GEOG 111--The Physical EnvironmentGEOG 211 – Physical Geography
GEOL 351--Regional Geomorphology
GEOG 405/505--Fundamentals of Remote Sensing
GEOG 415/515--Field Geography of the United States
GEOG 452/552--Quaternary Environments
GEOL 668--Remote Sensing: Research Seminar in Geologic Applications

Research Interests

Dr. Berta is the Chairperson of the Department of Geography, Geology and Anthropology and has served in that capacity since August 2004. She served as interim chairperson from July 2002 through August 2004.   Dr. Berta is also an associate member of the Indiana State University Center for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Laboratory (ISURSL); she served as Director  from 1994-2002 and has been affiliated with the laboratory since 1986. Her primary areas of research include geomorphology, remote sensing, and landscape/environmental modeling.  Research activities in remote sensing have involved periglacial landform analyses (rock glacier identification); vertebrate habitat mapping; metadata development and implementation for Indiana; NatureMapping for Indiana; and vegetation modeling for the Indiana Gap Analysis Project (IN GAP).  Currently, she is involved with the Year 2000 biodiversity of Indiana inventory for the State of Indiana, Department of Natural Resources. 

Selected Publications

Berta, S.M. (in press).  Climate and Geomorphology.  Encyclopedia of World Climates, second edition.  Kluwer Academic Publishers.