• 专业概况
• 所属院系
• 中国学生入学要求
• 课程信息

专业概况

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The Master of Arts program in geography focuses on investigating the environmental consequences of human decisions on local, regional, and global scales. Central to the department's studies are geographic information science and the theories and models of environmental and social sciences. Within this broad domain, the department is developing strengths in environmental justice, environmental modeling, GIScience and GIS, land use and its environmental consequences, and health geography.

The Master of Arts program prepares students to carry on creative and productive research in selected areas of geography. The department provides opportunities for graduate students to gain practical teaching experience through service as departmental teaching assistants or graduate instructors.

Graduate students present research papers at conferences and regularly win awards. Students are involved in faculty research that leads to coauthored publications; they also publish their own papers. Graduate students compete successfully for intramural and extramural funding for graduate education and research.

The Master of Arts with a major in geography requires a minimum of 30 s.h. of graduate credit with thesis and 32 s.h. of graduate credit without thesis. The program is designed to be completed in four semesters.

Thesis students must earn 15 s.h. of credit in Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences courses numbered 5000 or above; they may count 6 s.h. of thesis credit and 2 s.h. earned in GEOG:7000 Geography Colloquium toward the degree. Students who earn more than 30 s.h. may use the additional work to increase their breadth of knowledge in geography and to tailor their study programs to their individual interests.

Non-thesis students build skills across a range of topics in geographical and sustainability sciences during their first year and develop skills in particular application areas during their second year. Non-thesis students must earn 15 s.h. of credit in Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences courses numbered 5000 or above.

所属院系

进入哪个院系学习？ College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

中国学生入学要求

为来自中国的学生设计 Applicants must have completed a bachelor’s degree from a Regionally Accredited American College or University, or an equivalent degree from another country; A minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00, or the foreign equivalent. English Language Requirements: IELTS score of 7.0, with no subscore less than 6.0; PTE minimum score of 68 with no subscore less than 58; TOEFL scores below 100; a score of 550 or higher on the paper-based (PBT) version of the test, or a score of 81 or higher on the Internet-based version of the test (iBT).

课程信息

学制：全日制

学费：US$30,549.50 (¥ 194,353) /年

开学时间：预计在八月 2022

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留学地点：College of Liberal Arts and Sciences240 Schaeffer Hall,University of Iowa,IOWA CITY,Iowa,52242, United States