Explore Geography
Find out about opportunities to learn about Climate Change, Social Justice, Environmental Hazards, Community Health, and Geospatial Science below:
- Learn the science of climate change (GEOG 3205 Climate Change Foundations; GEOG 3210 Global Climate Change)
- Learn about how society must adapt to climate change (GEOG 5215 Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation, GEOG 5290 Water in Utah)
- Learn about landscapes and how they reflect past changes in climate (GEOG 3200 Introduction to Geomorphology: Mountains, Rivers, Deserts)
- Major in Geography with an emphasis in Climate Change and Landscape Dynamics
- Do environmental research in a lab with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
- Explore aspects of social biases based on race, ethnicity, gender, orientation, and ability (GEOG 3425/5425 - Hate, Place, and Culture)
- Study global inequality and instability (GEOG 3440 - Global Economic Geography: Power, Production, and Poverty in the World Economy)
- Major in Geography with an emphasis in Population, Development, and Sustainability or Hazards, Resilience, and Human Security
- Do research in the Hate, Aggression, Terror, and Extremism (HATER) Lab or Center for Natural & Technological Hazards (Cnth)
- Learn about how natural hazards and society interact (GEOG 3310 Introduction to Natural Hazards)
- Take a field class to explore local natural hazards like landslides, fire scars, and faults (GEOG 3000 Geo-Excursions)
- Learn how society must adapt hazards amplified by climate change (GEOG 5215 Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation)
- Major in Geography with an emphasis in Hazards, Resilience, and Human Security
- Conduct research in the Center for Natural & Technological Hazards with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
- Learn about important community health issues and potential solutions (GEOG 3090 Health Geography in the Age of Global Pandemics)
- Apply digital mapping to health issues (GEOG 5190 GIS and Public Health)
- Study population patterns as fertility and mortality patterns change (GEOG 3400 Population Geography: Fertility, Mortality, and Migration in a Dynamic World)
- Major in Geography with an emphasis in Population, Development, and Sustainability
- Do population health research in the Utah Geo-Health Lab (UGHL) with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
- Learn how to make digital maps and find out how they are applied (GEOG3100 - Introduction to Geographic Information Science (GIS) and Cartography)
- Learn how to map the environment using data collected by drones and satellites (GEOG 3110 Introduction to Remote Sensing, GEOG3170 Geospatial Field Methods: GPS and Drones)
- Get skills for a career in a rapidly growing field by majoring in Geographic Information Science
- Do an internship in Geographic Information Science, or take a GIS Capstone class