As a secondary student, you can find your way to geoscience and geospatial careers if you:

-- Make good connections in your community and to employers
-- Show people what you can do
-- Work hard to find the right position

In Alaska, if you go fishing for a job without understanding how to do it, you won't catch much. But if you spend time learning from experts, gain new skills, and practice good values, you can bring home the big catch of salmon, cod, crabs, herring or whatever you are after.***

Find answers to questions like, "How much money can I make?" or "How can MapTEACH help?"

Explorations for Students

• USGS Geosciences Careers
• ESRI Career Pathways (in particular, see the Video Profiles: People and GIS in the "For Students" section at the bottom)
• Geospatial Technology Career Voyages (US Dept. of Labor)
• Geospatial Industry Profile - High Growth (pdf)
• Alaska's Mineral Industry

Post Secondary Education

• Geoscience and GIS courses and programs can be found throughout the University of Alaska System
• Geology & Geophysics - at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Geological Sciences - at the University of Alaska Anchorage
• Geomatics - at the University of Alaska Anchorage
• Geography - at the University of Alaska Fairbanks

Education Resources for Teachers

Students exploring with encouragement from a teacher Photo: John Carlson

• Non-Traditional Occupations Alaska
• Alaska Career & Technical Education
• Alaska Career Information System
• Alaska case study for teachers
  Cross-Cultural Counseling: The Guidance Project and the Reluctant Seniors
  (Alaska Native Knowledge Network)

*** Just like pursuing a career, harvesting fish is a challenging business. A bountiful catch does not come easily. You can learn about the extensive knowledge and sophisticated skills it takes to fish in Alaska from the Marshall Survival Skills Curriculum in Sharing Our Pathways Vol. 3, Issue 2.