Program Overview

Department of Geography

The Department of Geography offers various programs for undergraduate and graduate students.

Undergraduate Program

The undergraduate program includes:

• Geography Program
• Environmental Studies Program
• International and Global Studies
• Certificates

Graduate Program

The graduate program is also available for students who wish to pursue advanced studies in geography.

Environmental Studies

The Environmental Studies program has the following components:

• Environmental Studies
• Environmental Studies Learning Goals
• Major in Environmental Studies
• Minor in Environmental Studies
• Course Schedules
• Environmental Studies Affiliated Faculty
• Sample Degree Plan
• Transfer Students
• Jobs in Environmental Studies
• Opportunities
  • Internships
  • Study Abroad Program
  • Become a FIGS instructor
  • Book Club

Undergraduate Learning Goals

The learning goals for the Major and the Minor in Environmental Studies are:

• Environmental Literacy: Understand and articulate the core principles, concepts, and theories that form the field’s interdisciplinary foundation in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
• Environmental Justice: Be aware of the ways that social inequality and unequal power structures shape people’s exposure and vulnerability to environmental risks/problems.
• Environmental Methods/Techniques/Strategies of Interpretation: Demonstrate proficiency in at least one method, technique, or strategy of interpretation for environmental inquiry in the natural sciences, social sciences, and/or humanities.
• Environmental Problem Solving: Apply perspectives from the social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities in an integrated fashion to analyze concrete environmental problems and evaluate diverse approaches to addressing these problems.