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Minor in Mountain Studies

The Department of Geography offers a new undergraduate Minor in Mountain Studies. The curriculum for the minor is interdisciplinary in nature and draws on courses in geography, geosciences, biology, forestry, and recreation management. The participating faculty members bring significant expertise in glacial processes, watershed hydrology, mountain hazards, alpine ecology, mountain-based livelihood systems, and wilderness politics and policy to this program. Field trips and field courses introduce students to the Rocky Mountains of Montana and Alberta, particularly the Crown of the Continent, and high mountain environments of South and Central Asia. Inquiries about the program should be addressed to one of the two co-advisors Drs. Sarah J. Halvorson (sarah.halvorson@umontana.edu; 406-243-2793) or Ulrich Kamp (ulrich.kamp@umontana.edu; 406-243-6469).

Requirements

In addition to completing the requirements for a major in any discipline, students electing the minor in mountain studies must complete a minimum of 18 additional credits as follows:

1. Nine credits must be core courses:

• GEOG 138 Montana’s Mountains field course (3 cr.)
• GEOG 222 Global Mountain Environments (3 cr.)
• GEOG 338 Mountains & Society (3 cr.)

2. Six credits must be selected from the following list of upper-division advanced mountain studies courses:

• BIOL 350 Rocky Mountain Flora (3 cr.)
• BIOL 451 Landscape Ecology (3 cr.)
• BIOL 459 Alpine Ecology (3 cr.)
• FOR 495 Montana Wilderness Field Studies in Winter (3 cr.)
• GEOG 310 Crown of the Continent (3 cr.)
• GEOG 401 Regionalism and the Rocky Mountain West (3 cr.)
• GEOG 410 High Asia (3 cr.)
• GEOG 438 Mountains Field Study (3 cr.)
• GEOS 425 Geology of the Pacific Northwest (3 cr.)
• GEOS 488 Snow, Ice and Climate (3 cr.)

3. Three credits must be chosen from the following list of electives, or alternatively, from the advanced mountain studies course listing above.

• BIOL 201 Montana Wildlife (3 cr.)
• FOR 330 Forest Ecology (3 cr.)
• FOR 385 Watershed Hydrology (3 cr.)
• GEOG 295 Mountain Cultures & Economies (3 cr.)
• GEOG 324 Geomorphology (3 cr.)
• GEOG 426N Biogeography (3 cr.)
• GEOS 103 Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Other Natural Hazards (3 cr.)
• GEOS 230 Geosciences Field Methods (3 cr.)
• GEOS 395 Special Topics (3 cr.)
• GEOS 430 Global Tectonics (3 cr.)
• RECM 482 Wilderness and Protected Area Management (3 cr.)

 

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