Geography/Global Studies

What Is Geography?

Geography is a Field of Study that focuses on places and how they interconnect human beings with each other and the natural world from local to global scales. Studying geography is an opportunity to integrate different academic disciplines, compare different parts of our planet, and understand how the past has shaped present-day places.

Geographers can emphasize human geography (such as racial/ethnic or economic inequalities across space), natural or physical geography (such as plant regions or natural hazards), or people-environment interaction (such as political ecology, climate justice, food systems, or Indigenous studies).

Studying geography opens your eyes to the world around you and opens doors into careers such as:

• Urban or rural planning
• Climate policy development
• Global education
• Ecological habitat restoration
• Cultural site protection
• International relations
• Natural resource policy
• Cartography (mapmaking)
• Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

The Geography/Global Studies program provides students with a foundation of general education and core courses that are enriched with international topics, perspective and focus. This program of study prepares students to successfully pursue their professional and personal endeavors in an increasingly globalized environment.

Area universities that offer a degree in one or more of these fields include: Angelo State, Baylor, North Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Christian, Texas State, Texas Tech, University of Houston, University of Texas, UTEP, UTPB, UTSA, and West Texas A&M.

Midland College provides students the opportunity to study the subject and transfer to a 4-year university through its Geography/Global Studies program.