The Department of Geography at Ohio State is ranked 5th in the U.S. and is internationally renowned. We offer a diverse and challenging curriculum with five distinct specializations and two degree types (BS and BA). We employ a world-renowned faculty and team of researchers who bring their expertise to the classroom. We provide numerous opportunities for students to travel and experience hands-on study and fieldwork at locations across the globe.
Geographers address current issues of local and global importance, such as urban growth and decline, regional population shifts, societal change and patterns of human activity that effect the physical landscape and climate.
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Ohio State Geography is one of a handful of geography departments across the continent that offers students the possibility of a dedicated undergraduate training in environment and society issues. Students master a range of geographic theories and methods at the intersection of the human and physical sciences.
This specialization provides students with an understanding of the spatial differentiation and organization of political, social, cultural, and economic activity. Students tackle the same sorts of real-world problems and theoretical issues familiar to political scientists, sociologists, economists, urban planners and anthropologists – but from a specifically geographic perspective.
Ohio State is among the nation's premier institutions in the development of geospatial technologies. Students enrolled this specialization will learn the tools, methods, and software necessary for managing and analyzing geographic information and become skilled in a variety of computer technologies through coursework in surveying and measurements, technical mathematics, statistics, remote sensing, and graphics.
This track focuses on the processes and patterns linking the Earth's surface, or geosphere, with the atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. Students acquire a background in geographic information science, cartography, and satellite image analysis.
Students earning a degree in Geography are prepared to pursue careers, research positions and graduate study in a variety of fields. Geography graduates are highly sought-after by employers because of their interdisciplinary approach to problem-solving, their ability to think critically and analyze issues from multiple perspectives and their ability to communicate ideas and thoughts effectively.
Geography is the study of distributions, patterns and movements across space, both physical and social. Human geographers study the geographic patterns of various human activities: economic, political and cultural. Physical geographers focus on the geography of physical processes and their effects: the geography of weather and climate. Geographers use critical analysis, powerful technologies and an integrative, holistic perspective to understand complex 21st century challenges.
The ability of Urban, Regional and Global Studies specialization graduates to analyze and to integrate various aspects of the Earth’s human and physical environments makes them attractive candidates for positions with planning and development agencies at the federal, state and local levels. Graduates from the Environment and Society specialization have a variety of career options including working for environmental and protection agencies, state Departments of Natural Resources and Conservation and for a range of non-profit agencies.
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