该课程的学生将学习并应用有价值的技能，例如地理信息系统（GIS），地理信息系统在大数据分析和业务位置决策中的专业应用，地理信息系统和空间数据库的计算机编程，空间数据库管理，计算机制图，和/或遥感。完成GIScience的论文为学生提供了获得实际应用经验或进一步研究更多理论概念的机会。至少30个单元，其中地理学科以外的其他学科可能不超过6个，而地理数600和700的课程中至少15个单元
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. The Department of Geography is committed to fostering an environment of inclusion that values, honors, and respects all members of our University community. We are a community diverse in race, ethnicity, language, culture, social class, national origin, religious and political belief, age, ability, gender, gender identity and expression, and sexual orientation. Our Master's degree programs has long been characterized by a close, collegial working relationship between students and faculty. A flexible curriculum, complemented by careful advising, permits the department to design a program tailored to the educational goals of each master's candidate.