Recommendation on Foundation of a Department of Engineering Geology in the National Autonomous University of Honduras

Abstract

In the Republic of Honduras in Central America, the establishment of a department of the Engineering Geology has been needed in higher educational organizations, in order to take care of exploration/research on the mine resources and slope disasters in the country. The authors organized the issues on the establishment of the department and have discussed pragmatic proposals on it for the National Autonomous University of Honduras based on lessons and examples on the education of engineering geology in Japan, as an activity of a project on the Japan International CooperationAgency （JICA） .

The proposal is mainly divided into the curriculum and the organization. On the curriculum, the classes on “introduction of earth science”, “earth science”, “applied GIS technology”, “environmental geology” and “slope disaster management” were proposed to add to the current curriculum, and a curriculum map has been prepared. On the organization, “additional teachers of geology/engineering geology” and “collaboration with other departments in the university and external organizations” were proposed.

The report summarized the issues and the proposals on the est ablishment of department of the Engineering Geology.