Bachelor degrees in Geography: A program that focuses on the systematic study of the spatial distribution and interrelationships of people, natural resources, plant and animal life. Includes instruction in historical and political geography, cultural geography, economic and physical geography, regional science, cartographic methods, remote sensing, spatial analysis, and applications to areas such as land-use planning, development studies, and analyses of specific countries, regions, and resources.
Geographers study the locations and interrelations of natural and/or cultural features. They emphasize through their research and teaching the physical-human unity which gives character to places. Geographers try to develop in themselves and in others a "geographical imagination," an appreciation of and sensitivity to the role played by space and place in our understanding of the world which is our habitat. Their interests focus on such themes as:
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The Department of Geography, Sociology, Economics, and Anthropology offers a Bachelor of Arts degree Geography and a minor sequence in geography for students majoring in other fields. Students may pursue a General Geography degree.
Geography is an excellent preparation for a variety of fields including economic, recreational, and urban geography; cartography and geographical information systems; climatology; government service; international affairs;...
Imagine a world where the spatial relationships within and between people, places, environments and economies are made clear though exciting new conceptual and technological approaches. This is the promise of Geography -- rediscovered over the past two decades after exciting changes in Geospatial Technologies (GIS, computer mapping, satellite image processing, global positioning systems) and ways of conceptualizing the spatiality these technologies...
General Eduction requirements It is the responsibility of the student, with the help of their advisor, to fulfill the general education requirements put forth by the University.
Major and Minor Requirements The Department of Geology/Geography offers students majors, with a B.S. degree, and minors in both Geology and Geography. There are also majors with honors in both subject areas. Geography also offers students a minor in Geography with Teacher...
The Geography major offers great preparation for careers that involve resource planning, site selection, transportation, and other aspects of land and resource management. The major links the social and natural sciences, and offers a broad foundation in geography and geosciences.
You‘ll study the basics (including weather and the earth‘s landscapes); develop important skills (including the use of geographic information systems, or GIS); and choose...
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