Arizona State University The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 6 courses 30 total credits
The Master of Arts program in geography offers specialized academic and professional training in geography, enabling you to secure a sound graduate background for further coursework or for immediate employment. The program has sufficient flexibility to accommodate individual needs and interests, allowing you to create a plan of study that fits your personal and professional goals. In addition to innovative coursework, the state-of-the-art research centers, Spatial Analysis Research Center and Urban Climate Research Center offer you the opportunity to work with exceptional faculty on diverse research projects. You can work alongside some of the brightest minds in geography, including exceptional talent in the fields of urban heat island research, GIS, energy, hazards and more. You can build a path of knowledge that reflects your personal interests within the realms of geography. You benefit from a wide variety of coursework and research opportunities in four broad interdisciplinary themes that span the expertise of the faculty within the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning: computational spatial science earth systems and climate science place, identities and culture sustainability science and studies
| Required Core | 3 credits |
| Other Requirements | 8 credits |
| Total Credits | 30 credits |
Required Core
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| GCU 596 | Geographic Research Methods | 3 |
| Total Required Core | 3 credits | |
Other Requirements
GCU 591 or GPH 591 Seminar: Geography Colloquium (1) GCU 591 or GPH 591 Seminar: Geography Colloquium (1) methods and statistics course (3)
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| GCU 528 or GCU 529 | Geographic Problems and Context or Contemporary Geographic Thought | 3 |
| Total Other Requirements | 8 credits | |
Culminating Experience (3 or 6 credit hours)
Additional Curriculum Information
Coursework and research hours are selected by the student in consultation with an advisory committee. The program recognizes that other graduate-level courses are offered at ASU. Advanced topics are often taught in omnibus courses, which have rotating content that is not reflected in their titles. Students may include these courses in their curriculum with approval of the program directors. The Other Requirements course Seminar: Geography Colloquium is taken twice, once in each of the first two semesters of the program, for one credit hour each. Other courses may be used with approval of academic unit. For the methods and statistics course requirement, students should consult with the academic unit for eligible courses. Students take 13 credit hours of electives for the Culminating Experience thesis option, and 16 credit hours of electives for the nonthesis option. Up to six credit hours of 400-level coursework may be applied toward the plan of study.
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