Undergraduate Students
Geography is more than maps
Explore how people and places shape our world.
Geography is about understanding how people and the planet influence each other. Geography majors study the world through a spatial lens, using data and technology to explore patterns like regional climate shifts, urban growth, or how diseases spread across populations.
At Virginia Tech, geography students learn to solve real-world challenges related to sustainability, transportation, natural disasters, and more. You’ll gain hands-on experience with geospatial technologies and use them to address human and environmental issues.
What You'll Learn
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Bachelor of Science in Geography , homeStarting fall 2026 — study the connections between people, places, and our planet — building on Virginia Tech’s long tradition of geographic study, offering students three new options designed to match their interests and career goals: Applied Climate Science, Environmental Geography, and GIScience & Technology.
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Bachelor of Arts in GeographyStudy the patterns and processes connecting places and regions across the globe. Learn about societies and cultures, environmental systems, human-environment relationships, international development, and geospatial science, while utilizing cutting-edge technology.
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Bachelor of Science in MeteorologyStudy weather forecasting and atmospheric sciences with a significant focus on using geospatial technology to study how landforms affect weather patterns. Learn to predict severe weather and assess its impacts on both humans and the environment.
Navigate your world
Choose geography at Virginia Tech
Ranked among the top 20 geography programs in the nation, the Department of Geography combines the opportunities of a large research university with the personal attention of a small college. Our expert faculty and dedicated academic advisor are committed to your success.
Students learn by doing from conducting field research across Virginia to studying abroad in destinations around the world. Experiential learning is built into the program and often becomes students’ most memorable part of their Hokie experience.
Learn more about our geography minors
Geography
Acquire the hands-on experience and knowledge needed to design and build innovative and sustainable products, buildings, and other renewable materials while minimizing waste.
View Course RequirementsMeteorology
Study weather forecasting and atmospheric sciences with a significant focus on using geospatial technology to study how landforms affect weather patterns.
View Course RequirementsGeographic Information Science (GIS-G)
As a GIS minor with a major in Geography or Meteorolgy, you’ll get to use cutting-edge geospatial and satellite imaging technology to help solve problems relating to natural disasters, the spread of disease, urban sprawl, climate change, transportation issues, the global economy, and many others.
View Course for Requirement for MajorsGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION Science (GIS)
As a GIS minor for non majors, you’ll get to use cutting-edge geospatial and satellite imaging technology to help solve problems relating to natural disasters, the spread of disease, urban sprawl, climate change, transportation issues, the global economy, and many others
View Course Requirements for Non MajorsReady to explore your world?
