Department of
Geography &
Spatial Sciences
The Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences (GSS) has nationally and internationally recognized faculty who are engaged in cutting-edge research and offer exciting educational opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students.
GSS provides a unique perspective that seeks to explain patterns of differences and commonality across the human and natural environment. In the Department, students examine the physical properties of the natural environment and the role that human beliefs, activities and decision-making have in shaping the world around us.
Academic Programs
UNDERGRAD PROGRAMS
Environmental Science (B.S.)
Environmental Studies (B.A.)
Geography (B.A.)
Geography Education (B.A.)
GIScience and Environmental Data Analytics (B.S.)
Meteorology and Climate Science (B.S.)
MASTER'S PROGRAMS
Environmental Science and Management (M.S.)
Geography (M.A. or M.S.)
Water Science and Policy (M.S.)
PH.D. PROGRAMS
FEATURED ACADEMIC PROGRAM
GIScience & Environmental Data Analytics major
Geographic Information Science (GIScience) is the analysis and mapping of large geospatial data sets to better understand the world around us. GIScience allows us to harness the large amounts of data being collected today for the betterment of the environment and society.
News and events
LATEST NEWS
UD study uses social media and machine learning to show environmental injustices in Philadelphia’s urban parks
UD doctoral student draws on experience growing up in Ethiopia to help solve water crises in his home country and beyond
Two UD professors are chosen for inaugural AAG cohort to support public scholarship
UD’s Pinki Mondal studies how saltwater intrusion is wreaking havoc on farms throughout Delmarva
UD-led study shows the unexpected expansion of rare earth element mining activities in Myanmar-China border region