B.A.,
Geography ,
Environmental Geographer Track
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
What You’ll Do
To protect the Earth, you have to understand it. As a Geography major taking the Environmental Geographer track at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, you’ll gain the skills to assess the causes, consequences, and solutions to a wide range of environmental issues such as water pollution, acid rain, and tropical deforestation.
Among the classes you’ll take are Cartography I, Map and Photograph Interpretation, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Geography of Energy, Climatology, Physiography, Geography of Fresh Water Resources, and Biogeography for Environmental Managers.
The Geography Department’s labs and facilities offer you the opportunity to get hands-on experience. Free electives in the Environmental Geographer track allow you to add an internship or a minor, perhaps in Geology or Environmental Health Science.
What You’ll Become
The Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography achieved through pursuit of the Environmental Geographer track leads to graduate study or employment in related areas. More than 95 percent of IUP Geography Department graduates in a recent five-year span were accepted into graduate programs or found jobs in business and industry, as environmental professionals, as municipal planners, with regional and state agencies, in federal government, as social science educators, and with engineering firms.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that overall employment of surveyors, cartographers, surveying technicians, and mapping technicians is expected to grow by 21 percent from 2006 to 2016. Increased interest in Geographic Information Systems is expected to expand demand for maps and information.
The labor report also notes that job growth for geographers and political scientists in the social science end of the field is projected to be slow, with most opportunities in government.
