Department of Geography

Health Geography is the application of geographical information, perspectives, and methods to the study of health, disease, and health care.  It explores the patterns, causes, and spread of disease, environmental hazards, environmental mediators of health behaviors, and the planning and provision of health services.

Geographic Information Science focuses on the theoretical foundations geographical information science, the development and use of state-of-the-art software and emerging technology, and the collection, processing, and interpretation of geospatial information.

Economic and Development Geography focuses on economic and business geography, and it prepares students to critically assess the process of globalization operating in the world today.

Urban and Regional Studies focuses on a wide variety of economic and social problems related to transportation, land use, urban environment, housing, work and welfare, and population changes and migration within a geographical context.

Earth Systems Science focuses on the fundamental processes that dominate the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere, their characteristics and complex interactions, and their impact on human life and society.