Undergraduate Level

Geology ( EPS ) 3
The Water Planet   (2 units)
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Course Format: Two hours of lecture per week.
An overview of the processes that control water supply to natural ecosystems and human civilization. Hydrologic
cycle, floods, droughts, groundwater. Patterns of water use, threats to water quality, effects of global climate change
on future water supplies. Water issues facing California.
(From the 1999-2001 General Catalog updated as of 10/14/99)
 

Geography ( GEOG ) 140
Analysis of Landforms   (4 units)
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Course Format: Four and one-half hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: 1 or equivalent.
Geomorphic processes and the origin of landforms in varying geological and climatic environments.
(From the 1999-2001 General Catalog updated as of 10/14/99)
 

Geology ( EPS ) 117
Geomorphology   (4 units)
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Course Format: Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week, plus weekend field trips.
Prerequisites: 50 or consent of instructor.
Quantitative examination of landforms, runoff generation, weathering, mechanics of soil erosion by water and wind,
mass wasting, glacial and periglacial processes and hillslope evolution.
(From the 1999-2001 General Catalog updated as of 10/14/99)
 

Geology ( EPS) C120
Analysis of Environmental Data   (3 units)
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Course Format: Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: One year of college mathematics and concurrent enrollment in 120L or consent of instructor.
Formerly 120
Fundamentals of exploratory data analysis and hypothesis testing for environmental scientists, with emphasis on
characterizing and evaluating uncertainty. Introduction to selected topics relevant to environmental analysis, including
error propagation, design of experiments, and monte carlo methods. Also listed as Energy and Resources Group
C130.
( F ) Kirchner (From the 1999-2001 General Catalog updated as of 10/14/99)
 

Graduate Level

Geology ( EPS ) 217
Fluvial Geomorphology   (4 units)
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Course Format: Three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week; some fieldwork is assigned.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Credit option: Course may be repeated for credit.
Application of fluid mechanics to sediment transport and development of river morphology. Form and process in
river meanders, the pool-riffle sequence, aggradation, grade, and baselevel.
Dietrich (From the 1999-2001 General Catalog updated as of 10/14/99)
 

Geology ( EPS ) 225
Advanced Geomorphology   (3 units)
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Course Format: Three hours of seminar per week.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Credit option: Course may be repeated for credit.
Discussion of problems in fluvial processes, sediment transport, and hillslope development. Topics vary from year to
year.
Dietrich (From the 1999-2001 General Catalog updated as of 10/14/99)
 

Geology ( EPS ) 240
Watershed Hydrology and Biogeochemistry   (3 units)
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Course Format: Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Advanced topics in watershed hydrology, geochemistry, and biogeochemistry, with emphasis on methods for
predicting streamflow, sediment yield, and runoff chemistry at watershed scale. Top-down and bottom-up
approahes in watershed modeling; validating and testing watershed models. Effects of land use and atmospheric
pollution on water quality in lakes and streams, illustrated with data from experimental watersheds in North America,
Scandinavia, and Europe.
Kirchner (From the 1999-2001 General Catalog updated as of 10/14/99)