Geography
地理学家对人与环境的关系很感兴趣。 你想了解更多关于全球贫困和粮食不安全的问题吗？ 你想了解更多关于气候变化的挑战和解决方案吗？ 如果你渴望更好地理解这类问题，地理是你的节目！ 地理学家研究人类如何影响环境，反过来环境又如何影响人类。 Geography’s perspective is inherently spatial, meaning that geographers are interested in how people’s relationships with each other and the environment occur at a variety of scales from the local to the global.
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As a student in our program, you have a great deal of flexibility in choosing your concentration of study. The Honors Tutorial Program in Geography offers several tracks that can be tailored to suit your interests:
Urban and Regional Planning for Sustainability
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Urban green spaces, forests, and waterways make cities more livable and sustainable. However, green and blue infrastructures are not equally distributed because of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic factors. Progressive urban planners must therefore figure out how to make these resources available to all urban residents while promoting the sustainable city. Photo and maps by Dr. Harold Perkins.
Globalization and Development
The Globalization and Development Major provides students with a sophisticated understanding of contemporary global issues and a geographical framework for analyzing key issues involved in national and international development, especially as it relates to the Global South. Reflecting the discipline of Geography as a whole, this major emphasizes an integrated approach to studying the relationship of global change to individual and community well-being by combining the benefits of area studies with theoretical and topical investigations in the curriculum. This major prepares students not only for graduate school or law school, but also for employment in a variety of fields, including non-profit and government work, particularly in the areas of community and international development, as well as for work in the private sector in an international context.
Globalization enhances prosperity in some places but creates many challenges in others. Sustainable, equitable development is therefore about working directly with communities to help them anticipate and solve challenges related to changes brought about by capitalism and climate change, among others. There is a need for development practitioners who understand complex communities and are will work directly with them to help people living in the Global South successfully manage major changes to their homelands. Photos by Dr. Smucker.
Meteorology
The Meteorology Major provides HTC students the opportunity to study weather from meso-scale processes like thunderstorms to much larger synoptic-scale systems like mid-latitude and tropical cyclones. Students also have the opportunity to study forces impacting climate from local to global scales. The Meteorology Major creates an opportunity for majors to pursue certification requirements of the National Weather Service and the American Meteorological Society. Students will also be well prepared for graduate training in meteorology, climatology, or atmospheric physics. Our Scalia Laboratory for Atmospheric Analysis maintains two weather stations, and through practicum courses students learn to make weather observations and issue public-oriented forecasts.
Climate change and severe weather events pose significant hazards for people. Students in the meteorology major can learn to forecast and track weather in real time using sophisticated equipment in Scalia Weather Lab and also in the field during actual storm chases. Skills gained in the major advance knowledge of forces causing climate change, severe weather, and help create advanced warnings that save lives. Photos courtesy of Dr. Jana Houser.
General Geography
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HTC Geography provides its majors with an invaluable skill set to solve a variety of real world problems. Students can take a field studies course and learn to generate valuable data about changes in Eastern hardwood forests and their soils, for example. Majors can also take Geographic Information Systems courses and learn to analyze and map traffic patterns, too. These are just two courses in the Geography Program, among many, designed to give students conceptual and practical proficiencies that will serve them well in their future careers and studies. Photos courtesy of Dr. Jim Dyer.
An Educational Experience Centered on Tutorials
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With regard to tutorial electives, the options available to students reflect the diverse teaching and research interests of the program's faculty. These interests span a broad range of systematic and technical specializations, including nature and society studies; cultural and political ecology; geographic information science and remote sensing; environment and development; international migration; gender and development; environmental planning; rural livelihoods and urban environments; landscape ecology; biogeography and landforms; and meteorology and climate among others. Geographers at Ohio University explore these fields in a variety of regional contexts around the world, including Latin America, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe, North America, and Antarctica. Students may elect to build tutorials around these broad themes or construct more narrowly-focused inquiries depending on their individual needs and interest.
Eligibility
Applicants are selected by the program DOS in consultation with the Dean of the Honors Tutorial College. Applicants generally possess a superior academic record. Admissions committee members look for students who are highly motivated, possess a high academic aptitude, and exhibit the potential to conduct independent research. An essay and a personal interview with the DOS are required for entry as a freshman. Although this is a four-year program, consideration will be given to applications of outstanding, first-semester Ohio University freshmen.
Requirements
Eight tutorials, seven of which must be in Geography, are required. A Senior Thesis also must be completed under the direction of a faculty advisor and approved by the DOS and the Dean of the Honors Tutorial College. HTC majors must take courses required by the Honors Tutorial College. In addition, students are expected to take various Geography courses as specified in the undergraduate catalog for their program of study. Additional courses in cognate fields are recommended in consultation with the faculty advisor and/or DOS.
Applications
The deadline for applications is November 15th. Interviews are held in January.