{"id":31755,"date":"2025-07-08T15:17:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/cutheme-homepage\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T13:51:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:51:55","slug":"cutheme-homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Study in Our Programs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Herongate.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Why Study in Our Programs?\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                    \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/current-students-2\/\">More Information \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"welcome-to-geography-and-environmental-studies\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome to Geography and Environmental Studies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you passionate about addressing the climate crisis, inequality, colonialism, and social and environmental injustice? At Carleton\u2019s Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, you\u2019ll join a community of dedicated scholars focused on tackling these urgent global issues. With a wide range of courses designed to spark change and foster understanding, Carleton is the perfect place for students eager to make a real difference in the world. Join us and be part of a community that\u2019s working towards a more just and sustainable future. Our department is a collegial, research-intensive group strongly committed to ensuring equity and expanding diversity, both in terms of the backgrounds of our faculty and in our curricular offerings for Carleton\u2019s wide-ranging student body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We offer three programs of study leading to an undergraduate degree <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/geography\/\">Geography<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/geomatics\/\">Geomatics<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/environmental-studies\/\">Environmental and Climate Change Studies<\/a>. Students can obtain a B.A. or a B.Sc., Honours, or Combined Honours Degree. We also offer a specialization in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/bgins\/globalization-and-the-environment\/\">Globalization and the Environment<\/a>&nbsp;as part of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/bgins\/\">Bachelor of Global and International Studies<\/a>&nbsp;program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We welcome applications to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/graduate-programs-in-geography\/\">MA, MSc, and PhD graduate programs<\/a>. Discover exciting research opportunities by exploring the work of our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/graduate-students\/\">current graduate students<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/staff-faculty-2\/\">faculty research areas<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/geography\/graduate-research-opportunities\/\">specific project ideas<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our graduates are well-prepared and thrive in achieving their career goals. 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