GEOGRAPHY 2009/2010
WHY STUDY GEOGRAPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER?
CONSIDER THESE ADVANTAGES:
- engaged and research-active faculty
- small classes, personal attention
- state-of-the-art geospatial technology laboratories
- strong and exciting field orientation
- excellent location for applied research in both physical and human geography
Situated at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, the University of Denver is an ideal laboratory for physical and human geographers alike.
Since it was founded in 1945, DU’s geography department has offered excellent opportunities for graduate students in teaching, research, academia, government and the private sector.
Quite simply, we are state-of-the-art. Among our distinctive assets:
- fully networked labs and frequent upgrades in hardware, specialized equipment and software
- four Geographic Information Systems labs that include most industry-standard GIS software (All ESRI products, ERDAS Imagine, E-cognition, ENVI, Web Mapping and Geo-visualization products)
- USDA-approved soil/sediment lab, a weather and climate lab, and the Hoyt Mineral Collection
- multimedia teaching classrooms
- national and international field trips
- the Mount Evans field station, elevation 10,600 feet, just 45 minutes from campus
Come visit our facilities, meet our faculty and students, and see the advantages for yourself.
The DU Department of Geography offers programs leading to the MA, MS (GISc) and PhD degrees. Areas of faculty teaching and research include biogeography, climatology, computer-assisted cartography, cultural ecology, cultural geography, development, ecological economics, economic geography, environmental geology, geographic information science (GISc), geovisualization, geomorphology, global change, hydrology, land use/land cover analysis, Latin America, natural resources, political ecology, population geography, Quaternary studies, remote sensing, soils, spatial analysis, sustainability, transportation, and urban, geography and planning. With ten tenured or tenure-track faculty and three full-time lecturers in 2008-09, our faculty is very active in research, having published many journal articles and presented conference papers every year. Besides active involvement in research, our faculty members are known for their excellence as teachers, with five having earned major teaching awards.