What major should I choose?
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If I had to suggest a stable good paying option that utilizes your current skills (as you have described) I would suggest Civil Engineering. There is always a need for engineers and most colleges have some type of program that can accomplish this. Engineers make good money and can be found in every city and state.
Hope this helps. Good Luck!
I am not a huge fan of Wikipedia, but I found this to be surprisingly accurate when it came to a simple way to define the field of geography:
Geography (from the Greek words Geo (γη) or Gaea (γαια), both meaning “Earth”, and graphein (γÏαÏειν) meaning “to describe” or “to write”or “to map”) is the study of the earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena.[1] A literal translation would be “to describe the Earth”. The first person to use the word “geography” was Eratosthenes (275-195 B.C.). Four historical traditions in geographical research are the spatial analysis of natural and human phenomena (geography as a study of distribution), area studies (places and regions), study of man-land relationship, and research in earth sciences.[2] Nonetheless, modern geography is an all-encompassing discipline that foremost seeks to understand the world and all of its human and natural complexities– not merely where objects are, but how they have changed and come to be. As “the bridge between the human and physical sciences,” geography is divided into two main branches – human geography and physical geography.[3]
Check this page out for additional details about the field:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography
and
http://www.aag.org/
Here are some popular jobs you can do with a BA/BS in geography:
Urban Planner/Community Development
Cartographer
GIS Specialist
Climatologist
Transportation management
Environmental Management
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Emergency Management
Demographer
Marketing
Librarian/Information Scientist
National Park Service Ranger
Real Estate Appraisal
Biogeography (combo of biology and geography)
Geomorphology (combo of geology and geography)
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