Arizona State University The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 2 courses 84 total credits
The specialized academic and professional training that you receive in the Doctor of Philosophy program in geography is sound graduate background for an independent research career. The program has sufficient flexibility to allow for individual needs and interests, enabling you to create a plan of study that fits your personal and professional goals. In addition to innovative coursework, the state-of-the-art Spatial Analysis Research Center and Urban Climate Research Center offer you the opportunity to work with exceptional faculty on diverse research projects. You have the opportunity to work alongside some of the brightest minds in geography, including members of the National Academy of Sciences and rising talent in the fields of climate science, sustainability and environmental science, urban heat island research, GIS and more. In the program, you can build a path of knowledge that reflects your personal interests within the realms of geography. You benefit from a wide variety of coursework and research opportunities in four broad interdisciplinary themes that span the expertise of the faculty within the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning: computational spatial science earth systems and climate science place, identities and culture sustainability science and studies
| Required Core | 3 credits |
| Electives or Research | 43 credits |
| Methods or Statistics Electives | 6 credits |
| Skills Electives | 6 credits |
| Specialization Electives | 9 credits |
| Other Requirements | 5 credits |
| Culminating Experience | 12 credits |
| Total Credits | 84 credits |
Required Core
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| GCU 585 | Geographic Research Design and Proposal Writing | 3 |
| Total Required Core | 3 credits | |
Electives or Research
Methods or Statistics Electives
Skills Electives
Specialization Electives
Other Requirements
GCU 591 or GPH 591 Seminar: Geography Colloquium (1) GCU 591 or GPH 591 Seminar: Geography Colloquium (1)
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| GCU 529 | Contemporary Geographic Thought | 3 |
| Total Other Requirements | 5 credits | |
Culminating Experience
GCU or GPH 799 Dissertation (12)
Additional Curriculum Information
Doctoral students entering with a bachelor's degree must complete 84 credit hours: 72 credit hours of coursework and research at ASU, and 12 dissertation credit hours. Doctoral students entering with a master's degree must complete 54 credit hours: 42 credit hours of combined coursework and research at ASU, and 12 dissertation credit hours. Coursework and research hours are selected by the student in consultation with an advisory committee. The program recognizes that other graduate-level courses are offered at ASU; advanced courses are often taught in omnibus courses, courses that have rotating content and whose content is not reflected in their titles. Students may include these courses in their curriculum with approval of the program directors. Electives or research courses should be selected in consultation with your program advisor. Students must complete at least three credit hours of 500-, 600- or 700-level courses offered by SGSUP with the prefixes PUP, GPH, GCU or GIS. The Other Requirements course Seminar: Geography Colloquium, is taken twice, once in each of the first two semesters of the program, for one credit hour each. Other courses may be used with approval of academic unit. Up to six credit hours of 400-level coursework may be applied toward the plan of study.
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