如果您对自然与人如何塑造环境以及使一个地方与另一个地方不一样的事物抱有好奇心，则主修地理专业可让您检查有助于解释地球表面特征为何位于何处的物理和社会过程它们是以及人们如何与环境互动。您将研究自然环境的物理属性（水，气候，地貌和植被）以及人类信仰，活动和决策在塑造我们周围世界中的作用。随着您的前进，您将选择一个集中于以下核心领域的研究领域（以下列为研究领域），以加深您对重要的环境和社会问题的理解，例如气候变化，植被，环境退化，农业系统，地缘政治决策-制作，人类迁徙和定居。通过研究设计，数据收集和数据分析的课
If you have a curiosity about how nature and people together shape the environment and what makes one place different from another, majoring in geography will let you examine the physical and social processes that help explain why features on the earth's surface are located where they are and how people interact with their environment. You will examine the physical properties of the natural environment (water, climate, landforms and vegetation) and the role that human beliefs, activities and decision-making have in shaping the world around us. As you progress, you will select a concentration in a core area of geographylisted below as Areas of Studyto deepen your understanding of important environmental and social issues like climate change, vegetation, environmental degradation, agricultural systems, geopolitical decision-making, human migration and settlement. You will gain marketable skills (such as geographical information systems (GIS), fieldwork, interviewing or computer modeling) through coursework in research design, data collection and data analysis. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the use of geographic information technologies and data to answer environmental and societal questions is driving the job market for geographers at a rate that is almost twice that of all other occupations.<br><br>Conceptual understanding of the social science aspects of environmental change. Content knowledge and interpretive ability of the three breadth areas of atmosphere and earth systems, environment and society, and space, place and globalization. Acquisition and demonstration of knowledge depth in one to two areas through 12 credits of upper-level coursework related to disciplinary concentration. Mastery of research methods and tools used to conduct analysis and visualization of spatial phenomena. Synthesis of disciplinary knowledge acquired through reading academic literature. Integrate knowledge from three breadth areas of the major and apply to real world examples. Professional development including job materials, presentation skills and e-portfolio.