GES students and faculty explore physical and human environments, their organization on the landscape, and the sustainability of human-environmental systems.
Learn about geographic and interdisciplinary approaches to economic, environmental, social and aesthetic problems.
Offering both undergraduate and graduate programs, UNCG’s Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability (GES) offers several focus areas of study: earth and environmental science, environmental studies, human and physical geography, sustainability, Geographic Information Science (GIS), and urban and regional planning.
The master’s program in Sustainability & Environment is ranked among the best online master’s in sustainability and green technologies in the nation (Academic Influence, 2026).
Discover how you can make the world a better place at UNC Greensboro, one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges (Princeton Review’s Green Colleges List 2025).
Department News
October 23, 2026
Mapping Prejudice Project Receives Dean’s Undergraduate Scholars Award
Selima Sultana, Professor and Head of the Department of GES has received funding through Dean’s Undergraduate Scholars: Advancing …
October 23, 2026
Avery Catherwood Elected SEDAAG North Carolina State Representative
Congratulations to Avery Catherwood on being elected North Carolina State Representative for SEDAAG, the Southeastern Division of th…
October 9, 2026
Dr. Thapa and his students were on air with Research T at the G on WUAG 103.1 FM
Dr. Bhuwan Thapa and GES students Desmond Fosuhene and Jada McGill were guests for the radio show Research T at the G at WUAG 103.1 …
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The Graham Building
237 Graham Building
1009 Spring Garden Street
Greensboro, NC 27412
Phone: 336.334.5388