Department of Geography

The Department of Geography offerings combine a strong background in the academic tradition of Geography with applied fields such as, travel and tourism, regional development and planning, environmental assessment,  tourism development, travel marketing, cartography, computer mapping, imagery interpretation, spatial database development and management, and geographic information systems.

A senior year placement seminar and an internship program provide an opportunity for career counseling and professional experience for academic credits. Department internship contacts with many businesses and agencies are valuable resources for student employment upon graduation. In addition, a number of students continue their education in graduate schools in a number of universities across the nation.

The department is located adjacent to the College Library, with tits extensive collection of geographic materials and the College Computer Center, which houses a number of microcomputers. The Department facilities include a library, a physical geography laboratory, and a Digital Geography Laboratory with an NT Server with over 10 million dollars of hardware and software and 25 workstations, high speed printers, digitizing and scanner equipment, and a variety of output devices, including ink jets and laser printers and dye sublimation plotters.