Career Services: What Can I Do With A Major In Geography?

Remember that most careers do not require that you have a specific major but that you meet a minimum amount of education. So the question is not so much what can you do with a certain major but what you want to do and how you want to get there. The following list is a beginning point to help you explore a few related career choices based on an academic interest you might have.

Potential Careers:
Geographer, Cartographer, Global Positioning Technician, Geographic Information Systems Specialist, Naturalist, Ecologist, Climatologist, Intelligence Agent, City Planner, Armed Forces Specialist, College Professor, Writer/Author, Conservationist, Photographer, Secondary School Teacher, GIS programmer, GIS Technician, GIS analyst, Marketing specialist, Market Research Analyst, Survey Engineer, CAD technician, Forest Ranger, Soil Conservationist, Photogrammetry Compiler, Mapping Consultant

Potential Employers:
Federal, State and local government agencies, Mapping companies, GIS companies, Colleges, Secondary Schools, Consulting agencies, Conservation societies, Armed forces, Magazines and newspapers, GPS companies, Surveying companies, Land Developers, National and State Parks, National Forest Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Research organizations, Science Museums, Outdoor/Adventure firms, Agribusinesses, Public Utilities

Links:
Surveyor/Photogrammetrist
Geoscientist
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Life-Physical-and-Social-Science/Geoscientists.htm  
American Association of Geographers
Geo Job Source 
American Congress of Surveying and Mapping 
GIS Career Information and Jobs
Geoscience Jobs
GIS Jobs
GIS Jobs - More
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
USGS