Geography: Master of Arts Degree
Planning Certificate
Program Overview
Program Director: Dr. Kathleen Schroeder; schroederk@appstate.edu; 828-262-7055; Geography
http://www.geo.appstate.edu/Programs/graduate.htm
The Graduate degree in geography is designed to provide students with a broad range of academic and professional options. Our program prepares students for either professional opportunities in applied geography and planning, Ph.D. work in geography and planning, or opportunities teaching geography at all educational levels including college.
Program Highlights
- You have four options within the Geography MA program:
- Thesis: requires 30 credit hours to complete
- Non-Thesis General: requires 36 credit hours to complete
- Non-Thesis Planning: requires 36 credit hours to complete
- Graduate Minor: requires 9-12 credit hours
- You can complete the Graduate Certificate program in Boone or Asheville by taking 18 hours of coursework.
- The department generally holds a number of Graduate assistantships for full time MA students helping faculty in duties ranging from research, labs, or classes.
Degree Application Essentials
Concentrations: General; Planning
Location of instruction: On campus
Required Entrance Exam: GRE (score must be no more than 5 years old)
Required Number of References to specify in the on-line form: 3
Supplemental Information: Resume (Required upload for application submission); letter addressing reasons why applicant wishes to enter the program, not to exceed two pages (upload on the Additional Information page in the on-line application)
Deadlines for Application. A program not open for a particular term will be marked with an "x." If the program has early screening dates, those dates are listed in parentheses. Applications that are not complete by the early screening date risk denial of admission due to no seats available. Increased enrollment may lead to a term being closed for new applications.
- Spring: 11/1
- Summer Session 1: x
- Summer Session 2: x
- Fall: 6/1 (3/1)
Basic Criteria for Consideration: (UGPA x 400) + GREV + GREQ = 2000
Certificate Application Essentials
Concentrations: General; Planning
Location of instruction: On and off campus. Specific locations of off-campus cohorts can be obtained from the Office of Extension and Distance Education
Required Entrance Exam: GRE (score must be no more than 5 years old)
Required Number of References to specify in the on-line form: 3
Supplemental Information: Resume (Required upload for application submission); letter addressing reasons why applicant wishes to enter the program, not to exceed two pages (upload on the Additional Information page in the on-line application)
Deadlines for Application. A program not open for a particular term will be marked with an "x." If the program has early screening dates, those dates are listed in parentheses. Applications that are not complete by the early screening date risk denial of admission due to no seats available.
- Fall 2008: 7/1
- Spring 2009: 11/1
- Summer Session 1 2009: 4/1
- Summer Session 2 2009: 5/1
- Fall 2009: 7/1
Basic Criteria for Consideration: (UGPA x 400) + GREV + GREQ = 2000