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Nov 23, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Accelerated Masters: Geography & Sustainability
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The Geography and Sustainbility M.A. is a flexible, interdisciplinary degree that offers graduate students excellent opportunities to develop professional skills in spatial analysis, geography, and sustainability.
Students obtaining an M.A. may select either a thesis or a non-thesis option plan upon entering the graduate program. All students in the program are required to submit a thesis or its equivalent as one requirement for the degree, linked to one of two research requirement options (6 credits). Along with research work students will complete a minimum of 33 credit hours which can include a minor outside of the department. One-half of the credit hours must be taken in courses numbered 600 and above.
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Core Courses (9 Credits)
Courses in the core will be selected in consultation with student’s advisor.
- ENVI 611 - Research Design 3 credits
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- ENVI 588 - Geoscience Research Methods 3 credits
- GEOG 612 - Development of Geographic Thought 3 credits
- ENVI 645 - Advanced Spatial Analysis and Quantitative Methods 3 credits
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- GEOG 665 - Remote Sensing/GIS: Computer-Assisted Techniques 3 credits
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- ENVI 550 - Environmental Modeling and Mapping 3 credits
Seminar (3 Credits)
Choose one of the following:
- ENVI 733 - Seminar in Earth and Environmental Systems 3 credits
- GEOG 632 - Seminar in Global Studies 3 credits
- GEOG 711 - Seminar in Geography and Sustainability 3 credits
Research Requirement (6 Credits)
Graduate students completing a thesis are required to take a minimum of 6 credits of GEOG 699. Graduate students completing the non-thesis option must complete 6 credits of GEOG 629.
- GEOG 629 - Individual Research in Geography and Sustainability 1-6 credits
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- GEOG 699 - Master’s Thesis 6 credits
Directed Electives (15 Credits)
15 credits of directed electives in GEOG, ENVI, GEOL, or allied disciplines (to be determined in consultation with the student’s advisor).
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