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Devi singh

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Geography, the study of the earth's surface, is an academic discipline that can lead to a career in mapping, planning, or environmental protection. Several colleges and universities offer undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in geography, and many allow students a chance to focus in specific areas within this field, like global information systems (GIS) or environmental geography. Field study and lab work is often required in geography courses at all levels.
Here is an outline of common concepts taught in geography courses:
Human geography
Physical geography
Globalization
GIS and mapping
Geopolitics

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Zehen Ahmed

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Geography graduates are employed in a range of sectors, including the public sector, education, commerce, industry, transport and tourism. Graduates have excellent transferable skills, which also attract employers from the business, law and finance sectors. One can alongside also prepare for some of the best services of the country, such as:
The armed forces
Charities
The Civil Services
Environmental consultancies
Environmental protection agencies
Information systems organisations
Local government
Ministry of Defence
Police service
Private companies
Utility companies

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Harsh RanjanCollege Selection Expert

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Hello Yogesh,
Doing Masters in Geography is really a good decision. IGNOU is the best option for distance learning. Admission process is quite simple and easy. You can check the admission details through official website of IGNOU.

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kali Arora

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Hello,
Geography offers several career options with numerous specializations.
-Cartography
-Survey
-Urban and Regional Planning
-Town Planning
-Remote Sensing
-Climate Change Analysis
-Geospatial Analyst
Depending on the area of specialization, geographers might work as forest managers or in agricultural or economic institutions or as demographers in govt. and research firms. A background of geography is also helpful for a successful career in the field of travel and tourism, particularly for travel Journalism. You can also work as climatologists, geomorphologists, GIS specialists, and hydrologists.
As mentioned above about the area of spec
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Siddharth BhardwajQuantitative Analyst (Credit Risk)

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In India, you have limitless opportunities if you have done your Masters in Geography. Geography is a very vast and diverse combination of many subjects. In this course, you have to study and analyze spatial phenomena, land management, conservation, resource management and extraction, urban planning, development work, etc. Hence with these skills and command on subject matter one can apply for ES SO (Earth System Science Organisation). There is good demand for the faculty posts too. Other than this many government vacancies are available in different departments like forest services, petroleum industries, etc. The best option is teachi
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Siddharth BhardwajQuantitative Analyst (Credit Risk)

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There are almost 10 colleges in the University of Delhi which offers BA Geography Hons. They are Kirori Mal College (KMC), Miranda House, Dyal Singh College, Kamala Nehru College, Bhagat Singh College (morning), Bhagat Singh College (evening), Shivaji College, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, B R Ambedkar College and Swami Shraddhanand College but we can't judge between them because every college has some pros and cons. In KiroriMal and Miranda college, the cut-off is very high to get admission but in Bhagat Singh, you may find some good faculties for geography. So it all depends on you that on what parameters you compare the colleges. Hope this h
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