You can concentrate in either physical geography, which emphasizes the natural sciences and aspects of landscape, water, and climate, or human geography, which focuses on urban and regional change, the geography of economic development, and the utilization of natural resources. Geography majors build upon a basic foundation in the social or natural sciences that permits them to investigate social and cultural interactions as well as the relation of these to the natural environment. Students complete core courses within the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, while taking classes in natural or social sciences, statistics, and mathematics through calculus of several variables. Depending on your primary interest, you'll also take courses in chemistry, biology, geology, physics, economics, anthropology, history, or sociology. The department offers a minor in environmental sciences for those who are majoring in engineering or the natural sciences.
Students graduate with a bachelor of arts degree.
Engineers use that knowledge to develop, prepare, modify, design, and employ materials for specific applications. At Hopkins, you'll work with professors at the forefront of this exciting field. Materials scientists explore a variety of areas. A few examples are design of surgical implants that will not be rejected by the body, development of structural parts of an aircraft capable of withstanding extreme stress, and production of computer components with crucial tolerances for conduction and heat dissipation. Materials science majors study physics, chemistry, mathematics, and materials science.