CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY

Revision of January 2007
Department founded: 1969 Graduate program begun: 1964
Degrees currently offered: B.A., B.S., M.S.
Degrees granted during 2005-2006 academic year: 36 Bachelors, 5 Masters
In residence: 170 majors, 19 Masters
Not in residence: 24 Masters

Photograph of door to chairman's officeCHAIRPERSON  Dr. Xiaoping Shen

FOR CATALOG & FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE TO:

Chairperson, Department of Geography, Central Connecticut State University, P.O. Box 4010, New Britain, CT 06050-4010. Telephone: (860) 832-2785 or send an e-mail to Dr. Shen.

MISSION:

The CCSU Geography Department is concerned with the science of location. Geography faculty teach students to use maps, air photos, computers, and information about places to understand how people use the land they live on and what makes that land different from other areas. Geography students learn about the nature of places, human impacts on environment, and proper use of the land. Career opportunities include: travel and tourism; environmental protection; urban, regional & transportation planning; site selection; map making; air photo interpretation; computer cartography; and geographic in formation systems (GIS).

PROGRAMS:

Undergraduate.

Major in Geography with a Specialization in Planning or Major in Geography with one of the following tracks: (1) environmental, (2) Geographic Information Science, (3) tourism, (4) general/regional. The department also offers education programs and is the home to the CCSU Tourism and Hospitality Studies program.  Internships and cooperative education program available. Concentrations also available.  For information on these programs see the Programs links on this web page.

Graduate.

Custom-designed program to fit the needs of individual students. (See "Graduate Studies in Geography" brochure or Graduate program)

FACILITIES:

The Department of Geography has fully equipped cartography, air photo interpretation and microcomputer labs available for student use. Our Microcomputer Lab includes fifteen PCs, digitizing tablets, color plotters and laser printers for computer cartography, GIS and database applications. CCSU is a U.S. Federal Government Map Depository, with over 25,000 sheets in our collection.