Geographers seek to understand why things vary from place to place and how their distributions change over time. We use the latest Geospatial Information Science and Technology, Remote Sensing, and unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) as well as traditional social science and natural science analysis. While you earn your Geography degree, you become a professional who does not merely “know” geography, you practice it. Geographers address key challenges of society such as economic development, globalization, and territorial conflict. Geographers also tackle human-environment challenges such as severe weather, climate change, sustainability, land use, and natural resource management. Geography bridges the natural and social sciences, as well as the STEM disciplines.
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Earn your bachelor’s degree in geography in the classroom or 100% online. Want to go farther? Get your master’s degree in geography (also available 100% online).
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Geography equips you for careers in both the public and private sectors. For example, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that demand for trained GIS professionals and atmospheric scientists will grow faster than average over the next decade.
We use the latest Geospatial Information Science and Technology, Remote Sensing, and unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) as well as traditional social science and natural science analysis. While you earn your Geography degree, you become a professional who does not merely “know” geography, you practice it.
Marshall’s B.A. in Geography prepares geographers to address key challenges of society such as economic development, globalization, and territorial conflict. Geographers also tackle human-environment challenges such as severe weather, climate change, sustainability, land use, and natural resource management. Geography bridges the natural and social sciences, as well as the STEM disciplines. Fields open to those with a geography degree from Marshall University include GIS professions; atmospheric science and meteorology; natural resource management; economic development; environmental conservation; cartography; regional and urban planning and more.
- Cartographer
- Meteorologist
- Geographic Information Systems analyst
- Surveyor
- Regional and urban planner
- Environmental conservationist
- Natural resource manager
- Flood prevention specialist