This course consists of organized lectures, backed by lecture notes, a reference text on measurement and analysis methods in fluvial geomorphology, spreadsheets, and other relevant reading, field trips, exercises, and discussions. The course includes field visits to the Rhône River and several preAlpine tributaries, with spectacular scenery, diverse fluvial environments, a wide range of human impacts over long periods of time, and diversity of recent restoration projects with ongoing monitoring. The course includes workshops on geomorphic river restoration problems faced by participants, who briefly present the problem for discussion by instructors and colleagues in a workshop format, for exchanging ideas on analytical approaches and resources. The course is similar in overall structure to courses successfully offered in North America since 1995, but adapted to take advantage of excellent field sites in the region and opportunities to gain insights through comparison of European and American approaches to river management and restoration.