Members of the geography faculty have written many articles and papers in the world's best-known geography journals, as well as contributing chapters to geographical books. In addition, the faculty generates hundreds of thousands of dollars for the department in grants and consulting work. The geography department, in association with the Center for Environmental Archaeology, offers academic courses and research opportunities in archaeology. Students may obtain a minor in archaeology or take archaeology courses as part of a major in anthropology. UNT archaeologists focus on geology, paleoenvironmental analysis and zooarchaeology.
Research currently involves projects in Texas, Africa and the former Soviet Union.
The department also offers courses in environmental geology, fluvial geomorphology, the geology of Texas, general geomorphology, groundwater hydrology, physical geology and soils geomorphology. A combination of these courses can be taken to obtain a minor in geology. You also may work and conduct research at UNT's Institute of Applied Sciences, which includes the Center for Remote Sensing and Landuse Analysis, the Center for Environmental Archaeology and the Environmental Modeling Laboratory. Or you may help uncover a buried archaeological site in Texas through a special field school the department sponsors every other summer. Upon completion of 12 semester hours at UNT, including at least six hours in your major, you may work in a part-time job related to your field through UNT's Center for Cooperative Education.