The mission of the NMSU Department of Geography is to advance sustainable solutions to contemporary problems through innovative and effective teaching, research, service, and outreach in geographic information science and technology and coupled human-environment systems.
Vision Statement
The NMSU Department of Geography will be the premier applied geography department in the U.S. Southwest as evidenced by the successful placement of our graduates in excellent jobs and graduate programs as well as our high research and funding productivity relative to geography departments at our peer institutions.