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Graduate Program

PhD in Geography

 

Geography Graduate Admission

 

Course Title Min Max [4]
  Required Courses
GEO 6118C.3 Geographic Thought   3
GEO 6938.3
(3162C) [1]
Quantitative Analysis   3
or      
GEO 6938.3
(4167C) [4]
Intermediate Quantitative Analysis   3
(Both courses taken as GEO 6938.3 Selected Topics)
       
GEO 5920.1 Geography Colloquium   4
(Take for credit at least four times)
  3 Geography graduate courses
(must include one of the following courses taken as GEO 6938)
9
GEO 4100C.4 [1] Maps and Graphs
GEO 4124C.4 [1] Air Photo Interpretation
GEO 5105C.3 [1]
Advanced Cartography
GEO 5145C.3 [1]
Remote Sensing
GEO 5945C.3 [1]
Field Course in Geography
GEO 5905, 5920, 6905, and 6910 may not be used for this requirement.
(Note:  GEO 6938 credit limit of 5 credits per semester and 15 in total)
  Total Required in Geography [3]
19
  Optional
GEO 5905/6905
Individual Work
12
GEO 6910
Supervised Research (S/U)
5
  Minor
(Courses numbered 5000 and above in approved department) [2]
12
24
  Thesis
  Preparation
GEO 7979
Advanced Research (S/U)
9
Semester comprehensives are taken prior to PhD candidacy
(Maximum of 9 credits per semester)
  Candidacy
GEO 7980 [6]
Research for Doctoral Dissertation (S/U)
3
(Maximum of 15 credits per semester)
  Total Credits    
90 [3]
  1. Waivable if equivalent previously taken
  2. Not solely one department if topics are related
  3. Up to 30 credits may be transferred from a Masters degree upon petitioning after supervisory committee is approved
  4. More hours may be taken but credit will be given only for the first courses up to the limit
  5. Intermediate Quantitative Analysis to be taken if Quantitative Analysis or equivalent previously taken
  6. Minimum of 3 credit hours to be taken in Fall or Spring Semester of dissertation defense or 2 credit hours to be taken in Summer Semester of dissertation defense.

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