The Mountain Geography course is designed to expose current issues of mountain
systems, including the role of humans in the environment by analyzing:

•  the epistemography of mountains as a research theme,
•  the biogeography of mountain biodiversity,
•  the geoecology of mountain societies, 
•  the case studies of water usage in orobiomes,
•  the advances in ethnoecology research and mountain cultures,
•  the urbanization of mountain areas and associated environmental impacts,
•  the influence of globalization in socioeconomic scenarios of mountains, and
•  the pathways for sustainable mountain development.


This course meets the following General Education Abilities by accomplishing the
specific learning objectives listed below:

Communicate effectively through writing.  This is met by a series of writing 
assignments associated with supplemental reading and data analysis.
 
Communicate effectively through speech.  This is met by oral presentations, 
discussion leading, and classroom participation.

Computer Literacy is addressed through course administration, student-faculty 
electronic interaction, and data analysis activities and assignments.

Critical Thinking is central to the learning objectives of this class, and is
developed through homework assignments, lecture, classroom discussion, and inquiry-
based learning efforts.
       
Moral Reasoning (Ethics) is an important element of this course, as it explores 
linkages among the physical environment, hazards, human health and welfare, and 
appropriate technologies.  Moral reasoning is developed through lectures, writing 
assignments, classroom discussion, and inquiry-based learning activities.

Mountain epistemography 
Mountains in Geographical Enquiry
The concept of verticality. Archipelagoes
Systems theory in mountains: the cog model
Pie models.  Spatially explicit models 
The Himalayan Dilemma              
The Andean Dilemma                                        
The Alpesian Dilemma 
Altitude, continentality, latitude, climate, winds, seasonality and frost
Soil types, geomorphology
Processes, orogeny, glaciers, fluvial activity, landslides, avalanches                  
Volcanism, plutonism, tectonism 
Mineralogy and hydrology
Mountain biota                             
Mountain and elfin forests            
Treeline dynamics                                           
Tropical Cloud Forests                  
Mountain people and cultures       
Communities within highlands     
Transhumance                                                                
Antiquity on mountains                
Mountain agriculture                  
Mountain mining                        
Amenity migration in mountains  
Mountain forestry
Mountain water                                            
Mountain ecotourism                    
Mountain energy sources
Mountain transportation              
Mountain urban processes           
Mountain markets                                       
Mountain strategic sites                
Mountain protected areas              
Mountain biosphere reserves
Mountains sacred sites                 
Mountains in popular culture        
Mountains in vernacular culture                         
Mountain ethnoecology               
Mountains as borders/hinterland  
Mountains as margins vs. core                   
Mountain specificities                   
Mountains as layers vs. slices      
Mountains as isolated vs. central
Last day to accept extra-credit
International Cooperation 
Mountain World Prospects

The University Honor Code and Academic Honesty Policy will be followed.