Undergraduate Program

Geography focuses on the evolving character and organization of the Earth's surface, on the ways in which the interactions of biophysical and human phenomena in space create distinctive places and regions, and on the influence those places and regions have on a wide range of natural and human events and processes. Within this broad vision, geographers study a myriad of different issues, including the geography of human activity, the geography of the Earth's environmental systems, and the sciences of geographic information that analyze, support, and inform the others.

The Undergraduate Program in Geography at UNC encompasses three concentration areas:

• Earth Environmental Systems (EES)
• Geographic Information Sciences (GISci)
• Geography of Human Activity (GHA)

Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Dr. Michael Emch
Office: 308 SAUNDERS HALL
Email: emch@email.unc.edu
Telephone: (919)843-1010

Students majoring in geography should contact Nell Phillips in the Geography main office (Saunders 205A), to sign up for advising and select a concentration area. Further information about undergraduate advising, as well as the degree requirements for the major and transfer credit is available below.

• Geography courses offered this Fall | Spring | First Summer Session | Second Summer Session
• Requirements for the major or minor in Geography
• Geography Department Undergraduate Advising
• Procedures for Transferring Undergraduate Geography Courses to UNC from Other Universities