Global Studies and Human Geography
Teach your students to objectively examine the interrelationships between people, places, and the environment.
Global Studies and Human Geography, Human Geography Teacher Licensure, B.S.
The Human Geography teacher licensure program offers a comprehensive skill set designed to understand the diversity of cultures and socio-geographic complexities found in human societies. Human geographers seek to understand how humans uniquely create, manipulate, and adapt to the places they inhabit by examining natural environments, cultural practices, and economic and political systems.
Knowledge gained from the Human Geography concentration is valuable as contemporary societies are interacting globally with one another as never before. Human geographers identify and comprehend these changes and find solutions to a variety of sociocultural problems taking place. This marketable skill set is attractive to a wide range of employers in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
Geography is offered in nearly all high school curriculia, and AP Human Geography is now taken by over 15,000 students each year. There is a real demand for qualified geography secondary education teachers.
Students in the licensure program complete the Secondary Education Minor and choose an additional minor in:
- History
- Political Science, or
- Economics
Human Geography Teacher Licensure students thus earn their primary license in geography, but are also well prepared an add-on endorsement in one of these other content areas, increasing their marketability.
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First-Hand Experience for International Careers
All MTSU Global Studies students study abroad at least once, and these are transformative, life-changing experiences. Students live for one month to one year in a country of their choosing and study courses or complete an internship. In recent years, our students have studied in over 30 different countries on five continents. In a globalized world, students are prepared to thrive in business, media, the arts, and non-profit sector.
Fulbright Scholarship Winner
Brittney Johnson (Global Studies, '20) was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to teach in Spain. Fulbrighters meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country; the program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction to gain an appreciation of others' viewpoints and beliefs. While an undergraduate, Brittney also won the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study in Chile for a semester.
News Briefs
First-Hand Experience for International Careers
All MTSU Global Studies students study abroad at least once, and these are transformative, life-changing experiences. Students live for one month to one year in a country of their choosing and study courses or complete an internship. In recent years, our students have studied in over 30 different countries on five continents. In a globalized world, students are prepared to thrive in business, media, the arts, and non-profit sector.
Fulbright Scholarship Winner
Brittney Johnson (Global Studies, '20) was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to teach in Spain. Fulbrighters meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country; the program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction to gain an appreciation of others' viewpoints and beliefs. While an undergraduate, Brittney also won the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study in Chile for a semester.
Global Studies and Human Geography, Human Geography Teacher Licensure, B.S.
Global Studies and Human Geography Careers
The study of Global Studies and Human Geography opens many doors. Students develop transferable work skills that are highly valued by employers, including analysis, research, writing, problem solving, and, especially, knowledge of other cultures and languages.
Global Studies and Human Geography students are well prepared to move into professional careers. All students in the Global Studies concentration go abroad at least once and have a proven ability to thrive and succeed in a cross-cultural, globalized environment, and all students in the Human Geography concentration complete an internship and a series of professional skills courses.
Typical Career Paths
Global Studies students graduate with skills valued by employers with global reach, and a majority move into:
- The non-profit sector, working in executive positions in domestic or global organizations dealing with a wide range of issues, including human trafficking, political refugees, migration, development, and trade.
- The for-profit sector, working both domestically and around the world for businesses with international operations.
- International education, teaching abroad.
- Graduate school.
Human Geography students graduate with skills that apply across multiple sectors, but valued a majority move into:
- City and regional planning, working with consulting firms or government agencies.
- The non-profit sector, working in executive positions across a wide range of domestic or global organizations dealing with migration, development, medical geography, and more.
- The parks and tourism industry.
- Graduate school.
For more information, read Building a Career in Global Studies and Human Geography.
Employers of MTSU alumni include
- SALT International
- Foreign Service
- Multinational corporations
- Peace Corps
- Nonprofit organizations
- Service agencies
- International education
MTSU’s Career Development Center
MTSU offers a comprehensive Career Development Center that serves students throughout the full student experience and beyond. They collaborate with faculty and staff to equip students with the tools to be marketable to the world of work and continuing education.
Students can schedule an appointment or check online resources and job boards at mtsu.edu/career.
Students can find current internship opportunities by talking to faculty and visiting the University job and internship board called Handshake.
Wondering what you can do with your major? Check out our What Can I Do with A Major In guides.
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