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Professor G.C. Stephens
Associate Professors M.D. Price (Chair), E. Chacko, L.M. Benton-Short
Assistant Professors D. Rain, R. Engstrom
Adjunct Instructor J.P. Dymond
Professorial Lecturer G.T. Foggin
Assistant Professorial Lecturers L. Marcus, M. B. Koulov, I. Cheung
Lecturer G. Hofmann

Master of Arts in the field of geography—Prerequisite: a bachelor's degree with a major in geography or in a related field in the social or natural sciences.
Required: the general requirements stated under Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. Course work must include Geog 105 (Techniques of Spatial Analysis) and Geog 201.
Thesis and nonthesis options are available: The thesis option requires a minimum of 30 credit hours of course work, including Thesis Research; the nonthesis option requires completion of 36 credit hours of graduate work. All degree candidates must take a Master's Comprehensive Examination.
Students entering the program without a bachelor's degree with a major in geography will be required to take prerequisite courses as determined by the department. All entering students must have completed one course, or its equivalent, from each of the following groups: environmental geography (Geog 108, 132); population/cultural/political geography (Geog 127, 145, 146); urban geography (Geog 125, 140, 141).
Depending upon the chosen field of specialization, each student will select electives from appropriate courses within the department or from related programs and departments within the University or the Consortium of Universities. The student's program of study will be developed in consultation with the advisor and graduate committee.

With permission, a limited number of 100-level courses in the department may be taken for graduate credit; additional course work is required. See the Undergraduate Programs Bulletin for course listings.

201 Geographic Thought and Methods (3) Rain
  For first-year master's students, a survey of geographic thought, theories, and methods. Emphasis on contemporary issues in geography and urban planning and on the development of research.
207 Urban Planning and Development (3) Staff
  Selected problems in urban and regional planning in the developing world: applications of zoning, environmental controls, and other techniques for achieving sustainable urban development.
208 Land Use and Urban Transportation Planning (3) Marcus
  Relationships between land use and the movement of goods and people. Examination of land use and transportation planning principles, issues, and techniques. Roles of public and private interests in land use and transportation planning and management.
219 Seminar: Urban Climate (3) Staff
  Inadvertent climate modification due to urbanization and impacts on environmental and human health.
220 Seminar: Climatic Change (3) Staff
  Examination of natural and human-induced climatic change, at global, regional, and local scales.
221 Advanced Geographic Information Systems (3) Cheung
  Integration of GIS, remote sensing, and spatial modeling.
222 Seminar: Resources and the Environment (3) Staff
  Topics related to the spatial variations and interrelationships of resources and the environment; applications of geographic information systems and remote sensing. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Laboratory fee, $55.
223 Seminar: Population and Health (3) Chacko
  Interrelationships between population and the environment and impacts on human health.
224 Seminar: Political Geography (3) Staff
  Examination of political factors in location theory and analysis of the nature of political territories and conflict.
225 Seminar: Transportation and Development (3) Marcus
  Transportation and communication in the organization of space.
230 Seminar: Environmental Issues in Development (3) Rain
  A consideration of the differential regional implications of and responses to resource and environmental policy decisions due to regional differences in societal and physical parameters.
243 Seminar: Urban Geography (3) Benton-Short, Rain
  Topics concerning social, political, economic, and environmental issues in U.S. cities.
244 Seminar: Urban Environmental Issues (3) Benton-Short
  Urban environmental issues in developed and developing cities.
250 Geographical Perspectives on Development (3) Chacko
  Theory and debates surrounding economic development in a globalizing world, with case studies.
261 Geographical Perspectives on Latin America (3) Price, Dymond
  Natural resources, the environment, and population dynamics through time.
265 Seminar: Geography of the Former Soviet Union (3) Staff
  Survey of the regions and major topical themes of the geography of the former Soviet Union, including population, energy, agriculture, transportation, and regional development.
290 Principles of Demography (3) Boulier
  Same as Econ 290/Soc 290/Stat 290.
291 Methods of Demographic Analysis (3) Boulier
  Same as Econ 291/Soc 291/Stat 291.
293 Special Topics (3) Staff
  Consideration of geographic aspects of topical social or environmental problems. May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs.
295 Research (arr.) Staff
  May be repeated for credit.
299–300 Thesis Research (3–3) Staff

 

 

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