Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Location: Science Building, 2nd Floor - #2028

Phone: 303-615-1177

E-Mail:eas@msudenver.edu

Website: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department Website

Page Modified on June 29, 2023

Programs

• Applied Geology Major, B.S.
• Environmental Science Major, B.S.
• Geography Major, B.A.
• Geology - See Applied Geology Major, B.S.
• Meteorology Major, B.S.

• Climate Change Minor
• Environmental Science Minor
• Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Minor
• Geography Minor
• Geology Minor
• Meteorology Minor
• Sustainability Studies Minor

• Environmental Science Major, B.S., with Secondary Science Teacher Licensure Concentration

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Certificate

Courses

• ENV 1200 - Introduction to Environmental Science
• ENV 1540 - Geologic and Environmental Hazards-Denver and Vicinity
• ENV 2100 - Environmental Sampling and Analysis
• ENV 3000 - Environmental Engineering Fundamentals
• ENV 3010 - Applied Pollution Science
• ENV 3100 - Air Pollution
• ENV 3250 - Colorado Water Law and Water Rights Administration
• ENV 3300 - Principles of Ecological Restoration
• ENV 3340 - Climate Change Science
• ENV 3400 - Water Resources
• ENV 3420 - Soil Resources
• ENV 3422 - Methods of Soil Analysis and Sampling
• ENV 3440 - Energy and Mineral Resources
• ENV 3620 - Resource Use and the Environment
• ENV 3700 - Mountain Environments
• ENV 3710 - Environmental Remediation
• ENV 3720 - Waste Management
• ENV 3730 - Environmental Risk Assessment
• ENV 3740 - Environmental Health
• ENV 3920 - Directed Study in Environmental Science
• ENV 3980 - Internship in Environmental Science
• ENV 4000 - Geologic Hazards
• ENV 4010 - Environmental Hazards and GIS
• ENV 4150 - Hydrology (Surface Water)
• ENV 4200 - Environmental Policy and Planning
• ENV 4250 - Hydrogeology (Groundwater)
• ENV 4400 - Landscape Ecology
• ENV 4410 - Water Law
• ENV 4420 - Wetlands
• ENV 4430 - Habitat Planning
• ENV 4440 - Limnology
• ENV 4450 - Stream Ecology
• ENV 4460 - Advanced Water Quality Analysis
• ENV 4470 - Snow Hydrology
• ENV 4500 - Environmental Biogeochemistry
• ENV 4910 - Global Environmental Field Problems: Variable Topics
• ENV 4920 - Topics in Environmental Science: Variable Topics
• ENV 4950 - Internship in Environmental Science
• ENV 4960 - Global Environmental Challenges
• ENV 4970 - Environmental Field Studies

• GIS 1220 - Digital Earth: Geospatial Technologies
• GIS 2250 - Geographic Information Systems
• GIS 2710 - Global Positioning Systems
• GIS 3250 - Cartography
• GIS 3410 - Web Mapping
• GIS 3920 - Directed Study in Geospatial Sciences
• GIS 4810 - GIS Programming
• GIS 4840 - Remote Sensing
• GIS 4850 - Spatial Modeling in Raster
• GIS 4860 - GIS Applications
• GIS 4870 - Spatial Databases
• GIS 4880 - Current Topics in GIS: Variable Topics
• GIS 4890 - Advanced GIS Project
• GIS 4910 - Satellite Image Processing and Analysis
• GIS 4920 - Advanced Directed Study in Geospatial Sciences
• GIS 4950 - Internship in GIS

• GEG 1000 - World Regional Geography
• GEG 1100 - Introduction to Physical Geography
• GEG 1120 - Orienteering
• GEG 1300 - Introduction to Human Geography
• GEG 1610 - Introduction to Planning
• GEG 1700 - Principles of Sustainability
• GEG 1910 - Global Water Concerns
• GEG 2020 - Geography of Colorado
• GEG 2200 - Geography of the United States
• GEG 2300 - Geographic Analysis of Social Issues
• GEG 2700 - Geographies of Environmental Justice
• GEG 3000 - Historical Geography of the U.S.
• GEG 3100 - Geography Methods and Applications
• GEG 3120 - Geomorphology
• GEG 3230 - Latin American Geographies
• GEG 3300 - Indigenous Geographies of North America
• GEG 3330 - Climatology
• GEG 3360 - Economic Geography
• GEG 3410 - Biogeography
• GEG 3420 - Soil Resources
• GEG 3422 - Methods of Soil Analysis and Sampling
• GEG 3440 - Energy and Mineral Resources
• GEG 3520 - Regional Geography: Variable Topics
• GEG 3600 - Urban Geography
• GEG 3610 - Principles of Land Use Planning
• GEG 3630 - Transportation Planning and Land Use
• GEG 3700 - Urban Sustainability
• GEG 3720 - Global Sustainable Development
• GEG 3920 - Directed Study in Geography
• GEG 4020 - Field Experience in Teaching Social Studies in Secondary Schools
• GEG 4150 - Hydrology (Surface Water)
• GEG 4250 - Hydrogeology (Groundwater)
• GEG 4430 - Habitat Planning
• GEG 4470 - Snow Hydrology
• GEG 4610 - Urban and Regional Planning
• GEG 4620 - Residential Land Use Patterns
• GEG 4640 - Recreational Land Use Patterns
• GEG 4700 - Sustainability in Resource Management
• GEG 4710 - Legal Aspects of Land Use
• GEG 4720 - Planning for Climate Change
• GEG 4950 - Internship in Geography
• GEG 4970 - Sustainability Practice Seminar
• GEG 4975 - Geography Capstone

• GEL 1010 - Physical Geology
• GEL 1020 - Geology of Colorado