Geography

Undergraduate Program

Undergraduate Program
Geography and its links to Clark’s newest majors, Global Environmental Studies, and Environmental Science, takes students into the world of integrated science by focusing on the relationships between people and their environments, as well as offering the lens of geographical information systems to explore these relationships.  Students work on problems of sustainable development; the livability of cities and the causes and consequences of urban sprawl; climate change; local consequences of economic globalization; social consequences of climate change; and politics, gender, and livelihood chances. Majors also have the opportunity to become experts in GIScience (geographic information science).

Special facilities available to students include the Jeanne X. Kasperson Research Library at the George Perkins Marsh Institute; the Guy H. Burnham Map and Aerial Photograph Library, the Clark Labs for Cartographic Technologies and Geographic Analysis, J.K. Wright GISc Lab, and an earth-science teaching and research laboratory.

The Clark Advantage
Geography majors, Global Environmental Studies (GES) majors and Environmental Science (ES) majors concentrating in Earth Systems Science (ESS) have the opportunity to work on research projects with faculty members and graduate students in one of the most prestigious graduate programs of geography worldwide. Summer Fellowships are available for qualified students to participate in the Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) program, an intensive summer academic-year research effort focused on environmental change in New England. Eligible majors also have the opportunity to enter the tuition-free, accelerated M.A. in GIScience program. Other accelerated M.A. programs include International Development and Social Change, Environmental Science and Policy, and Community Development and Planning.

Geography, GES, and ESS undergraduates are served by the Clark University Geography Association (CUGA) and Gamma Theta Upsilon, an international geographic honors society.

CUGA is the voice of Geography, GES, and ESS majors, with student representation on the undergraduate studies committee and the opportunity to attend departmental meetings. CUGA representatives are able to vote at department meetings and give their ideas and opinions on various topics that concern undergraduate majors. They also attend field trips and periodically have group gatherings to discuss topics of interest to geography majors, such as research, internships, courses and future jobs.

Gamma Theta Upsilon is an elite international honor society; initiates must have completed a minimum of three geography courses, have a B+ average in geography, rank in the upper 35% of their class, and have completed at least three semesters or five quarters of college course work. For more information on Gamma Theta Upsilon please see their Web site at: http://www.gtuhonors.org/.

Staff

Joanne Miller: Managing Editor, Economic Geography
Beverly Presley, A.M.L.S.: Map and Geography Librarian

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