FOCUS ON COURSE: GEOGRAPHY
Simon Kure
Simon is a Geography student in a Nigerian university. He sourced this article from Student Hand Book of the Department of Geography, Federal University, Lokoja, Nigeria.
Rapidly changing world demands that students are prepared for entries into careers that do not yet exist. To that extent, Geography is very unique amongst academic disciplines. The main virtue of the discipline lies in the intellectual discipline which it gives through. Its systematic regional and thematic courses. This provides not only basic or background knowledge that can lead eventually to a wide range of vocations, but probably more importantly, a general attitude of the mind in which a problem is viewed from as many different angles as possible.
A #Geographer should be, and usually is, a broad-minded person who is knowledgeable about the complexities of societies, economy and environments, has a critical inquiring mind, versatile and trainable person, skilled in compilation and use of maps and statistics. And capable of writing sound collative and interpretive reports. These obviously are qualities that are in great demand in all careers concerned. With management of environment and human affairs.
Graduates with a good understanding of the complex interplay of economic, political and environmental forces, as is the case with Geography graduates, obviously are highly employable in a variety of professions. It is therefore important to note that, while there are no many job titles as “geographer“, there are many types of positions that fit well with a degree in Geography, some of which are:
•environmental scientist/consultant.
•climatologist.
•weather forecaster.
•hydrologist
•teacher/lecturer.
•soil conservationist.
•land surveyor
•soil surveyor
•industrial planner
•property manager
•investment/system analyst
•land Economist
•land/community developer
•town and/ or regional planner
•cartographer
•demographer
•traffic manager
•travel agent/specialist or tour guide
•map curator
•park ranger
•GIS programmer/database management
•Remote Sensing analyst
•computer programmer/mapper
•marketing Researcher
•officer in Navy, Army, Road safety, Air Force, custom, or immigration.
•foreign Service.
ETC….
I am a geography student in one of the federal institutions in Nigeria and I have already started seeing my opportunities. Geography is indeed cool.
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