Blue Spring Boil (photo by Dr. Kirsten Work)

Geography

Stetson boasts Florida's first department of geography, and offers both B.A. and B.S. program tracks for majors interested in understanding and explaining the science of space and place. A minor is also available. Geography is much more than maps, countries, their capitals, and major exports. A process oriented discipline, geography emphasizes the interconnectedness of all places and things.  Geographers seek to answer questions that explain why things are the way they are in specific locations.  Common themes for study include culture, climate, economics, globalization, regional studies (our faculty have spent years living in Russia and Latin America), landscape, urban planning, development, and cartography. Our facilities include a three teaching laboratories.  The Hansen Computer Lab features Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software that is the industry standard. The geography department is housed administratively in the Gillespie Museum of Minerals; classes meet most frequently in Sage Hall.  For more information you may contact the program chair…

Bruce Bradford, (386.822.7331)

Environmental Science

The Environmental Science program offers both B.A. and a B.S. program tracks. A minor is also available. The B.S. program involves the study of environmental issues from a natural science perspective with an emphasis on nature conservation. The B.A. program involves the study of environmental issues from a social science perspective with a focus on policy and culture.  Environmental Science at Stetson is a multidisciplinary affair, offering students a diversity of perspectives on environmental problems and solutions, and is suitable for those interested in everything from field science to environmental law. The Environmental Science faculty is made up of professors from many departments in natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Faculty are involved in diverse projects including, reforestation in Latin America, cultural conservation among the Maya, limnology research, native plant ecology, American cultural studies, and herpetology. The faculty is dedicated to active and experiential learning programs involving fieldwork, both in central Florida, and abroad. For more information you may contact the program chair…

Tony Abbott, (386.822.7331)