Geography

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Geography Minor

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The discipline of geography concerns itself with the study Earth’s surface. Since the Earth’s surface is constantly changing, geographers focus on what causes those changes, in addition to simply describing (mapping) the surface of the Earth itself. This means that geographers examine the ways that the Earth’s physical surface changes, for example, geographers study the conditions that give rise to flooding, global warming, and natural disasters, such as tsunamis. Geographers also study the distribution of people on the surface of the planet, as well as what forces cause people to move about on the Earth’s surface. That is to say geographers study patterns of settlement, cultural understanding of places, and interactions between human populations and the natural environment. As such, geography is a combination of social, physical, and, increasingly, computer sciecnes.