Per WGU's published description, Natural Hazards delves into the complex and dynamic processes that govern Earth's natural systems and the hazards they produce. The frame is the four spheres: how the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere interact to create natural events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, floods, and tsunamis. Two hazard families are named. The lithospheric family emphasizes the role of plate tectonics, analyzing how movements within the Earth's crust lead to earthquakes and volcanic activities. The atmospheric family covers formation, including how climate patterns and atmospheric circulation contribute to hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes. The description closes on the human dimension in both directions: how human activities impact the frequency and intensity of natural hazards, and how natural hazards influence human behavior, aiming at analyzing and addressing these events in both natural and human-altered environments.
It closes the content row on three catalog tables. On both bachelor's tables, the B.S. Science Education (Secondary Earth Science) and the B.A. Educational Studies secondary earth science track, it opens the term-8 closing row beside D856 Environmental Management with Lab and D857 Secondary Earth Science Curriculum, with the licensure table adding D852 Astronomy and D873 Laboratory Safety to that term. On the Earth Science endorsement program, restricted by the catalog to licensed secondary science teachers, the same three courses close the 28-CU program together in term 3. The legacy M.A. Science Education (Secondary Earth Science) table carries no dedicated hazards code; its nearest content sits inside C893 Geology II: Earth Systems, so quote by the code on your audit. Message us the code and where you stand, and we quote a flat price in writing.