PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
To prepare geography graduates to be geographically informed persons who understand:

1. The World in Spatial Terms
2. Places and Regions
3. Physical Systems
4. Human Systems
5. Environment and Society
6. Geography as an Applied Discipline

LEARNING OUTCOMES
The geography student will be able to:

1. Use maps, mental maps, geographic representations, and geospatial technologies
2. Analyze spatial organization of people, places, and environments
3. Identify physical and human characteristics of places and regions
4. Recognize how culture and experience influence people’s perceptions of places and regions
5. Identify Earth’s dynamic physical processes
6. Distinguish among the characteristics and spatial distribution of Earth’s ecosystems
7. Recognize processes, patterns, distribution and functions of human migration and settlement
8. Discern forces of global cooperation and conflict
9. Comprehend the relationship between humans and the environment, and understand the role of sustainability in future development
10. Analyze resource use and distribution
11. Apply geography to interpret the past and present, and to plan for the future