The Department of Geography & Environmental Systems (GES) at the =20 University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is now recruiting =20 graduate students for our new M.S./Ph.D. program. Students =20 interested in graduate education are invited to look at our program =20 description (http://www.umbc.edu/ges/GES_graduate_program.html) and =20 to contact us with any questions. The application deadline for Fall =20 2008 admission is February 15, 2008 (http://www.umbc.edu/gradschool/=20 admissions/).
The Department has a strong program in human geography, physical =20 geography and earth systems, ecology, and environmental science. Some =20= areas of interest for graduate research include 1) Environmental =20 Systems, including water resources and earth-surface processes, =20 ecosystem science, and atmospheric processes; (2) Human Geography, with an emphasis on coupled human-natural =20 systems including the impacts of human activities on the environment, =20= the socioeconomic consequences of environmental degradation, and =20 environmental policy; (3) Geographic Information Science and Remote Sensing, focusing on =20 training students in the application of geospatial analysis to =20 improve understanding of changing spatial patterns in the natural and =20= human environment. The GES faculty are actively involved with UMBC=E2=80=99s NSF = Integrative =20 Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program, =E2=80=9CWate= r =20 in the Urban Environment.=E2=80=9D Research opportunities at UMBC = include =20 collaboration with the Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES), an NSF-funded =20= Urban Long-Term Ecological Research site; the Joint Center for Earth =20 Systems Technology (JCET), and Goddard Earth Sciences & Technology =20 Center (GEST), both research consortia formed by UMBC and NASA-=20 Goddard Space Flight Center; the Center for Urban Environmental =20 Research and Education (CUERE), an EPA and NOAA-funded center focused =20= on the environmental, social and economic impacts of urban and =20 suburban landscape transformation, and the U.S. Geological Survey =20 Water Science Center for the MD-DE-DC region. UMBC is located in =20 close proximity to both Baltimore and Washington D.C. and an array of =20= federal, state, and local agencies, and other research institutions =20 along the Washington-Baltimore-Philadelphia corridor. Please send inquires about the program to the Graduate Program =20 Director, Dr. Andrew Miller, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or contact any of the =20= faculty directly (http://www.umbc.edu/ges/GES_faculty_staff.html).
