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Climatology, geomorphology, biogeography, arctic and alpine systems, hydrology, ecology and global change

Physical geography integrates and inter-relates landforms, water, soils, climate, and vegetation as the major natural elements of the environment.Ìý The focus of physical geography is on the zone of the land, ocean, and atmosphere containing most of the world’s organic life.Ìý Physical geography not only describes natural phenomena near the surface of the earth but, more importantly, seeks explanations of how and why the physical and biological processes act as they do.Ìý Physical geography includes processes studied in other physical and natural sciences such as meteorology, geology, biology, and soil science, however, physical geography is more than a mere composite of these other sciences.Ìý It takes a comprehensive approach to the processes of the natural environment, often with an emphasis on human modifications to the environment.Ìý

Courses in this Concentration

Lower Division

• : Our Changing Planet: Climate and Vegetation
• : Our Changing Planet: Landscapes and Water
• : Colorado Geographies: Environment, Society and Change in the Centennial State
• : Climate Change Geographies
• : Intro to the Arctic Environment
• : Geography of Skiing and Snowboarding
• : Visualizing Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events

Methods:

• : Statistics and Geographic Data
• : Advanced Quantitative Method: Spatial Data
• : Research Seminar

Upper Division

• : Mountain Geosystems
• : Climate & Weather Observations
• : Biogeography
• : Water Cycle
• : Principles of Climate
• : Remote Sensing of the Environment
• : Biometeorology
• : GIS: Spatial Modeling
• : Earth Surface Processes
• : Fluvial Geomorphology
• : The Arctic Climate System
• Snow Hydrology
• : Forest Geography: Principles and Dynamics
• Soils Geography
• : Earth Analytics Data Science Bootcamp
• : Water Issues in the American West
• : Earth Analytics
• : GIS in the Social and Natural Sciences