本文着重于对地球物理特征和过程以及人类对其的影响的科学解释。学生参加有关地貌学，水文学，流域分析，生物地理学，气候学和景观生态学的课堂，实验室和野外活动。在这种重点下的学生将把在物理和生物科学方面的基础训练与在空间分析中的方法技术结合起来，包括使用卫星图像和地理信息系统，以研究地球物理环境的过程和由此产生的特征。
This emphasis focuses on scientific explanations of the earth's physical features and processes and the human impacts on them. Students engage in classroom, laboratory and field activities in geomorphology, hydrology, watershed analysis, biogeography, climatology, and landscape ecology. Students in this emphasis will incorporate fundamental training in the physical and biological sciences with methodological techniques in spatial analysis, including the use of satellite imagery and geographic information systems, to study processes and resulting features of earth's physical environment.<br><br>A degree in Geography (Environment, Society, and Technology) provides you with the education and skills to pursue a wide range of career options. Our students work in diverse fields such as fire ecology, remote sensing, GIS, watershed management, wildlife habitat, energy planning, food security, marketing, and social justice. Whether we utilize advanced geospatial technologies or work on the ground to understand and help communities, geographers strive to solve pressing societal and environmental problems.