Marketable Skills Report

Liberal Arts

Geo & Environmental Studies

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Major in Geography

Marketable Skills:

• Ability to identify a given problem, its causes, and possible solutions
• Ability to locate, analyze, and synthesize research/data quickly and apply it to new contexts
• Ability to conduct empirical or theoretical research
• Ability to contribute to a body of knowledge
• Ability to teach/instruct in the discipline
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet given deadlines
• Ability to work productively and independently
• Ability to produce context-specific writing
• Ability to conduct community engagement research
• Ability to conduct field survey or research involving human subjects
• Ability to maintain a geographic perspective (people, environment, place, and location) in problem solving
• Ability to perform integrated analysis of social and environmental systems
• Ability to process geographic data and use maps for interpretation of data