Geography and Environmental Resources SIUC

WELCOME
SIUC’s Department of Geography and Environmental Resources focuses on environmental management at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Faculty expertise is in water resources, land use, and geospatial techniques. Field work, use of computers, and internships are prominent components of the integrated environmental problem-solving approach in both our undergraduate and graduate programs.

WE ARE...

Nationally recognized focus on Environmental Geography and Water Resources
Headquarters of the Universities Council on Water Resources
Faculty participate in many on-going, interdisciplinary, research teams supported through grants from: the U.S. Department of Agriculture for work on ecological restoration of multiple-owner watersheds ($719,000), U.S. Geological Survey for analyzing American water use trends ($150,000), the National Science Foundation for virtual watershed modeling ($400,000), and others
Our Spatial Environmental Analysis Laboratory trains students to use current GIS and remote sensing technologies for environmental analysis
Active internship program places students with local natural resource agencies
We welcome all students and invite them to participate in department activities.
We have a diverse faculty from five continents and we actively promote diversity in our faculty hires and student majors.

Events:

Student Poster Session
Picnic Photos (.pdf)
GEOG 303i Field Trip (.pdf)

Clubs and Organizations:

Gamma Theta Upsilon
Geography Club
GIS Club

News:

Departmental News
Alumni Updates
Monthly Potlucks

Campus Lake