Welcome to the Department of Geography at UCLA! Geography is a uniquely “interdisciplinary discipline,” one that encompasses aspects of the earth sciences, social sciences, and humanities, with particular strength in the investigation of human-environment relations. “Physical geographers” study the spatial patterning, processes, and distribution of the Earth’s atmospheric, hydrological, geomorphological, and biological systems; “human geographers” study the ways that space, place, scale, territory, and other spatial phenomena shape our social, political, cultural, and economic lives, as well as, crucially, how all these intersect with the more-than-human environment.
