University of Texas at Austin Department of Geography and the Environment

The Department of Geography and The Environment is a division of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin.

From its founding, the Department has supported regional and international studies, with special emphases on Texas and the Southwest; Latin America; the Mediterranean World and Middle East; and Northern and Eastern Europe.

In more recent years, remote sensing, computer cartography, and geographic information systems have been developed as additional areas of teaching and research.

In 2004 the GIScience Center was created to solidify the Department of Geography and The Environment's research and teaching on Geographic Information Science.

The Center also provides weather monitoring services during special occasions or emergencies for the University of Texas.