Geography Ph.D.
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Program learning outcomes
Students in the Geography graduate program engage with cutting-edge research across the breadth of geographical inquiry, including (1) human geography, (2) biophysical geography, and (3) spatial analysis/computational geography/geographic information science (GIS). Our research methods reflect our intellectual breadth, ranging from the qualitative to quantitative, and the cartographic to computational. We embrace community engaged research and have developed relationships with various communities in the course of our research and teaching. Students graduating from our program are prepared to:
- Identify, develop, and pursue unique research problems and questions.
- Creatively disseminate research results in peer-review publications and presentations at professional conferences.
- Contribute to the challenges that are specific to the communities in which they live and work when it intersects with their field of expertise.
- Engage in academic and professional leadership roles and governance.
- Serve as highly-skilled and dynamic teachers at the university-level.
- Take their skills and insights to various public and private institutions outside of academia.