<p>This is my first post here, so hello everyone. Every time I Google my major for question, I get this website with some answers. People here seem very smart. I figure I might as well join. :-)</p>
<p>I suppose I'll introduce everyone to my situation. I currently reside in Columbia, Missouri, and I have a (worthless) Associate of General Studies from Columbia College. I have a strong interest in both geography, and I do love the science side in geology as well; however I lack the math skills required for a major degree in that area. My goal is to one day teach geography (probably physical) at the college level. As for now, I'm just trying to get my bachelors out of the way. </p>
<p>Being in Missouri, my options are Mizzou, UM-Kansas City, Northwest Missouri State, University of Central Missouri, and Missouri State. I may have missed one in there as well. My real debate is between the massive Mizzou and Missouri State down in Springfield. </p>
<p>Missouri is not a state with great public schools, but the state does respect MU quite a bit. However, for my degree in geography, MU only offers a BA. That is fine and all, but the BA requires 12 hours of additional language that I would rather spend studying geography. Also, MU seems to be very concentrated on the human side of geography rather than the physical.</p>
<p>MSU is Missouri's second large institution and merges the geography department with the geology department; it is well founded in science. They offer a B.S. with countless classes that I would love to take (not that MU's classes aren't great as well). They definitely have a more hands on approach.</p>
<p>For the prices, MU is $8,500, while MSU is somehow only around $6,000. </p>
<p>The obvious choice if going by my personal taste and what's steered towards my interests might be Missouri State, but I'm considering the future with a degree from Missouri's known school and the sort of secondary one. I hope to attend a very good geography school such as UBC, UW, UC - Berkeley etc. Also, I feel I might need a decent job between degrees to help pay for everything, and geography isn't exactly the job-orientated degree, so it might help to go to MU for that reason.</p>
<p>Any advice on that issue is hugely appreciated!</p>
<p>Again, hello everyone! Thanks for letting me bug you with my knack for writing entirely too much for a simple subject.</p>