Careers with Geography
Kate Amis
Manager, The Geography Ambassador Project, RGS - IBG
Thinking ahead
• What do you want in
the future?
• Do you have any
career plans?
• What is at the top of
your ladder?
Career Areas
• Settlement
• Society
• Geographical
techniques
• Physical systems
• Travel, leisure and
tourism
• Economic world
• Development and
global issues
Settlement
• Are you interested in
shaping the
relationship between
people and their
environments?
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Regeneration officer
Landscape architect
Town planner
Environmental consultant
Society
• Do you want to work
with people and affect
their everyday lives?
• Teacher
• Social worker
• Youth and community
officer
• Museum educator
Geographical Techniques
• Are you interested in
using cutting edge
technology and IT
systems to create and
interpret visual data?
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GIS specialist
Location analyst
Surveyor
Military analyst
Physical Systems
• Do you enjoy being in
the landscape and
working with the
natural environment?
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Coastal engineer
Flood protection officer
Weather presenter
Environmental consultant
Travel, Tourism and Leisure
• Are you interested in
discovering, exploring
and promoting
different places?
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Travel agent
Eco-tourism advisor
Heritage manager
PR and marketing
manager
Business World
• Do you want to make
key decisions that
shape the commercial
world?
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Lawyer
Retailer
Accountant
Financial analyst
Development and Global Issues
• Are you interested in
world events? Do you
want to work towards
improving social
inequality across the
globe?
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Diplomat
Overseas volunteer
Aid worker
Charity co-ordinator
Environment and Sustainability
• Do you care about the
future of the planet?
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Resource manager
Recycling officer
Forestry manager
Cycle route planner
Studying geography at university
• BA or BSc
• Human geography,
physical geography or
both?
• Related subjects
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Development studies
Earth studies
Sociology
GIS
Environmental science
Choosing a course
• What is the course
content?
• Do the modules
offered reflect your
interests?
• How is the course
taught? How is it
assessed?
• What does the
department ‘feel’ like?
Fieldwork
• What are the
fieldwork
opportunities?
• Where will I visit?
• How much will it cost?
Applying for a geography degree
• Apply through UCAS
• Attend university
open days
• Talk to current
undergraduates
• Make six choices
• Submit your
application in the
Autumn of Year 13