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Urban Planning/Geography Joint Degree
This program combines into three years of study the normal two-year Master of Urban Planning degree offered by the School of Architecture and Urban Design (48 credit hours) and the normal Master of Arts degree in Geography (30 credit hours) offered by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. A program of 61 credit hours is required. This program leads to the Master of Urban Planning and the Master of Arts in Geography. See also Geography.
JOINT DEGREE WITH GEOGRAPHY LEADING TO THE
MASTER OF ARTS IN GEOGRAPHY and MASTER OF URBAN PLANNING
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
A. Total Combined Program
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For MUP |
For MA in Geography |
Total |
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Required Courses for |
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Combined Degree |
21 cr |
7 cr |
28 cr |
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Concentration, Elective & Thesis |
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Courses For Combined Program |
18 cr |
15 cr |
33 cr |
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TOTAL |
39 cr |
22 cr |
61 cr |
B. Urban Planning Courses Required of all Joint Degree Candidates
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Required Courses: |
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UBPL 705 – Economic Analysis for Planners |
3 credits |
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UBPL 736 – Planning Institutions |
3 credits |
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UBPL 741 – Quantitative Methods I |
3 credits |
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UBPL 742 – Quantitative Methods II |
3 credits |
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UBPL 763 – Professional Practice |
3 credits |
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UBPL 815 – History and Theory of the Planning Process |
3 credits |
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UBPL 850 – Urban and Regional Theory |
3 credits |
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21 credits |
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Concentration Courses in Urban Planning |
12 credits |
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Elective Courses in Urban Planning |
6 credits |
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TOTAL URBAN PLANNING COURSE WORK |
39 credits
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C. Geography Courses Required of All Combined Degree Candidates
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Required Courses: |
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GEOG 714 – Field Experience |
3 credits |
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GEOG 805 – Introduction |
2 credits |
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GEOG 806 – Basic Seminar |
2 credits |
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At least one Techniques course (3 credit hours required) |
3 credits |
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At least one Human Geography course (3 credit hours required) |
3 credits |
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At least one Physical Geography course (3 credit hours required) |
3 credits |
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Thesis Hours |
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| GEOG 899 – Masters Thesis | 6 credits |
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The Chair of the Masters thesis committee must come from the Department of Geography. At least one thesis committee member must come from the Urban Planning program. |
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TOTAL GEOGRAPHY COURSE WORK |
22 credits |
Students will choose Techniques courses from among the following:
GEOG 513 – Cartographic Design
GEOG 517 – Data Handling and Map Symbolization
GEOG 526 – Remote Sensing of Environment I
GEOG 558 – Intermediate GIS
GEOG 710 – Information Design
GEOG 716 – Advanced Geostatistics
GEOG 726 – Remote Sensing of Environment II
GEOG 758 – Geographic Information Science
GEOG 802 – Urban GIS
GEOG 858 – Environmental GIS
GEOG 911 – Seminar in Cartography
GEOG 912 - Seminar in Quantitative Methods
GEOG 926 – Seminar in Remote Sensing
Other Geography courses at the 500-level or above may be used to fulfill requirements in this category on the basis of petition.
Students will choose Human Geography courses from among the following:
GEOG 515 – Behavioral Systems
GEOG 557 – Cities and Development
GEOG 575 – Geography of Population
GEOG 719 – Development of Geographic Thought
GEOG 751 – Analysis of Regional Development
GEOG 752 – Topics in Urban/Economic Geography
GEOG 771 – Topics in Cultural Geography
GEOG 772 – Problems in Political Geography
GEOG 773 – Humanistic Geography
GEOG 775 – Proseminar in Population Geography
GEOG 790 – North American Regions
GEOG 791 – Latin American Regions
GEOG 794 – Regions of the Former USSR
GEOG 795 – European Regions
GEOG 796 – Asian Regions
GEOG 957 – Seminar in Urban/Economic Geography
GEOG 970 – Seminar in Cultural Geography
GEOG 972 – Seminar in Political Geography
GEOG 975 – Seminar in Population Geography
Other Geography courses at the 500-level or above may be used to fulfill requirements in this category on the basis of petition.
Students will choose Physical Geography courses from among the following:
ATMO 525 – Air Pollution
GEOG 521 – Microclimatology
GEOG 531 – Topics in Physical Geography
GEOG 532 - Geoarcheology
GEOG 535 - Introduction to Soil Geography
GEOG 541 - Geomorphology
GEOG 731 – Topics in Physical Geography
GEOG 733 – Advanced Biogeography Field and Laboratory Techniques
GEOG 735 – Soil Genesis, Classification, and Distribution
GEOG 741 – Advanced Geomorphology
GEOG 756 – Energy Problems and the Economic-Physical Environment
GEOG 935 – Seminar in Soil Geography
GEOG 937 – Seminar in Vegetation Geography
GEOG 939 – Seminar Fluvial Systems
Other Geography courses at the 500-level or above may be used to fulfill requirements in this category on the basis of petition.
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