Chair: Bryan Wee, PhD
Program Assistant: Angela Carrington
Office: North Classroom, 3016
Telephone: 303-315-7525
Fax: 303-315-7526
Overview
Undergraduate Information
The discipline of Geography focuses on the spatial analysis of human/physical patterns and processes. Geographers explore factors that drive the distribution of people and their activities on the surface of the earth in order to seek meaningful solutions to contemporary environmental and social problems. This discipline is an ideal for liberal arts students seeking a broad, holistic approach to the study of modern questions centered around human interactions with the environment. This degree program provides students with exposure to the concepts and techniques for investigating the physical sciences, environmental and sustainability, socioeconomic problems and planning policies.
The major offers 4 degree options:
- General Geography
- Environmental Science
- Environment, Society & Sustainability
- Urban Studies & Planning
The program curriculum combines a broad and integrative scientific education with state-of-the-art training in geo-spatial analysis (e.g., computer mapping, GIS, remote sensing). The program is designed to provide students with the background necessary for obtaining a rewarding career in government (federal, state, local) or private industry, as well as preparing students for graduate study. Graduates from our program work in a broad range of jobs in environmental resource policy and management, city government and planning, economic development, environmental education, earth science research, and the geospatial sciences.
Departmental Honors
Departmental honors is a privilege for students who demonstrate exceptional academic performance and promise at CU Denver. The minimum criteria for honors in GES are an overall GPA of 3.3 in all courses at CU Denver (minimum of 30 semester hours for transfer students) and a GPA of 3.75 for all courses taken in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences (regardless of the BA option that students are pursuing). A student who meets these criteria shall work with a GES faculty sponsor who agrees to guide an honors thesis. Students must successfully complete and defend an honors thesis that demonstrates independent research, written and presentation skills. Additionally, students are required to sign up for and successfully complete 3 honors thesis credits the semester that they are graduating with honors. Departmental honors will be awarded based on successful completion and defense of the honors thesis, subject to faculty sponsor and committee approval. For more information, please contact the GES undergraduate advisor and/or chair.
Graduate Information
Please go to the Graduate catalog to read about our graduate programs.
Faculty
Professors:
Anne Chin, PhD, Arizona State University
Pamela Jansma, PhD, Northwestern University (CLAS Dean)
Rafael Moreno-Sanchez, PhD, Colorado State University
Gregory Simon, PhD, University of Washington
Professors Emeriti:
Rudi Hartmann, PhD, Technical University of Munich
Wesley E. LeMasurier, PhD, Stanford University
Martin Lockley, PhD, University of Birmingham, England
John W. Wyckoff, PhD, University of Utah
Associate Professors:
Peter Anthamatten, PhD, University of Minnesota
Christy Briles, PhD, University of Oregon
Frederick B. Chambers, PhD, Arizona State University
Brian Page, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Bryan S. Wee, PhD, Purdue University
Assistant Professors:
Benjamin Crawford, PhD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Katharine Kelsey, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder
Lisa Kelley, PhD, University of California Berkley
Assistant Professors Clinical Teaching Track:
Yi-Chia Chen, PhD, Louisiana State University
Thomas Duster, PhD, University of Notre Dame
Senior Instructors:
Amanda Weaver, PhD, University of Denver
Instructors:
Kirsten Christensen, MSS, MURP, University of Colorado Denver
Lecturers:
Richard Ashmore
Jonathan Burton
Hope Dalton
Amy DePierre
Ricardo Oliveira
Mandy Rees