Academy for the Environment

Program Details - Geography

 

Contact name: Scott Mensing

Phone number: 775-784-6995

Fax Number: 775-784-1058

Email address: geog@unr.nevada.edu

Website: www.unr.edu/geography

 

Program description: The Department of Geography offers courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science. The geography student completes a core and then consults a departmental advisor to develop an area of concentration suited to his or her needs.

 

Study specializations include; physical geography (including environmental impact analysis), cultural and international studies, urban and regional planning (including the analysis and management of growth), cartography and computer mapping, geographic information systems (GIS) and climatology, biogeography, and the geography of water resources.