Geography, M.A.

Program Overview

This innovative geography program combines human geography, physical geography, and GIScience to develop critical thinking, technical, and practical skills. Through a blend of classroom instruction, hands-on projects, and internships, students gain expertise in spatial analysis, environmental planning, and other high-demand fields. The program fosters a supportive learning environment with state-of-the-art facilities and opportunities for professional development.

Program Outline

Teaching:

• Curriculum: Innovative curriculum focusing on building critical thinking, technical, and practical skills across a range of human geography, physical geography, and geospatial information science (GIScience) courses.
• Instruction: Mixture of classroom and lab instruction, hands-on projects, and professional internship experiences.
• Technology: State-of-the-art facilities, including technology-enhanced classrooms, a physical geography lab, and a GIScience computer lab.
• Faculty: Supportive learning environment where students work closely with faculty and peers.
• Professional Activities: Opportunities to participate in campus, state, and national professional activities.

Careers:

• Career Paths: Urban and regional planning, economic development, environmental planning, natural resource and energy management, weather forecasting, emergency response and homeland security, GIS analysis, and education.
• Future Studies: Doctoral level geography studies.

Other:

• Study of: Spatial aspects of human activity, the natural world, and human-environment interaction.
• Interdisciplinary: Bridge between social sciences (Human Geography), natural sciences (Physical Geography), and STEM fields (GIScience).
• Demand: High demand for trained geographers in the future.

Disclaimer:

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