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Program Facts
Program Details
Degree
PhD
Major
Geography
Area of study
Natural Science
Course Language
English
About Program
Program Overview
This graduate program in Geographic Information Science and Spatial Analysis prepares students for careers in geospatial analysis, planning, and research. The curriculum focuses on advanced GIS techniques, spatial analysis, and research methodologies, enabling students to solve complex global problems related to climate change, environmental systems, and social and political systems. Graduates are equipped to pursue careers as geographic information consultants, urban and community planners, hazard mitigation analysts, and climate change adaptation specialists.
Program Outline
Careers:
- Geographic information consultant
- Urban planner
- Community planner
- Transportation planner
- Hazard mitigation analyst
- Climate change adaptation specialist
- Land and water management
- Government agency administrator
- Professor/teacher
Other:
- The program focuses on advanced research skills and knowledge of analytical techniques and technologies used in geographic information science and spatial analysis.
- Students will learn how to use GIS and other geospatial information technologies and analytical tools to solve complex global problems.
- Students will also study areas like remote sensing, statistical and mathematical modeling, geographic-computational models, network and spatial analysis, and quantifying and modeling.
- Students in this program work alongside faculty on leading research to explore geography as it relates to climate change and the global environmental system, social and political systems, physical and social changes in our planet, and much more.
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