Geography

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The Graduate Program in Geography encourages work on a wide range of research specialties and fosters strong interdisciplinary ties. Specific research topics reflected in the work of our faculty include: human geography and social theory - contemporary urban development in advanced economies; urban revitalization and gentrification; grassroots politics; citizenship; democratic theory and practice; housing, residential segregation, and community control of land use; comparative political and economic aspects of urban change and policy; globalization; international trade; gender; development; physical geography climate; snow-cover dynamics; land use and land cover change; invasive species; coastal geomorphology and processresponse modeling of beaches and dunes; groundwater and water supply; and environmental geography - human responses to environmental hazards; megacity disasters; human dimensions of global environmental changes; public health and risk communication; institutional and cross-cultural aspects of environmental management; political ecology; environmental justice; forest, fisheries, wildlife, and agro-ecologies. Each of these core areas may be enhanced through training in advanced geographical techniques - remote sensing, geographic information science and spatial analysis.

Courses include: * Earth Systems
* (online) Earth Systems
* Transforming the Global Environment
* (online) Transforming the Global Environment
* Human Geography: Space, Place, and Location
* World Cultural Regions
* Maps and Map Reading
* Environment and Society
* The Global Climate System
* Conservation
* Cultural Geography
* Cities
* Geographic Background to Current World Affairs
* Biogeography
* Population Geography
* Human Migration

Every year, the department has a certain number of financial packages to offer the most competitive applicants. For now, these are four-year packages that consist of two years of fellowship support and two years of guaranteed support as a teaching assistant. These packages cover tuition, a living stipend, and health insurance each year. In order to qualify for these multi-year funding packages, you must apply as a PhD student. Terminal Master's degree students are not eligible for such funding.

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