Department of Earth, Environment and Planning

Jeff Popke, Chair

More information is available on the department’s website. 

A list of faculty is also available on the department’s website. 

Programs

• Applied Atmospheric Science, BS/Geography, MS
• Community and Regional Planning, BS/Planning and Development, MS
• Geographic Information Science and Technology, BS/Geography, MS
• Geography, BS/Geography, MS

• Applied Atmospheric Science, BS
• Community and Regional Planning, BS
• Environmental Studies, BS
• Geographic Information Science and Technology, BS
• Geography, BS
• Geology, BS

• Geographic Information Science Certificate

• Geography Honors
• Geological Sciences Honors

• Atmospheric Science Minor
• Community and Regional Planning Minor
• Geography Minor
• Geology Minor

Courses

• ATMO 1300 - Weather and Climate
• ATMO 2510 - Physical Meteorology and Thermodynamics
• ATMO 3230 - Global Climates
• ATMO 3520 - Dynamic Meteorology
• ATMO 3550 - Principles of Synoptic Meteorology
• ATMO 4510 - Meteorological Instruments and Observations
• ATMO 4520 - Boundary Layer Meteorology
• ATMO 4525 - Dynamic Meteorology II
• ATMO 4530 - Micrometeorology
• ATMO 4540 - Coastal Storms
• ATMO 4550 - Applied Synoptic Meteorology: Analyses and Forecasting
• ATMO 4580 - Radar and Satellite Meteorology
• ATMO 4590 - Tropical Meteorology

• GEOG 1000 - People, Places, and Environments
• GEOG 1200 - Introduction to Physical Geography
• GEOG 1250 - Water in the Environment
• GEOG 1251 - Water in the Environment Laboratory
• GEOG 1300 - Weather and Climate
• GEOG 2003 - Geography of the Global Economy
• GEOG 2019 - Geography of Recreation
• GEOG 2100 - World Geography: Developed Regions
• GEOG 2110 - World Geography: Less Developed Regions
• GEOG 2250 - Earth Surface Systems
• GEOG 2300 - Environment and Society
• GEOG 2350 - Climate Change: Science and Society
• GEOG 2400 - Spatial Data Analysis
• GEOG 2420 - Cartography
• GEOG 2500 - Map and Aerial Photo Interpretation
• GEOG 2510 - Physical Meteorology and Thermodynamics
• GEOG 3001 - Historical Geography of the United States
• GEOG 3003 - Political Geography
• GEOG 3004 - Urban Geography
• GEOG 3010 - Social Justice and Sustainability
• GEOG 3025 - Racial Geographies
• GEOG 3046 - United States and Canada
• GEOG 3047 - Western Europe
• GEOG 3049 - Latin America
• GEOG 3050 - Africa
• GEOG 3051 - Asia
• GEOG 3055 - North Carolina
• GEOG 3100 - Special Topics
• GEOG 3220 - Soil Properties, Surveys, and Applications
• GEOG 3230 - Global Climates
• GEOG 3240 - Biogeography
• GEOG 3250 - Environmental Hazards
• GEOG 3420 - Remote Sensing of the Environment I
• GEOG 3430 - Geographic Information Systems I
• GEOG 3450 - GPS and Satellite Navigation Systems
• GEOG 3460 - GIS Applications Programming
• GEOG 3480 - Drone Technology and Applications
• GEOG 4140 - Research Methods in Human Geography
• GEOG 4150 - Advanced Spatial Analysis
• GEOG 4191 - Supervised Study in Regional Geography
• GEOG 4192 - Supervised Study in Regional Geography
• GEOG 4193 - Supervised Study in Regional Geography
• GEOG 4210 - Fluvial and Hydrological Processes
• GEOG 4220 - Coastal Geography
• GEOG 4230 - Earth Surface Processes
• GEOG 4240 - Environmental Security
• GEOG 4250 - Environmental Impact Analysis
• GEOG 4270 - Water Resources Management and Planning
• GEOG 4291 - Supervised Study in Physical Geography
• GEOG 4292 - Supervised Study in Physical Geography
• GEOG 4293 - Supervised Study in Physical Geography
• GEOG 4310 - Geography of Transportation and Trade
• GEOG 4315 - Geographic Images
• GEOG 4320 - Gender, Environment, and Development
• GEOG 4325 - Resources, Population, and Development
• GEOG 4330 - Agricultural Geography
• GEOG 4335 - Geography of Tourism
• GEOG 4340 - GIS for Health Studies
• GEOG 4345 - Human Migration and Global Restructuring
• GEOG 4360 - Geographies of Global Climate and Environmental Change
• GEOG 4391 - Supervised Study in Human Geography
• GEOG 4392 - Supervised Study in Human Geography
• GEOG 4393 - Supervised Study in Human Geography
• GEOG 4410 - Advanced Cartographic Design and Production
• GEOG 4420 - Remote Sensing II
• GEOG 4430 - Geographic Information Systems II
• GEOG 4440 - Coastal Applications of GIS
• GEOG 4450 - GIScience, Society and Technology
• GEOG 4460 - Digital Terrain Analysis
• GEOG 4470 - GIS for Conservation
• GEOG 4491 - Supervised Study in Geographic Techniques
• GEOG 4492 - Supervised Study in Geographic Techniques
• GEOG 4493 - Supervised Study in Geographic Techniques
• GEOG 4510 - Meteorological Instruments and Observations
• GEOG 4530 - Micrometeorology
• GEOG 4540 - Coastal Storms
• GEOG 4580 - Radar and Satellite Meteorology
• GEOG 4590 - Tropical Meteorology
• GEOG 4801 - Geographic Internship
• GEOG 4802 - Geographic Internship
• GEOG 4803 - Geographic Internship
• GEOG 4900 - Honors Research
• GEOG 4901 - Senior Honors Thesis
• GEOG 4999 - Geography Professional Seminar
• GEOG 5220 - Physical Geography Field Experience
• GEOG 5281 - Selected Topics in Physical Geography
• GEOG 5282 - Selected Topics in Physical Geography
• GEOG 5283 - Selected Topics in Physical Geography