Meaning absolutely no disrespect to either you or your daughter, but what does a major in Geography entail? My memories of school are somewhat vague after all of these years, but my main memories of geography are capital cities, types of biomes, names and locations of mountain ranges, lakes, etc ...
I'm assuming that collegiate-level geography is more involved than what I remember from grade-school ....
“...what does a major in Geography entail? My memories of school are somewhat vague after all of these years, but my main memories of geography are capital cities, types of biomes, names and locations of mountain ranges, lakes, etc ...”
I am guessing that geography courses, if it is any useful, would prepare the graduates on fossil fuel, rock type studies, and other useful things that help during oil/coal/gas exploration. Also, understanding earthquakes due to crust/plate tectonics are useful in certain cases. Beyond these practical use-cases(there might be others), Geography is probably about understanding oppressed cultures and how the evil capitalist encroachment is destroying the natural habitat.
Transportation and urban/regional planning draw heavily from the geography field. Also, Geographic Information Systems is finding more and more use in all kinds of non-geographic fields every day.
I tried minoring in geography on my last go-round in college...unfortunately the school’s geog unit was no longer a stand-alone department, and the course offerings had shrunk so much that one of my geog profs openly told me that their geography minor wasn’t worth getting.