Courses

Surveys mountain environments and their human use with illustrations from temperate and tropical mountain areas. The objective of this course is to provide you with an overview of the physical and human dimensions of mountain regions. It is not meant to be "definitive" in any of the several topics that we will cover, but rather the course is intended to introduce and summarize important issues concerning the Earth's mountainous regions. I hope that by exposing you to the various topics, you will be motivated to take more detailed classes in any one of the many disciplines we will touch upon.