Why CU Geography?
We鈥檙e experts at bridging the physical and human sciences
We bring a holistic perspective to the physical and human processes that shape the world around us, and we strive to understand how people interact with, are shaped by, and in turn help shape, our world. Our teaching and research span an exceptional array of disciplines and we excel at providing field-oriented, hands-on experience. We train our students 鈥 in a friendly, well-supported environment 鈥 to be top scientists as well as citizens of the broader world to which we鈥檙e all connected.
Our faculty members are frequently recognized with awards and honors. We鈥檝e had various faculty members deliver a keynote address at a science forum at the White House; help author the report to the President on climate change, awarded Distinguished Research Lecturer, receive a gold medal research award from the Russian Geographical Society and we have a former Chief Scientist of NASA. We are often quoted in major magazines and have published numerous papers involving groundbreaking research. In the Academic Analytics 2014 release, our department ranked first among 101 departments in the US in five categories.
Students can study such diverse topics as migration, geopolitics, global health, natural hazards, culture and power, participatory mapping, conservation communities, indigenous environmental knowledge, geographic information science (GIS), international development, political ecology, remote sensing, climate change, globalization, hydrology, computer programming, population movement, third world cultures, catastrophic events, environment and ecology, impact of war, world health issues, water quality, movement, & distribution, GIS software development, agricultural change, impact, & needs, and land utilization.
What can I do with a Geography degree?
Alumni Video Testimonials
Joseph Kerski (精品SM在线影片 Class of 2000, B.A. & Ph.D. in Geography) is Geographer and Education Manager at Esri. He is currently focusing on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in education. He has served as the President of the National Council for Geographic Education and has given 2 TED Talks on 鈥淭he Whys of Where鈥. He holds 3 degrees in Geography and has served as geographer in 4 sectors of society, including government (NOAA, US Census Bureau, USGS), academia (Penn State, Sinte Gleska University, University of Denver, others), private industry (as Education Manager for Esri), and nonprofit organizations (with roles in geography and education associations).
Julie Dunbar (精品SM在线影片 Class of 1993, BA in Geography), is Manager of Editorial Development in Reference Solutions, Contemporary Issues, Geography & World Cultures at ABC-CLIO. She is a highly experienced Editorial Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the publishing industry.
Dan MacGrath (精品SM在线影片 Class of 2013, M.A. & Ph.D. in Geography) is Assistant Professor in Geosciences at Colorado State University. Dan is a geoscientist who utilizes novel in situ geophysical and remote sensing tools to study earth surface processes, particularly related to the cryosphere. In addition to doing local fieldwork in Colorado, his research has involved more than 15 expeditions to Antarctica, Greenland, Alaska and Patagonia.
(CU Geography MA '15) is a geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Science Center in Anchorage, AK. As part of her job, Emily studies the impacts of climate change on Alaskan glaciers. You can see a little bit more of her work .
This is not your junior-high Geography
"Encompassing South American wildfires, Arctic sea-ice retreat, post-Soviet politics, climate change in Tibet and GIS, 精品SM在线影片 Geography keeps its fingers on the pulse of a changing world". See article in
Turning a love for the outdoors into PhD science. See what exciting outdoor lives Geography alums can have: Alice Hill's article.
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Watch: Why Study Geography?
"What is Geography For?" commencement music and lyrics by Prof Mark Serreze
Listen:
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The seas are getting fouled and there鈥檚 ozone in the air
Something in the atmosphere is messing up my hair
The thought of global warming puts a frown on my face
I鈥檝e kinda鈥 given up on the entire human race
It seems as though the Middle East is constantly at war
Squabbles over borders and religion at the fore
There鈥檚 famine in Somalia while others are obese
The world is still a searchin鈥 for that everlasting peace
It鈥檚 partly demographics, and its part hydrology
But all of it includes that thing we call humanity
And now you鈥檝e got your shingle and you鈥檙e headed out the door
Cleaning up this mess is what Geography is for
We鈥檝e got a brand new president that Twitters all the day
We鈥檙e struggling with human rights and equal gender pay
The president of Russia is increasingly a pain
And the guy from North Korea is entirely insane
Hope to keep on runnin鈥 for another hundred years
Even though we鈥檙e runnin鈥 low on oil
Save me some space, but don鈥檛 forget the place
Have a little pity on our souls
The oceans are a rising and the ice is getting thin
But here in Colorado marijuana鈥檚 not a sin
There鈥檚 trouble in the atmosphere and rubbish in the sea
And all of it is part of what we call Geography
It鈥檚 partly demographics, and its part hydrology
But all of it includes that thing we call humanity
And now you鈥檝e got your shingle and you鈥檙e headed out the door
Cleaning up this mess is what Geography is for