Department of Geography and Geology
Date Founded: 1950
Degrees Offered: B.A., B.S.
Chair: Keith Rice
Address: Department of Geography and Geology
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI 54481
Tel:(715)346-2629
Fax:(715)346-3372
Email: geoggeol@uwsp.edu
Programs:
A student who majors in geography is required to take a core set of courses and selects one of the following options: Physical Environment, Cartography, Urban Planning option Each program integrates course offerings from several departments. A common core of courses is required of all geography majors. Qualified seniors are encouraged to culminate their degree with an internship in a field related to their option. A number of internship opportunities are available with local and state agencies. The Department offers a Geography major and minor for teacher certification and minors in Geography, Geology, Earth Science, and Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis.
Facilities:
The department maintains several special facilities for education and research. Three cartographic, GIS and remote sensing laboratories house an extensive array of modern equipment, including Windows PCs, PowerPC/Macs, and Sun workstations for desktop mapping, GIS processing and remote sensing analysis. Numerous computer peripherals, including digitizers, pen plotters, an electrostatic plotter, color scanners, color film slide recorder, color ink-jet printers, are available.
Cartographic, GIS and remote sensing instruction and research is facilitated by a sizable library of cartography, CAD, and GIS, and remote sensing software (e.g., SURFER, ERDAS, IDRISI, pcARC/INFO, ARC/INFO, ArcView, ArcGIS, Aldus Freehand, 3DStudio, ArcCad, CorelDRAW, Flash, Dreamweaver, MapInfo, TransCAD, TP+ and Viper) as well as several database, spreadsheet and statistical packages (e.g., Paradox, dBase, Excel, Minitab, SPSS). Field equipment includes sub-meter GPS units, data loggers and portable laptop computers. A multimedia development lab contains analog and digital systems for producing interactive multimedia.
Spatial Information Analysis Lab
The Spatial Information Analysis Lab provides students with a variety of online course materials, tutorial modules and access to GIS software. All laboratories have access to the university's campus network system and the Internet. The Map Center is an official depository for U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps, the Defense Mapping Agency series and other specialized collections.
Alumni, help support the Department by making a contribution to the UW-SP Foundation.