Our mission is to prepare students to engage with a complex, dynamic, and interdependent world

by:

• Providing them with in-depth knowledge about human cultures and the physical world
• Fostering intellectual and practical skills that enable analysis of spatial patterns and processes, evidenced-based problem solving, and effective oral and written communication
• Encouraging a sense of social responsibility through the examination of real-world cases. 

Faculty are committed to preparing students for employment opportunities in the private and public sectors, the pursuit of graduate degrees, and to develop meaningful relationships to their university, professional, and local communities. We meet these goals through classroom lecture and discussion, collaborative assignments, undergraduate research, internships, field courses, and travel abroad.