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| What Can I do With a Major in?
Geography
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| 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.
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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:
| http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos040.htm | Surveyor/Photogrammetrist |
| http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos050.htm | Geoscientist |
| http://www.aag.org/ | American Association of Geographers |
| http://www.geojobsource.com/regionindex.htm | Geo Job Source |
| http://www.acsm.net/ | American Congress of Surveying and Mapping |
| http://www.gisconnection.com/ | GIS Career Information and Jobs |
| http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/ | Geoscience Jobs |
| http://www.gisjobs.com/ | GIS Jobs |
| http://www.gjc.org/ | GIS Jobs |
| http://www.asprs.org/ | Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
| http://www.geographynetwork.com/ | Geography Network |
| http://www.usgs.gov/ | USGS |
| http://www.monster.com | Job listings |
| http://www.usajobs.opm.gov | Federal job listings |
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