The Department of Geography provides exciting opportunities to explore planet Earth through hands-on experiences and research. Students develop diverse technical and analytical skills necessary to understand some of the most pressing issues of our time. Geography degrees bridge environmental and social sciences, providing a unique opportunity to study people, the environment, and their relationships. Graduates of the geography programs become leaders in a diversity of fields that require creative and integrative thinking. Geographers work in resource management, city planning, national security, energy development, and marketing, among many other careers. The unique critical thinking and spatial analysis skills of geographers are in high demand by industry, non-profit, and government sectors.

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Humankind is facing countless environmental and societal challenges that impact global economies and communities. We cannot tackle those challenges without geographers. Geography is an essential, foundational science that makes possible so much of the research in climate science, biodiversity, energy and oceanography that's critical to our world today.

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