As a student in the Energy Geotechnology-Environmental Concentration, you’ll learn about energy resources (natural gas, coal, and wind) and the natural environment in northern Appalachia.

The Geography and Regional Planning Department labs and facilities offer you hands-on experience with the instrumentation used by professionals. Through electives, you can add an internship, independent study, or minor such as geology.

You’ll also study the federal and state regulatory and compliance standards the energy industries must meet, the conceptual and technical aspects of geospatial techniques (cartography, GIS, and global positioning systems), and spatial applications used in the energy industries.