Why study geography at the University of Denver?

Consider these advantages:

• Engaged and research-active faculty
• Small classes and personal attention
• State-of-the-art geospatial technology laboratories
• Strong and exciting field orientation
• Excellent location for applied research in 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.

Since it was founded in 1945, the University of Denver’s department of geography 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 with frequent upgrades in hardware, specialized equipment and software
• Four Geographic Information Systems (GIS) labs which include most industry standard GIS software (All ESRI products, ERDAS Imagine, E-cognition, ENVI, Web Mapping and Geo-visualization products)
• USDA-approved soil and 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), is just 45 minutes from campus

Come visit our facilities, meet our faculty and students and see the advantages for yourself.

The department of geography at the University of Denver offers programs leading to the M.A., M.S. in Geographic Information Science (GISc) (on-campus and online programs) and Ph.D. Areas of teaching and research include biogeography, climatology, computer-assisted cartography, cultural ecology, cultural geography, development, ecological economics, economic geography, environmental geology, geographic information science, 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 tenure-line faculty and three full-time lecturers, our faculty is very active in research, publishing numerous journal articles and presenting many conference papers every year. Our faculty members also are known for their excellence as instructors, with half of the faculty having earned major teaching awards.