Graduate Degrees Offered

Application Checklist

• Online Application for Graduate Admission
• $45 non-refundable application processing fee
• Two (2) sets of official transcripts
• If your native language is not English: verification of English proficiency
• If you are not a US citizen and you expect to hold an F or J visa: financial resource information

• Entrance exam(s): GRE
• Minimum TOEFL:  Paper-550  Computer-213  Internet-79
• Statement of goals (not to exceed two pages)
• Three letters of recommendation

Description of Program

The Department of Anthropology and Geography offers both a master's and doctoral degree in geography with the following areas of emphasis available: human geography, which focuses on geographical patterns created by human activities at various spatial scales; geographic information analysis (cartography/remote sensing/GIS), which involves interpretation, evaluation, and mapping of environmental information found across the earth's surface; historical-cultural geography, which continues the tradition of study of the Great Plains including frontier settlement and the impact of the frontier on Native Americans; environmental studies, which involves all aspects of geography and includes studies in tropical deforestation, ecosystem change detection, and human-induced climatic change; and anthropology, focusing on indigenous peoples.

The geography graduate program operates under the aegis of campus-wide faculty experts in geography and related disciplines, including the School of Natural Resources and Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT). This innovative approach gives graduate students the opportunity to study with faculty in several diverse administrative units.