Dec 16, 2025  
2009-2010 Graduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Geography


Degree Offered:

  • PhD Geospatial Science and Engineering
    • Remote Sensing Geography specialization
  • MS Geography
    Graduate minors in Geographic Information Sciences and in Planning are offered in the Department.

Department Head: Professor George W. White
Graduate Coordinator: Distinguished Professor Charles F. Gritzner

For additional information contact:
Mailing address: SDSU Box 504                         Phone: 605/688-4511
Scobey Hall — SSB 232                                       Fax: 605/688-4030
WWW: http://www3.sdstate.edu/Academics/CollegeOfArtsAndSciences/Geography
E-mail: George.White@sdstate.edu
or charles.gritzner@sdstate.edu

Graduate Faculty

Donald J. Berg, Professor, PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 1976 Physical and Human Geography

Charles F. Gritzner, Distinguished Professor, PhD, Louisiana State University, 1969 Cultural Geography and Geography Education

Janet H. Gritzner, Professor, PhD, Louisiana State University, 1978 Geographic Information Systems

Matthew C. Hansen, Professor, PhD, University of Maryland, 2002 Co-Director of Geographic Information Science Center of Excellence Remote Sensing

Thomas Loveland, Professor, PhD, University of California- Santa Barbara, 1998 EROS Data Center Co-Director of Geographic Information Science Center of Excellence Remote Sensing

Darrell E. Napton, Professor, PhD, University of Minnesota, 1987 Environmental Geography

Robert Watrel, Associate Professor, PhD, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2001 Political

George W. White, Professor and Head of Geography, PhD, University of Oregon, 1994

Adjunct/Courtesy/Joint Faculty

Mark Cochrane, Professor, PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 1998 Geographic Information Science Center of Excellence Scientist Ecology

Geoffrey Henebry, Professor, PhD, University of Texas -Dallas Geographic Information Science Center of Excellence Scientist Environmental Sciences

David Roy, Professor, PhD, University of Cambridge, U.K., 1993 Geographic Information Science Center of Excellence Scientist Geography

Emeriti

Roger K. Sandness, Professor, PhD, University of Iowa, 1986, Quantitative and Physical Geography