Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 Graduate Bulletin 
    
2019-2020 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Department of Geography and Planning


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geo.appstate.edu

Kathleen Schroeder, Chair
schroederk@appstate.edu

Derek Martin, Graduate Program Director
martindj1@appstate.edu

The graduate degree programs in Geography are designed to provide students with a broad range of academic and professional options. Foundations of the programs include preparing students for: 1) Ph.D. work in geography or planning, and 2) professional opportunities in applied geography and planning.

Past graduates have found jobs working in fields such as: geographic information science, environmental analysis and policy development, transportation planning, urban planning, satellite image analysis, cartography, regional planning and sustainable development, economic development, and land resource management.

Faculty and students are actively engaged in research investigating: climate change, biome change, GIS applications (viticulture; flood modeling; property valuation; visualization), globalization processes, economic development, community development, transportation and land use, precipitation climatology, mountain environments, and natural hazards.

The Department also offers graduate certificates in Planning and in GIScience for students interested in gaining proficiency in those areas without completing an entire degree. A third graduate certificate program in Climate Change was added starting Fall 2017. Completion of the certificate does not guarantee admission into the MA degree program.

Programs

    Master of ArtsGraduate CertificateGraduate Minor

    Courses

      Community & Regional PlanningGeography

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