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Twin Cities campus
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Twin Cities Campus
Geography Ph.D.Geography, Environment, Society
College of Liberal Arts
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Geography, 414 Social Sciences Building, 267 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-625-6080; fax: 612-624-1044)
Email:
braun217@umn.edu
Website: http://www.geog.umn.edu
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
The geography graduate program at Minnesota reflects the intellectual breadth of the discipline by maintaining strengths in the broad areas of human geography, physical geography, nature-society relationships, and geographic information science. Faculty and students are engaged in teaching and research both within and across these broad areas as evidenced by prominent research themes within the program: culture, place, and flow; environmental change; geographies of the information society; geovisualization; globalization and uneven development; governance, citizenship, and justice; metropolis and world; and nature and society. To support students in gaining both depth and breadth within the discipline, the program is highly individualized with a limited number of requirements. Students work with their advisers to design individual programs suited to their educational and professional goals.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program
is 3.50.
Undergraduate degrees need not be from a program in geography. However, students whose previous work is not in geography may be asked to complete specific courses that do not provide graduate credit.
Graduate degrees need not be from a program in geography. However, students whose previous work is not in geography may be asked to complete specific courses that do not provide graduate credit.
Applicants must submit their test score(s) from the following:
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
The preferred English language test is Test of English as Foreign Language.
Key to test
abbreviations
(GRE, TOEFL, IELTS, MELAB).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
16
credits are required in the major.
12 credits are required outside the major. 24 thesis credits are required.
This program may be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
A minimum GPA of 3.00
is required for students to remain in good standing.
Students must receive certification of expertise in the language(s) or techniques(s) or both as necessary for the proposed program. The advising committee sets the requirements, and certifies that they are met before the final Ph.D. examination is scheduled.
Each student is required to take GEOG 8001 and 8405, preferably within the first year. Students must also complete two additional GEOG 81xx and/or GEOG 82xx courses, with at least one of the three a GEOG 82xx course. In addition, students must take one methods course and one proposal-writing course. The choice of courses should be made in consultation with the student's adviser. GEOG 8970 and GEOG 8980 courses may be used for GEOG 81xx or GEOG 82xx coursework with permission of the adviser. Students must prepare a Research dossier and pass preliminary exams. These usually focus on areas closest to a student's current research interests. They also may cover broader knowledge of the discipline and of minor or supporting fields, as the Examining Committee chooses. They must also complete dissertation proposal then complete their PhD dissertation and pass the final oral examination.
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