Welcome to the Department of Geography, Environment, and Planning (GEP). Over the past three years we have combined our Geography and Environmental Studies and Planning departments to create a new, more robust and flexible Geography and Environment degree. Our department's mission is to promote excellence in teaching and research through five areas of focus:

• Understanding human-environment conflict and collaboration
• Building resilience with environmental systems
• The application of geospatial and quantitative analyses to solve complex environmental and societal problems
• Designing resource-resilient and socially just communities
• Planning urban spaces for sustainability

We prepare students for careers in environmental professions, for graduate studies, and for their role as informed and thoughtful global citizens.