PHD Geography
Applicants to the PhD program should hold an MS or MA degree in geography or a related field. PhD students must specialize in one of the research areas where the department has in-depth competence. These include GIScience, urban/economic, cultural, and physical and environmental geography. Doctoral students complete required coursework within the department, including a mastery of at least one computer-based geographic technique (e.g. GIS, remote sensing, or computer cartography), quantitative methods, and a series of graduate seminars. PhD students also complete coursework for a minor outside of geography. Students demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language other than English or an approved computer science technique. Students pass written comprehensive examinations demonstrating a broad mastery of the field and in their area of specialization, and pass an oral defense of their dissertation proposal. Student then complete a dissertation embodying original research.
Applicants to the PhD program should hold an MS or MA degree in geography or a related field. PhD students must specialize in one of the research areas where the department has in-depth competence. These include GIScience, urban/economic, cultural, and physical and environmental geography. Doctoral students complete required coursework within the department, including a mastery of at least one computer-based geographic technique (e.g. GIS, remote sensing, or computer cartography), quantitative methods, and a series of graduate seminars. PhD students also complete coursework for a minor outside of geography. Students demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language other than English or an approved computer science technique. Students pass written comprehensive examinations demonstrating a broad mastery of the field and in their area of specialization, and pass an oral defense of their dissertation proposal. Student then complete a dissertation embodying original research.
