Geography and Cartography
Overview
Instructional programs that focus on the systematic study of social systems, social institutions, and social behavior
Related Majors
A program that focuses on the systematic study of the spatial distribution and interrelationships of people, natural resources, plant and animal life. Includes instruction in historical and political geography, cultural geography, economic and physical geography, regional science, cartographic methods, remote sensing, spatial analysis, and applications to areas such as land-use planning, development studies, and analyses of specific countries, regions, and resources
Examples: Environmental Geography, Physical Geography, Social Geography
A program that focuses on the systematic study of map-making and the application of mathematical, computer, and other techniques to the analysis of large amounts of geographic data and the science of mapping geographic information. Includes instruction in cartographic theory and map projections, computer-assisted cartography, geographic information systems, map design and layout, photogrammetry, air photo interpretation, remote sensing, spatial analysis, geodesy, cartographic editing, and applications to specific industrial, commercial, research, and governmental mapping problems
Examples: Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Spatial Analysis, Geomatics, Remote Sensing
Any instructional program in geography not listed above
Colleges and Universities
Other member colleges & universities that offer Geography and Cartography and related majors.