A degree in geography offers a unique perspective on understanding the complexities of our interdependent world and fragile ecosystems across a wide range of scales (global to local) and timeframes (analysis of the past to projecting future trends). Geography allows you to follow your passions and explore interrelated topics in environmental analysis, climatology and meteorology, cartography, culture, geopolitics, economics, urbanization, history, and many others. Specifically, geography majors can concentrate in Cultural/Human Geography, Geospatial Technologies, Globalization, Diversity, and World Regions, or Physical Geography. Geography equips you with a highly desirable skillset and knowledge base for interpreting global change and prepares you to apply cutting-edge geospatial technologies to help solve the most pressing human and environmental issues of the 21st century. Additionally, the program will help you learn transferable skills in problem-solving, information gathering and communication, planning and organization, teamwork and management, and information technology. In geography, there is something for everyone, and the training the program offers will help propel you on the path to future success in a career you want. With broad-based training in physical geography, human geography, human-environment interaction, and geographic information science (GIS), students are well prepared for employment in a wide range of public and private sectors. Students who have completed a geography degree have found employment in business, consulting, education, industry, non-profits, research organizations, and local, state, and federal agencies. A degree in geography allows for numerous career opportunities in the following areas: Emergency Management, Environmental and Resilience Planning, Geo-Tourism, Geospatial-Intelligence, Geospatial Science and Technology, Logistics and Distribution, Remote Sensing, Sustainable Development, Transportation Planning, and Urban and Regional Development.
