{"id":71,"date":"2015-07-28T17:08:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T17:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umwwebmaster.wpengine.com\/study\/?post_type=areas&#038;p=71"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:36:17","slug":"geography","status":"publish","type":"areas","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/geography\/","title":{"rendered":"Geography"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--yellow umw-hero--with-no-media umw-hero--with-no-content\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Majors, Minors &amp; Areas of Study<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Geography<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading umw-intro-title\" id=\"h-explore-a-continually-changing-world\">Explore a continually changing world.<\/h2><p class=\"has-text-align-left umw-intro-content\">Major in geography at the University of Mary Washington and uncork your curiosity about how people, institutions, environments and natural phenomena interact. Whether you&rsquo;re collecting field data near campus or working on forest conservation in Guatemala, you&rsquo;ll learn by experience while building investigative, analytical, and communications skills for your life&rsquo;s work.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Degree Awarded<\/h3><p>Students majoring in geography who complete all requirements earn the degree of Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in geography.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Areas of Study<\/h3><p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/courses\/\">geography major<\/a>&nbsp;has three areas of emphasis:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Society &amp; Politics: A focus on the geographies of people and power that includes classes covering planning, cities, race &amp; place, globalization, and migration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Culture: A focus on the geographies of how people live and make places meaningful that includes classes covering Latin America, the Middle East, sacred spaces, and development studies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environment: A focus on the geographies of natural and human environmental processes that includes classes covering biodiversity, natural hazards, climate change, and urban sustainability.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Geography participates in many interdisciplinary minors and the GIS Certificate.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-umw-text-image alignfull umw-text-image\"><div class=\"umw-text-image__inner \"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-text-image__row\"><div class=\"umw-text-image__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading umw-intro-title\" id=\"h-how-can-i-learn-outside-of-class\">How can I learn outside of class?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left umw-intro-content\">Geography majors work with faculty and community partners to plan and map heritage trails, limit food waste, and delineate microclimates in nearby nature preserves. Common internship sites include regional planning organizations, environmental consulting firms, and sustainability nonprofits. The Geography Department regularly offers <em>Grassroots Development in Guatemala<\/em>, a study abroad course.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><div class=\"umw-text-image__image\"><div class=\"umw-text-image__image__inner\"><div class=\"umw-text-image__image__inner__bg\" style=\"background-color:#f7bf0a\"><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/04\/Guatemala_2023_1.jpg\" alt=\"A group of students dig together in leaf-covered ground\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-umw-text-image alignfull umw-text-image\"><div class=\"umw-text-image__inner umw-text-image--left\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-text-image__row\"><div class=\"umw-text-image__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading umw-intro-title\" id=\"h-what-can-i-do-with-a-geography-degree\">What can I do with a geography degree?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left umw-intro-content\">Our majors&rsquo; favorite answer to this question is &ldquo;anything you want!&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/alumni\/alumni-profiles\/\">Recent graduates<\/a> now work as transportation and urban planners, public policy researchers, natural resource managers, and public health analysts. Employers include the National Park Service, Deloitte, Cooley LLP, US Corps of Engineers, and local governments across Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button umw-intro-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/tools-resources\/what-can-i-do-with-this-major\/geography\/\">See Career Paths<div class=\"arrow\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"umw-text-image__image\"><div class=\"umw-text-image__image__inner\"><div class=\"umw-text-image__image__inner__bg\" style=\"background-color:#d1422a\"><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/04\/SummersCleary-e1680541777598.png\" alt=\"A person kneels on the ground appearing to scoop something up\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Internships<\/h3><p>University of Mary Washington&rsquo;s proximity to Washington, D.C., gives students access to the greatest concentration of geography-related work sites in the United States. 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You must have a grade-point average of 3.5 in major courses and a 3.0 grade point average overall at the beginning of the second semester of your senior year. In consultation with an advisor, you&rsquo;ll propose, research, and write a thesis. You&rsquo;ll defend it before a committee, which determines whether it merits departmental honors.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Requirements<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>Students completing a <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.umw.edu\/undergraduate\/majors\/geography\/#requirementstext\">major in geography<\/a> earn the degree of Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in geography. The major requires at least 35 credits, including core and methods courses, one course from each of three areas for breadth, plus three more to create a specialization, and a senior seminar. 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