Issues and topics
The following is an example of the types of issues and topics students will study within the Urban, Regional and Global Studies specialization.
Political geography
- Urban development
- Colonization
- Voting districts
- Segregation
Area/location studies
- North America
- South Africa
- Europe
- Former U.S.S.R.
- Latin America
Transportation
- Routing patterns
- Planning
Globalization
- Economics
- Politics
Development
- Industrialized
- Developing "Third World"
- Urbanization
Spatial analysis
- Statistics
- Cartography and GIS
Acquired skill sets
Students can expect to acquire and perform the following skills sets within this specialization. Students also should have a solid background in mathematics and the physical sciences.
- Critical thinking
- Critical writing
- Research
- Strong organizational skills
Technical skills:
- Quantitative and qualitative data analysis
- Graphic communication (including map reading and development)
- Graphics and statistical software packages
Career opportunities
Geographers can find career opportunities in many fields both within and outside the field of geography. Below is a partial listing of careers that students within the Urban, Regional and Global Studies specialization are well-suited and where previous graduates have found employment.
- Planner: transportation, urban, health services, land use, etc.
- Real estate appraiser/agent/researcher
- Shipper/route delivery manager
- Demographer
- Commodities broker
- Area/regional specialist
- Land development analyst
- Urban research analyst
- Archivist/librarian
- Shopping center developer
- Business planning manager
- Public policy analyst
- Market researcher/analyst
- Location/site selection expert
- Economic analyst