Geography was brought fully into the College of Arts and Sciences in 1960. The Department of Geography was founded in 1966 and combined with the Department of Recreation and Park Administration (founded 1975) as the Department of Geography and Recreation in 1985. The Planning program was founded in 1975 as a graduate program in the Geography and Recreation Department. In 2000 most recreation programming was closed and in 2005, the department was reconstituted as the Department of Geography.
The Geography Department offers a BA or BS in the following concentrations:
- Human Geography (BA)
- Physical Geography (BS)
- Geographic Information Science (BS)
- Natural Resource Management (BA)
- Planning (BS)
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