work
| Exam 1 | 15 % | Week 6 (Tuesday) |
| In-class Quizzes | 10 % | |
| Lab assignments | 20 % | |
| Exam 2 | 15% | Week 11 (Tuesday) |
| Final Exam | 40 % |
Course topics:
- Introduction to Geomorphology
- Landform Forming Processes
- Weathering and Associated Landforms
- Fluvial Landforms
- Glacial Landforms
- Karst Landforms
- Landforms from Endogenic Processes
- Natural Hazards and Geomorphology