Available courses

GLYS4107 Introduction to Geophysics

University of Bamenda, Faculty of Science, Department of GMES. Lecturer: Dr GAH-MUTI Salvanus YEVALLA.

How physics lets us see inside the Earth without digging: the Earth as a physical body, gravity, magnetics, earthquake seismology, seismic refraction and reflection, electrical resistivity, and heat flow, radiometrics and well logs, with examples from Cameroon.

Ten weeks, 45 hours: each week 3 hours in class with the lecturer and 1.5 hours online. Online, two units a week, each built around an interactive lab and a short video: a lecture unit before class (lab, key ideas, self-check) and a tutorial unit after class (a second lab, a problem set and a peer-reviewed solution). The labs are never marked: guess first, then find out. Continuous assessment counts for 30% of the course mark; the final exam for 70%.

PHYS3127 Meteorology, Climatology and Pollution

University of Bamenda, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics. Physics Year 2, environmental physics option. 6 credits. Lecturer: Dr GAH-MUTI Salvanus YEVALLA.

A foundation in the Earth's atmosphere, its phenomena and long-term patterns: the physics of the air and of radiation, clouds and winds, the general circulation and the West African monsoon, climate controls and the climates of Cameroon and the Bamenda highlands, climate variability, and the sources, transport and impacts of air pollution.

Thirteen weeks, about 60 hours: each week 2 hours in class with the lecturer and 2.5 hours online. Online, two units a week, each built around an interactive lab: a lecture unit before class (lab, the week's video, key ideas, self-check) and a tutorial unit after class (a second lab, guided practice, a peer-reviewed problem and a problem set). The labs are never marked: guess first, then find out. Continuous assessment counts for 30% of the course mark; the final exam for 70%.

GELG3105 Fundamentals of Geophysics

University of Bamenda, Higher Teacher Training College (HTTC), Department of Geology. Lecturer: Dr GAH-MUTI Salvanus YEVALLA.

How physics lets us see inside the Earth without digging: the Earth as a physical body, gravity, magnetics, earthquake seismology, seismic refraction and reflection, electrical resistivity, and heat flow, radiometrics and well logs, with examples from Cameroon.

Ten weeks, 45 hours: each week 3 hours in class with the lecturer and 1.5 hours online. Online, two units a week, each built around an interactive lab and a short video: a lecture unit before class (lab, key ideas, self-check) and a tutorial unit after class (a second lab, a problem set and a peer-reviewed solution). The labs are never marked: guess first, then find out. Continuous assessment counts for 30% of the course mark; the final exam for 70%.