Geography: Master of Arts (MA)

Application Deadlines

春季入学
11月1日

暑期入学
4月1日

秋季入学申请
4月1日, priority deadline is February 15

考试 & 豁免

入学考试: GRE考试
Exam waiver available: 是的

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位置

在校园

完成时间

2年(全日制)

应用

请求的信息

费用和援助

规划你的未来.

The Master of Arts in Geography program at App State offers specialized academic and professional training in geography, allowing you to deepen your knowledge of the world and prepare for immediate employment or further specialization. Potential career paths include areas such as planning for climate resilience, environmental analysis and policy development, transportation and urban planning, and satellite image analysis.

You can choose from several program concentrations to customize your coursework, exploring topics such as urban planning, climatology and GIS to develop research projects and solutions to geographical problems.

Department of Geography and 规划

College of Arts and Sciences

2024年的“最佳”

In its 2024 “Best Colleges” rankings, U.S. 新闻 & World Report named App State:

No. 1 — Most Innovative School among Southern universities
No. 2 — Top Public Schools in the South
No. 3 — Best Regional Universities of the South

The Princeton Review named App State among the best schools in the U.S. and the Southeast for 2024.

‘Top’ school for 2023

Forbes magazine ranked App State among “America’s Top Colleges” for 2023.

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Concentrations and Courses

- 一般 (non-thesis option)
  
  Discover how to navigate, document, use and preserve different pieces of land.
  
  毕业生公告 & 课程目录
- 一般 (论文选项)
  
  Discover how to navigate, document, use and preserve different pieces of land.
  
  毕业生公告 & 课程目录
- Geographic Information Science
  
  Learn the latest in web mapping, remote sensing/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), location intelligence, spatial analytics and more.
  
  毕业生公告 & 课程目录
- 规划
  
  Build skills in sustainable development, planning theory and practice, planning methods and techniques, and planning law and ethics.
  
  毕业生公告 & 课程目录
- 气候变化
  
  Solve complex global environmental problems as a climate change expert or 政策制定者.
  
  毕业生公告 & 课程目录

职业生涯 and Mountaineers

Where can an App State degree take you? Anywhere you want to go!

职业生涯

Atmospheric Scientist
制图师
气候学家
Director of Land Protection and Stewardship
企业家
Geospatial Data Analyst
地理信息系统主管
健康地理学家
土地测量师
公园管理员
Planner – town, city, regional
教授
研究科学家
雪的科学家
Sustainable Resource Manager
Water Resource Specialist

雇主

美国福斯特·惠勒
Blue Ridge Conservancy
Centers for Disease Control
ESRI
GBE基金
大峡谷信托
Heifer International
Highland Mapping Inc.
洛斯
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The Trust for Public Land
Trails Illustrated 地图
UNC Asheville’s National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center (NEMAC)
弗吉尼亚理工大学

Career information resource

App State’s Career Development Center
Services provided by the Career Development Center include resume reviews, 职业生涯辅导, job and internship search assistance, and other tools for you to achieve life and professional success.

For Heather Guy ’18, Appalachian ‘ticked all of the boxes’

As a graduate student from the United Kingdom studying geography at Appalachian, Heather Guy did fieldwork in the remote Andes in Peru and Bolivia — far removed from her prior days spent in front of a computer screen.
主人的事:博士. 德里克·J. 马丁 And Christopher Ely, Geography
Breece Robertson ’00, the ‘GIS whiz’ at The Trust for Public Land
The Trust for Public Land is working to ensure every American can access a park. Breece Robertson ’00 uses her master’s in geography from Appalachian to help realize that vision.
教师简介:博士. 德里克·J. 马丁

Dr. 德里克·J. 马丁 has been working with a team of students on a monitoring project on the Watauga River. 在这个视频中, he and the students talk about the research and how they have adapted their fieldwork during COVID-19.