E3 Areas of Study


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E3: Geology

KU Geology is a community inspired by a collaborative and multidisciplinary mission to undertake scientific discovery that benefits society. For nearly 150 years it's been led by world-renowned faculty with expertise in areas that span the geosciences, from energy to the environment, volcanology to the cryosphere, microbes to ancient rock, and more.

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Geography & Atmospheric Science

KU Geography & Atmospheric Science seeks to understand the spatial dimensions of, and connections between, culture, society, and environmental processes. Its faculty, students, and alumni have worked to understand human activity and the physical world, from weather and climate to human-environment interactions, human actions in regional settings to how those actions shape the physical environment across past, present, and future.

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Environmental Studies

Established in 1971, the Environmental Studies Program at KU is one of the oldest environmental studies programs in the country. It is an interdisciplinary program that provides students with the tools they need to investigate environmental phenomena. Environmental Studies students learn how to put together what other disciplines take apart.

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