Geographic Information Science provides students with the conceptual knowledge base and the technical skills to develop and conduct geospatial analysis and data visualization. This core area emphasizes a broad-based approach to GIScience and includes courses, research and training in cartography, geographic information systems, cognitive and information science, and remote sensing.<br>As a geography major, youll come to understand how national and physical boundaries affect power and inequality, the significance of resource abundance and resource shortage for different people in different places, why particular regions contribute more to environmental issues than others, how climate change affects plants, animals, and water resources, how place defines who we are, how we act, and the choices we make, and much more. Youll learn how to use cutting edge spatial technologies that are in high demand in business, governments, and nonprofits around the world. Asking these questions and using these methods, youll learn where positive change is taking place and how to be a part of it.