这种重点涉及人与环境的相互作用，包括人类活动对地球的影响以及环境变化对社会生活的影响。学生将学习概念和工具，以帮助他们理解和解决当代环境问题，例如生物多样性的丧失，污染和自然资源退化，水资源短缺，粮食和能源危机，资源冲突，气候变化，植被发展以及当今社会面临的许多其他紧迫挑战并在未来。通过他们的课程，他们将研究塑造社会与自然之间关系的文化习俗，社会结构和政治经济力量。
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.<br><br>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.