<p>Is geography good to major in if your goal is to work for the government/ state department?</p>
<p>and how “math-intensive” can geography be assuming you are taking the more technical direction?</p>
<p>I have been looking into the GIS side of geography and thinking about switching majors to this. It is an extremely fast growing field…</p>
<p>It really depends on what you want to do in the Govt./State Department. I’m sure a Geography degree would allow you to do something there. GIS specialization would certainly help. As for math, a degree in the physical science side of Geography would probably require College Algebra and a Statistics course. Possibly more than that - I would check the department-in-question’s website. More would be helpful if you want to pursue a quantitative analysis focus.</p>