Geography, MS
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2024-2025. Learn more about Graduate College Academic Regulation 7.0.
Thesis Option
Total Hours: 30
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| GEOG 5001 | Professional Development in Geography | 1 |
| GEOG 5303 | Geographic Analysis I | 3 |
| or GEOG 5423 | Geographic Renderings in Qualitative Methods | |
| or GEOG 6313 | Mixed Methods in Field Research | |
| GEOG 5403 | Current Geographic Research | 3 |
| GEOG 5413 | History and Philosophy of Geography | 3 |
| Hours Subtotal | 10 | |
| Required Seminars | ||
| Group I Seminar (Human) | ||
| Select 3 hours from the following: | 3 | |
| Seminar in Cultural Geography | ||
| Geography of Sport, Recreation and Leisure Seminar | ||
| Sustainable Tourism and Geography | ||
| Seminar in Cultural and Political Ecology 1 | ||
| Seminar in Urban Geography | ||
| Seminar in Political Geography | ||
| Seminar in Transportation Geography | ||
| Seminar in Historical Geography | ||
| Group II Seminar (Physical) | ||
| Select 3 hours from the following: | 3 | |
| Arid Lands and Drought | ||
| Geoarchaeology and Environmental History | ||
| Climate Change: Past, Present and Future | ||
| Grasslands and Savannas: Evolution and Environmental Issues | ||
| Landscape Ecology | ||
| International Resource Management | ||
| Resource Management in the National Parks | ||
| Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change | ||
| Seminar in Quaternary Paleoecology | ||
| Seminar in Cultural and Political Ecology 1 | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 6 | |
| Electives | ||
| Select 8 hours | 8 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 8 | |
| Thesis Hours | ||
| GEOG 5000 | Thesis | 6 |
| Hours Subtotal | 6 | |
| Total Hours | 30 | |
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GEOG 6110 cannot satisfy both Group I and Group II requirements simultaneously.
Non-Thesis Option
Total Hours: 36
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| GEOG 5001 | Professional Development in Geography | 1 |
| GEOG 5303 | Geographic Analysis I | 3 |
| or GEOG 5423 | Geographic Renderings in Qualitative Methods | |
| or GEOG 6313 | Mixed Methods in Field Research | |
| GEOG 5403 | Current Geographic Research | 3 |
| GEOG 5413 | History and Philosophy of Geography | 3 |
| Hours Subtotal | 10 | |
| Required Seminars | ||
| Group I Seminar (Human) | ||
| Select 3 hours from the following: | 3 | |
| Seminar in Cultural Geography | ||
| Geography of Sport, Recreation and Leisure Seminar | ||
| Sustainable Tourism and Geography | ||
| Seminar in Cultural and Political Ecology 1 | ||
| Seminar in Urban Geography | ||
| Seminar in Political Geography | ||
| Seminar in Transportation Geography | ||
| Seminar in Historical Geography | ||
| Group II Seminar (Physical) | ||
| Select 3 hours from the following: | 3 | |
| Arid Lands and Drought | ||
| Geoarchaeology and Environmental History | ||
| Climate Change: Past, Present and Future | ||
| Grasslands and Savannas: Evolution and Environmental Issues | ||
| Landscape Ecology | ||
| International Resource Management | ||
| Resource Management in the National Parks | ||
| Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change | ||
| Seminar in Quaternary Paleoecology | ||
| Seminar in Cultural and Political Ecology 1 | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 6 | |
| Electives | ||
| Select 20 hours | 20 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 20 | |
| Total Hours | 36 | |
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