GEOGRAPHY Introduction

Students often ask "What can I do with geography?" While it is easy to get excited about maps, different cultures and environments, and even being a better citizen through geography, it is harder to see how geographic knowledge can lead to good jobs or meaningful careers. However, in recent years people have discovered that large numbers of societal problems have geographic dimensions and that education in geography provides essential skills for real-world problem solving.

The range of jobs with a geographic aspect to them can be found in any newspaper, with articles about world hunger, environmental quality, hazardous-waste disposal, crime, urban housing, agricultural productivity, water management, transportation, and the value of land and real estate. As a result, geography has become a necessary ingredient in hundreds of different jobs.

ELIGIBILITY

10+2 with high marks in social sciences including geography. A high class hons. degree in geography for postgraduate course in geography.

JOB PROSPECTS

This focuses on the aspects of geography that relate to different cultures, with an emphasis on cultural origins and movement and the cultural characteristics of regions (e.g., language, religion, ethnicity, politics, historical development, agricultural methods, settlement patterns, and quality of life). Cultural ecology--the ways in which humans have interacted with their cultural and natural environment at various times--is also included. There is a strong relationship between cultural geography, anthropology, and archaeology.

Cultural geographers often try to reconstruct past environments, and to do so they must be equally skilled in library research, field observation, and the interpretation of cultural artifacts. Historical geographers are interested in recreating the geography of past times. In doing this, they work closely with historians and archivists, contributing much to the understanding of present-day geography. Courses in this area include historical geography, cultural geography, cultural ecology, human geography, human use of the earth, and humanity and nature. Many cultural and human geographers are area specialists as well, which means that they focus their attention on a specific region, such as Latin America, Europe, or Asia. Because they often carry out field observation in other countries, they will usually need good foreign-language backgrounds.

Where to apply? Master's Degree in City and Regional Planning Punjab

1. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
2. Guru Ram Das School of Planning and Architecture, Amritsar

Master's Degree with Specialization in Urban, Regional or Environment Planning Delhi

1. School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi

Remote Sensing Programmes Uttar pradesh

1. The Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun

Master's in Urban and Regional Planning Gujarat

1. Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad

M.Tech in Remote Sensing Bihar

1. Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi (Eligibility : MA in Geography)

Master's Degree in Urban and Regional planning Andhra Pradesh

1. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad

Karnataka

1. University of Mysore

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