CofC Geography

The geography minor at the College of Charleston has faculty experts in political, urban and environmental geography & geographic information systems.

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Dreaming about interning in D.C.? Then, plan on coming to this not-to-be-missed "Lunch and Learn" with alumna Ann Looper Pryor, '83. Ann will share tips on finding D.C. internships, temporary housing, and all the info you need to know about applying for the W.N. Looper Award.

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Happy first day of final exams!

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Urban studies majors - have you considered how a geography minor may enhance your studies? Learn more about the geography minor and its course offerings by visiting https://t.co/NDWlFxaAZ4

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Cartography often takes on synesthetic dimensions. In our Map of the Week, the viewer has to use their sight to understand and compare the level of natural noise throughout the U.S.!

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Our Map of the Week details the popularity of the word "dang" across the United States. A larger z-score corresponds to a more intense clustering of high values, meaning SC is among the word's top users! Any surprises here?

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Our Map of the Week details Waffle House locations by state. Do you think there are any cultural contours that determine their location choices?

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International Studies majors and International Business majors - have you considered how a geography minor may enhance your studies?
Learn more about the geography minor and its course offerings by visiting https://t.co/MMrIU9JAis

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Our Map of the Week depicts the most popular TV show set in every U.S. state. Have you been to the state where your favorite TV show is set?

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Anthropology majors - have you considered how a geography minor may enhance your studies?
Learn more about the geography minor and its course offerings by visiting https://t.co/NDWlFxaAZ4

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This map depicts which areas of the US have a population of zero according to the US census. Does this kind of creep you out, too?

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History majors - have you considered how a geography minor may enhance your studies?
Learn more about the geography minor and its course offerings by visiting https://t.co/NDWlFxaAZ4

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Geology majors - have you considered how a geography minor may enhance your studies?
Learn more about the geography minor and its course offerings by visiting https://t.co/NDWlFxaAZ4

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Please join us for the Annual Geography Lecture this Tuesday, Feb 22, 2022 at 4 pm. Our guest speaker, Dr. Brennan Keegan (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies) will present: Sacred Geographies: Land & Religion at Bears Ears National Monument. See flier for details.

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Our Map of the Week bases these statistics on the US Census Bureau's American Community Surveys from 2013 to 2017. Do you think anything's changed since?

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Check out our Map of the Week detailing the average life expectancy of each U.S. state - do you notice any patterns?

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Charleston's expecting some snow tonight - cue the 2 P.M. closing at CofC! Check out our map of the week below to learn more about states' snow capacities.

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Our first Map of the Week of the semester depicts the U.S.' land distribution. Does anything surprise you?

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Energy resources are central to the modern world, from coal to electricity to oil and nuclear power, and geographers are interested in how they thread places as far apart as the US and the Middle East together in deep and lasting ways. https://t.co/fh2fHuQSyj

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Geography is a particularly useful discipline for studying climate change in courses like Environmental Geography @ CofC. That change will be the dominant fact of life in the twenty-first century as news reporting underlines again this week: https://t.co/z8900s1Pu4

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The holiday travel season is upon us! Will you be (safely) traveling across any U.S. air traffic control zones?