Geography, M.S.
Admission Requirements
M.S. applicants should follow the admissions process described in this catalog or at the Graduate Admissions website at http://www.marshall.edu/graduate/admissions/how-to-apply-for-admission. In addition, M.S. applicants must:
- Submit a curriculum vitae (CV) and/or resume with the graduate application;
- Submit a letter of recommendation (from employers or faculty members) with the graduate application;
- Have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.25
M.S. applicants demonstrating potential but not meeting these criteria may be admitted to the M.S. program with permission from the faculty.
Graduate Assistantships
Applications for department research or teaching assistantships are available from the department website at www.marshall.edu/geography. For more information about graduate assistantships at Marshall University, please see https://www.marshall.edu/graduate/graduate-assistantship-overview/.
For more information about other financial support, please see www.marshall.edu/sfa.
Program Requirements
Candidates for the master’s degree must meet the general requirements for graduate admission and complete a minimum of 34 total credits.
Plan of Study
A Plan of Study approved by the student’s advisor must be submitted for approval to the academic dean before the student registers for his or her 12th semester hour. The Plan of Study is a student’s “blueprint” for completing graduation requirements.
Plan of Study
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Required Courses | ||
Select one GEO GIScience course from the following: | 3-4 | |
Cartography & GIS | ||
Principles of GIS | ||
Principles of GIS II | ||
Location Analysis and GIS | ||
Environmental Raster Analysis | ||
Remote Sensing & Photogram | ||
Enterprise GIS | ||
GPS & Mobile Geospatial T | ||
Flood Hazards and GIS | ||
Drones:Remote Sensing & GIS | ||
Applied GIS Projects | ||
GIS Databases & Programming | ||
Internship in Geography (using GIScience) | ||
Special Topics (GIScience Topic) | ||
Special Topics (GIScience Topic) | ||
Special Topics (GIScience Topic) | ||
Special Topics (GIScience Topic) | ||
Independent Study (GIScience Topic) | ||
Independent Study (GIScience Topic) | ||
Independent Study (GIScience Topic) | ||
Independent Study (GIScience Topic) | ||
GEO 540 | Spatial Statistics and GIS 1 | 4 |
GEO 615 | Geographic Thought | 3 |
GEO 616 | Geographical Research Methods | 3 |
GEO 679 | Portfolio and Career Profile | 3 |
GEO 681 | Thesis | 3 |
Electives | ||
Select 12-13 credits of the following: | 12-13 | |
GEO 501 | ||
Geography of Appalachia | ||
Geography of Europe | ||
Political Geography | ||
Population Geography | ||
Geog of South & Middle America | ||
Urban Geography | ||
GEO 514 | ||
GEO 515 | ||
Environmental Geography | ||
Cartography & GIS | ||
Climatology | ||
Principles of GIS | ||
Principles of GIS II | ||
Location Analysis and GIS | ||
Environmental Raster Analysis | ||
Remote Sensing & Photogram | ||
Enterprise GIS | ||
GPS & Mobile Geospatial T | ||
Flood Hazards and GIS | ||
Drones:Remote Sensing & GIS | ||
Seminars in Geography | ||
Seminars in Geography | ||
Seminars in Geography | ||
Problems in Environ Geog | ||
Regions of North America | ||
Applied GIS Projects | ||
GIS Databases & Programming | ||
Internship in Geography | ||
Total Semester Hours | 34 |
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Requirement waived if GEO 440 Spatial Statistics and GIS passed with a grade of C or better at the undergraduate level.
Some GEO courses may not be listed here, but still count for credit in the program; see an advisor. Of the credit hours required for the degree, at least half must be at the 600 level.