The "Why" of Hills and Dales

Understanding landforms -- hills, dales, beaches, rivers -- is fundamental to understanding geography. Everything we encounter on the land is the result of processes -- fast, slow, expansive or local -- that are constantly reshaping the surface.

Our own Dr. Sandy Clark is an expert in geomorphology, which is the specialty with in geography that studies these processes. Those who study geomorph -- sometimes called the "geology of the last million years" -- will never look at the land around them in the same way. We are very fortunate that she will be offering Earth Surface Processes as a field-based course in Fall 2019. 

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This course requires an extra commitment of time, but that time will be rewarded with a lifetime of memories as students explore the White Mountains and Cape Cod on two separate excursions. Even if you know one or the other of these fascinating places, the exploration will reveal much about the "why" behind the "what" you have been seeing. More importantly, throughout the course you will learn new ways of understanding every landscape you encounter from now on.

Note: the Grand Canyon is shown on the course flier even though the fieldwork does not go quite that far from campus, because it is in the region where Dr. Clark gained her expertise, as a graduate student and river guide. Learning about the Colorado Plateau from her is the next best thing to being there!