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EARTH 438Engineering Geology

Units
0.50
Faculty
Science
Subject
Earth Sciences

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Review of basic concepts in engineering geology as applied to rock and soil, including material properties, variability in properties, external factors such as stress, and evaluation of design adequacy. Site investigation and characterization techniques used to define and characterize the properties of geological materials and their use in selected engineering geologic design and construction problems. Laboratory assignments will focus on the determination of physical properties and site assessment problems.

Prerequisites

  • Must have completed the following:
    • EARTH238 - Introductory Structural Geology (0.50)

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00165880 / 30M 08:30–11:20
LEC 701252123 / 9999Online or by arrangement
LAB 10168150 / 30W 08:30–10:20

Reviewed on UW Flow

80% liked it88% easy100% useful

From 5 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Amazing course taught by Keith! Lots of hard work and the final mine project takes a ton of effort, but learned a bunch in this course and strongly suggest taking it. Stereonet assignments were tricky but TA and the prof was very helpful.

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  • Good general information on hazards and the concepts around them. Final was VERY easy but everyone came out with fairly low marks....

    May 2017 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

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Fall 2014

Earth 270 opinions? 0 points, 2 comments

“Looking to add Earth 270 as an elective, does anyone have experience or thoughts on the course? Stephen Evans is teaching the course, and he doesn't seem to have very high ratings on ratemyprof. …”

u/twinnedcalcite: “… I had him for EARTH 438 - Engineering Geology. …”

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