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Students undertake the advanced degree to pursue a variety of professional goals.
Not only do these resources provide unparalleled opportunities for natural history and field studies, but they are also a source of inspiration and solace for writers, artists, landscape architects, and designers. The program focuses on geographic skills such as computer cartography, geographic information systems, spatial analysis, remote sensing, and quantitative modeling as they are applied to economic, physical, and regional geography and to environmental policy issues. It is designed for students and professionals with backgrounds in engineering, computer science, social science, as well as traditional geography. The faculty encourages graduate students to arrange courses of study appropriate to their individual needs and aspirations. Programs in Geography may be directed toward a career in public service, teaching and research, private industry, or one of the many other vocational opportunities open to geographers.