Geographers can make a difference — from teaching to planning, from working for sustainable development to working with geospatial technologies, and more.

The Department of Geography at the University of Alabama was established in 1903. The department includes 12 tenured or tenure-track faculty, two fulltime instructors, three professional staff members, three full-time researchers, and two administrative assistants. Departmental teaching and research interests span the discipline and the globe. The department fosters an exciting and synergistic environment where opportunities for discovery abound. Faculty consists of biogeographers, a cartographer, climatologists, a geomorphologist, GIS and remote sensing specialists, human geographers, and planners. The department offers B.A. and B.S. degrees in Geography with concentrations in Environment and Natural Resources, Regional and Urban Planning, Geographic Information Techniques, and Human Geography. In addition, the department offers minors in Geography and GIS, and certificates in GIS and Urban and Regional Planning. Included within the department are the GIS and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Cartographic Research Laboratory, and the University Map Library.