{"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":"2023-10-04T16:42:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T20:42:05","slug":"geography","status":"publish","type":"areas","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/geography\/","title":{"rendered":"Geography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--yellow umw-hero--with-no-media\"><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>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading umw-intro-title\" id=\"h-explore-a-continually-changing-world\">Explore a continually changing world.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<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\u2019re collecting field data near campus or working on forest conservation in Guatemala, you\u2019ll learn by experience while building investigative, analytical, and communications skills for your life\u2019s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Degree Awarded<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Students majoring in geography who complete all requirements earn the degree of Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in geography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Areas of Study<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/courses\/\">geography major<\/a>&nbsp;has three areas of emphasis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<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>\n\n\n\n<p>Geography participates in many interdisciplinary minors and the GIS Certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<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\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<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\u2019 favorite answer to this question is \u201canything you want!\u201d <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\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Internships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>University of Mary Washington\u2019s 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\u2019ll propose, research, and write a thesis. You\u2019ll 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. 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