Career Resources

Career Planning

The range of jobs in geography is astounding! Follow your intellectual passions, and you can be sure that there is a career in that area of geography. Do you love mapping? Hydrology? Urban planning? Fire ecology? Soil analysis? African development? Snow? Business? Travel? Environmental conservation? Teaching children? Somewhere there is a job in your area of interest.  

 The following sources are a great place to start looking for the ideal job: 

• The Association of American Geographers Online Career Guide: https://communicate.aag.org/eseries/scriptcontent/custom/giwis/cguide/

• Oklahoma State University's Careers in Geography Project: http://www2.geog.okstate.edu/career/geogjobsFeb09.ppt

• Ken Foote's Virtual Geography Department Geography Jobs site: http://www.colorado.edu/geography/virtdept/resources/jobs/jobs.htm

• Visit with a Geography professor who works in the area you most enjoy.

Graduate School

If you plan to pursue graduate studies in geography, you should take additional course work in your area of concentration and interest.