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
ALUMNI & FRIENDS
support GSS
Our department depends strongly on alumni and friends to augment state funding and support from research contracts and grants. Gifts from individuals, businesses, and foundations empower us to provide our students with the finest education possible. Your gift helps make big dreams come true for the Blue Hen community on campus and beyond!
PEACE AND JUSTICE STUDIES
Learn to think critically about the nature and value of peace and the means by which it can be achieved with the University of Delaware’s Peace and Justice Studies minor.
Click below to learn more, including requirements and core coursework.
The University of Delaware’s Peace and Justice Studies minor. aims to cultivate global citizens who value peace, cooperation, and human rights, and to develop social justice concepts and evaluate their implementation and impact on historical and current public policy in the USA and internationally.
In the Peace and Justice Studies minor, students will engage in international issues and improve their global competence consistent with values of peace and universal conventions on human rights.
The minor consists of a required core introductory course to introduce students to foundational concepts of peace and its role as one of the Sustainability Development Goals, impacting the social, economic, and environmental well-being of people and the planet.
To offer personal well-being to support work in peace and justice, students take one course from a core elective group comprised of mindfulness, yoga or personal leadership.
Then, three electives are then chosen, one each from the following groups:
• Communication and Leadership
• Historical Movements, Economics, and Public Policy Making
• Understanding Diverse Cultures and Philosophies of Ethics
Finally, a required synthesis course GEOG447 Peacemaking and Peacebuilding focuses on peacemaking and peace building skills and structures in international and local contexts.
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
Irrigation and global nutrition
UD researcher creates new dataset to examine 21st century global crop dynamics
Identifying salt patches and marsh
UD researchers combine field data and machine learning algorithm to find salt patches on farmland tripled since 2011 in Delmarva
UD study shows cropland expansion in Nigeria doesn’t equate to increased food security
For the Record, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024
University of Delaware community reports new publications, presentations, honors, service
Study examines connection between irrigation and improved dietary diversity in children in the Global South