Undergraduate Major Overview

Where your interests intersect.
Undergraduate Program

The Department of Geography in Boulder provides a bridge that intersects the things that interest you with the things you care about. Here, undergrads receive a broad, liberal arts education that integrates the study of human activity and the natural environment, with concentrations in physical geography, human geography, and environment-society relations, or geographic information science.

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Explore Our Four Specialized Concentrations

You may choose to follow a general geography major, where you’ll study both physical and human geography or concentrate your studies in one of four specialized tracks listed below.

Environment, Society, and Sustainability Geography

Political ecology, conservation practices, climate change action, resource management, and natural hazards

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Environmental and Earth Sciences

Climatology, geomorphology, biogeography, arctic and alpine systems, hydrology, ecology, and global change

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Geographic Information and Data Science

Geographic Information Science (GIS), cartography, remote sensing, drones, and computer programming

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Human Geography

Population, economics, public health, politics and culture, urban housing and development, GEO-justice, and regional geography

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"I chose to attend CU for its Geography Department—and it was the best decision I ever made. The variety of topics and experiences fueled my curiosity and drive for Geography."Ìý— Emily Colgan, B.A. in Geography

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