Geography

With a Geography concentration in the Anthropology and Geography major, you will join the anthropologists and geographers who work together to study the intersections between our cultural and physical world. Geography is the study of humans’ physical, cultural, and political surroundings, and our faculty hold expertise in physical geography, human-environment geography, and GIS. We work as Geographic Information Systems specialists (GIS), physical and human geographers, and environmental scientists to investigate current topics such as sustainability, climate change, population growth, and the preservation of our cultural heritage. Our research takes us into the field, here in the Lowcountry of South Carolina and around the world, where we focus on the lives, lifeways, and environments of people in the past and present.

BA Geography Concentration - Anthropology & Geography

Minor Geographic Information Systems

Minor Human-Environment Geography

Certificate Geospatial Technologies

Experiential Opportunities

For students of anthropology and geography, the entire world is a classroom. Through our regional and international partnerships, programs, and field schools, you will get the hands-on experience that will help you succeed after graduation.

Study Abroad in Trinidad, Japan, France, and the Philippines

Virtual Heritage

Internships in GIS, Sustainability, and the Environment

Facilities

With our labs and equipment, you will leave the Anthropology & Geography program ready to step into further academic research or a career in the field.

Anthropology and Geography Lab

3D Printers and Scanners

Digital Commons

Courses

In the first two years, you will take a range of cross-listed and integrated courses in both disciplines, but by your last two years, you will be taking upper-level methods and topics classes in your chosen concentration.

Certificates and Minors

Geographic Information Systems

A minor in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is designed to give you a broad understanding of the geographic concepts that underpin GIS and related geospatial technologies, as well as to help you develop practical skills in utilizing these technologies to address applications in a wide range of disciplines and domain areas. The structure of this minor goes beyond ‘software knowledge’ and introduces you to fundamental theories related to spatial thinking and geographic information.

Human-Environment Geography

The minor in Human-Environment Geography gives you a focused area of study in the prominent sub-discipline of Geography centered on sustainability, human-environment relationships, and human dimensions of global environmental change. It trains you to synthesize the physical and human aspects of geography through a complex and holistic theoretical approach and introduces you to the use of mixed methods research that human-environment geographers employ.

Certificate in Geospatial Technologies

This distance-learning certificate in Geospatial Technologies gives you a broad understanding of concepts foundational to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related geospatial technologies, as well as practical skills in utilizing these technologies to serve a wide range of disciplines.

Program Faculty Spotlight

The Anthropology and Geography department has award-winning faculty whose active research involves students.

Susan Bergeron

Associate Professor of Geography

Virtual Heritage, Landscape Mapping

Dominique Cagalanan

Assistant Professor of Geography

Political Ecology, Sustainability, Forest and Landscape Restoration

Clayton Whitesides

Associate Professor of Geography

Mountains, Invasive Species, Vegetation Dynamics

Student and Alumni Work

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