Doctor of Philosophy in Geography- Human Geography and Urban Environments

Human Geography and Urban Environments analyzes the spatial interactions of economic systems as well as political, social, cultural, environmental, technological, and other forces that influence the people, identities, landscape, development, and dynamics of the natural landscape, especially in urban environments. As the world?s human population becomes increasingly urbanized, the continuing challenges of urban growth and change, race and ethnicity in the city, cultural and physical aspects of urban planning process, and spatial aspects of urban political decision-making provide strong external demand for new geographic professionals with expertise in these areas.

The Department of Geography offers both master?s and doctoral programs of study across a range of systematic, regional, and technical fields, with innovative energy in the doctoral program for studying urban environments. The department?s unique PhD program is designed to be especially attractive to forward-looking students interested in the urban environment who seek a flexible, versatile, 21st century graduate education with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinarity. The PhD program?s urban-environmental theme is inclusive and encompassing of processes and problems associated with the intersection of human and natural environments, strongly focused on ?the city? as the entity of engagement. The program breaks with longstanding tradition in the field of geography in stressing a balance between specialized analytical research and synthetic research, between traditional academic research and community engagement, and between research and teaching. It relies heavily on Geographic Information Science (GIS) as a research tool and as an organizing framework.

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