Study Geography at UConn
Curriculum Info
Studying Geography at UConn
Major or Minor in Geographic Information Science
Courses being offered in the Fall 2024 semester which count towards the GISc major and minor include:
- Geog 2500: Intro to GIS
- Geog 2505: Applications of GIS
- Geog 3530: Intro to GeoComputing
- Geog 4095: Intro to Geospatial Artificial Intelligence
- Geog 4516: Fundamentals of Spatial Database Systems [online]
Upcoming Events
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Oct
25
2024 NESTVAL Geographical Society Conference All Day
2024 NESTVAL Geographical Society Conference
Friday, October 25th, 2024
All Day
Westfield State University (Westfield, MA)
The Fall 2024 NESTVAL Conference will be held at Westfield State University (Westfield, MA). The conference will take place on the 256-acre campus of Westfield State, which lies just west of Springfield in the beautiful Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. The conference will be held October 25 & 26, 2024.
This year’s conference theme, Planning a Sustainable Future, will explore the critical role of geography and urban and regional planning in shaping a more sustainable future.
Geographers, urban and regional planners, those from allied disciplines, students, researchers, and practitioners are invited to submit abstracts for poster and paper presentations that address any aspect of building a sustainable future.
For more information and to register please see the link below:
https://www.aag.org/events/2024-new-england-st-lawrence-valley-regional-division-meeting
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Oct
26
2024 NESTVAL Geographical Society Conference All Day
2024 NESTVAL Geographical Society Conference
Saturday, October 26th, 2024
All Day
Westfield State University (Westfield, MA)
The Fall 2024 NESTVAL Conference will be held at Westfield State University (Westfield, MA). The conference will take place on the 256-acre campus of Westfield State, which lies just west of Springfield in the beautiful Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. The conference will be held October 25 & 26, 2024.
This year’s conference theme, Planning a Sustainable Future, will explore the critical role of geography and urban and regional planning in shaping a more sustainable future.
Geographers, urban and regional planners, those from allied disciplines, students, researchers, and practitioners are invited to submit abstracts for poster and paper presentations that address any aspect of building a sustainable future.
For more information and to register please see the link below:
https://www.aag.org/events/2024-new-england-st-lawrence-valley-regional-division-meeting
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Oct
31
GSCU Colloquium - Dr Kevin St. Martin 3:30pm
GSCU Colloquium - Dr Kevin St. Martin
Thursday, October 31st, 2024
03:30 PM
Austin Building
GSCU Colloquium - Dr. Kevin St. Martin
More info to come.
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Nov
7
GSCU Colloquium - Community Health in GSCU Panel Discussion 3:30pm
GSCU Colloquium - Community Health in GSCU Panel Discussion
Thursday, November 7th, 2024
03:30 PM
Austin Building
Community Health in GSCU Panel Discussion
GSCU Colloquium - More info to come
Notable Geography News
- Aaron Adams successfully defends his dissertationPosted on June 19, 2024
- Weixuan Lyu Wins AAG Peter Gould AwardPosted on April 20, 2024
- Jake Layburn successfully defends his thesisPosted on April 10, 2024
- Quinn Molloy successfully defends her dissertationPosted on April 3, 2024
Recent Graduate Student Publications
BenBella, Diane & Ghosh, D. 2021. Combining Geospatial Analysis with HIV Care Continuum to Identify Differential HIV/AIDS Treatment Indicators in Uganda. The Professional Geographer.
Barocci, Antonio. 2020. Political arrests of women under fascism: gender and the special tribunal in Italy 1926–1928. GeoJournal.
Adams, Aaron., Li, W., Zhang, C., & Chen, X. 2020. The disguised pandemic: the importance of data normalization in COVID-19 web mapping. Public Health.
Terbeck, Fabian. 2020. Defining Suburbs: An Evaluation and Comparison of Four Methods. The Professional Geographer.
UConn Geography Alumni Award Recipients
2024: Nick McNamara, BA '03, MA '07, GIS/CAD Administrator, UConn ITS
2023: Jeanne Thibeault, PhD '10, Climate scientist, adjunct professor (retired).
2022: Julie Annino, PhD '02, Senior Transportation Engineer, CT Dept of Transportation
2021: Patrick Heidkamp, MA '03, PhD '07, Professor, Southern CT State University
2019: Todd Dumais, BA '03, Town Planner, City of West Hartford
2018: Richard Annitto, BA '85, Vice President, GIS and Survey Division, LiRo Group
2017: Ben Spaulding, PhD '10, Catastrophe Risk Manager, Homesite Group
2016: Patrice Carson, BA '82, Consulting Director of Community Development, Town of Bolton
2015: Tyler Kleykamp, BA '00, Chief Data Officer, Connecticut State Office of Policy and Management