clark university geography phd

Geography Overview

Geography is the science of place, space, and environment. Each place on earth is distinguished by a unique mix of natural resources, cultural practices, economic activities, and political systems. Geographers study the uniqueness of each place and the interactions among places. With its highly ranked graduate and undergraduate programs, Clark University is one of the best places in the world to study Geography. Students have the opportunity to work with nationally and internationally known faculty to examine how place and nature shape who we are, and in turn how we shape the spaces and environments in which we live. The Geography major and minor at Clark are set up to give students a broad understanding of physical and human elements that comprise this field of study.

Clark’s School of Geography is the oldest sustained program of geography in the United States. The program is renowned for fostering a culture of innovation, which has made it a key site for the development of new topical fields and geographic technologies. Clark faculty and students are pioneers in fields as diverse as human-environment, risk-hazards, critical geography, animal geography and feminist geography. The school is the only program of geography to have five of its members elected to the National Academy of Sciences and five to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The School has awarded more Ph.D.’s in geography than any other program in the United States. The National Research Council has ranked Clark Geography’s doctoral program among the top five US geography programs. Clark was the only geography department in the ranking’s top ten that is located in a liberal arts, research university.

Special facilities include the Jeanne X. Kasperson Research Library at the George Perkins Marsh Institute, the Guy H. Burnham Map and Aerial Photograph Library, Clark Center for Geospatial Analytics, and the Earth System Science teaching and research laboratories in Polar Science, Forest Ecology, and Terrestrial Ecosystem Physiology.

Undergraduate Program

Geographers use the perspectives of place and space to address societal and environmental challenges. Geographers address various questions. What makes societies and biophysical environments vary across space and time? How are these differences produced in relation to each other? How does location affect access to the things all species need to survive and flourish? And how can we achieve social justice and sustainability in a rapidly changing global environment?

Geography majors have the opportunity to work on research projects with faculty members and graduate students in one of the most prestigious programs of geography worldwide. Summer Fellowships are available for qualified students to participate in the Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) program, which is an intensive summer and academic-year research effort focused on environmental change in New England. Eligible majors also have the opportunity to enter the accelerated M.S. in GIScience program.

Geography majors are served by the Clark Undergraduate Geography Association (CUGA) and Gamma Theta Upsilon.

CUGA is the voice of Geography majors, with student representation on the undergraduate studies committee and the opportunity to attend departmental meetings. CUGA representatives are able to vote at department meetings and give their ideas and opinions on various topics that concern undergraduate majors. They also attend field trips and host events, such as the annual Practicing Geography Week.

Gamma Theta Upsilon is an international geographic honors society. In order to become a member, initiates must have completed a minimum of three geography courses, have a minimum GPA of 3.3 in Geography courses and overall, and have completed at least three semesters of college course work.

Major Requirements

Students majoring in Geography must take 11 Geography courses. Each course must satisfy exactly one of the requirements below. It is not possible for a course to fulfill more than one requirement for the major simultaneously, e.g. a 200-level course cannot count both as an elective and capstone. If a course meets more than one of the criteria below, the student and advisor will determine how to consider the course.

Four Core Courses

Core courses emphasize fundamental geographic concepts over four distinct areas of study.  Courses in the core are designed to build frameworks for understanding the earth, space, and place in a physical and human context. We strongly encourage students to take the core courses early in the program, not only because it will provide a more thorough understanding of the different areas of study in Geography, but also because core courses are often prerequisites for 200-level courses. Majors must select at least one course from each of the following four core areas.

1. Human Environment Geography Core

Analyzes the ways that human societies have used, shaped and constructed nature; impacts of societies, economies and cultures on ecological systems; and societal and environmental consequences of the interaction. Examples of research and practice: environmental policy and practice, food systems, agriculture, animal geographies, international development, natural resource extraction, water resource management, socio-environmental movements and conflicts, sustainability, land use, vulnerability, environmental change, resilience, hazards, and more.

Core courses in Human Environment Geography

• GEOG 017 - Environment and Society
• GEOG 090 - Native Americans, Land and Natural Resources
• GEOG 106 - Water and the City: A Socio-Hydrology of Worcester and its Environs
• GEOG 118 - Environment and Development in the Global South
• GEOG 155 - Geopolitics, Climate Change, and Current Affairs
• GEOG 156 - Getting to Zero: Clean Energy for a Climate-Safe Future
• GEOG 180 - Life in the Anthropocene: Environment and Society in an Era of Rapid Global Change

2. Urban Economic Geography Core

Examines the ways that space and location shape economic, sociopolitical and cultural life; ways that economic, sociopolitical and cultural factors shape space and location; and relationships between these processes and the dynamics of urban life.  Examples of research and practice: socio-spatial dynamics of cities, economies, and industries, theories and discourses of economic development, innovation and entrepreneurship, social movements, legal geographies, place-making processes, critical social theory, urban politics, globalization, sustainability, political ecology, and more.

Core courses in Urban Economic Geography

• GEOG 016 - Introduction to Economic Geography
• GEOG 020 - American Cities: Changing Spaces, Community Places
• GEOG 107 - Miracles of Asia: Economic Growth in Global Contexts
• GEOG 140 - Race and Urban Space
• GEOG 157 - Psychogeography and Cultural Spaces

3. Earth System Science Core

Examines how the Earth system (ecosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere) naturally functions, how these systems interact with one another, and how they are affected by humans. Examples of research and practice: terrestrial ecosystems, global change, surface water, cold-region hydrology, terrestrial and marine biogeochemistry, polar climate change, forest ecology, glaciology, landscape and disturbance ecology, and more.

Core courses in Earth System Science

• GEOG 102 - Weather and Climate
• GEOG 104 - Earth System Science
• GEOG 109 - Forests in the Anthropocene
• GEOG 116 - Forest Ecology
• GEOG 119 - The Arctic in the Anthropocene

4. Geographic Information Science Core

Examines the acquisition, analysis and communication of geographic information; principles and techniques important in cartography, remote sensing, geographic information systems and spatial analysis. Examples of research and practice: conservation GIS, land change modeling, image time series analysis, image classification, decision support, system development, remote sensing of the cryosphere, remote sensing of forest ecosystems, and more.

Core course in Geographic Information Science

• GEOG 190 - Introduction to Geographic Information Science

One Skills Course

Students must take one skills course.

Geography Skills Courses:

• GEOG 110 - Introduction to Quantitative Methods
• GEOG 213 - Advanced Geospatial Analytics with Python
• GEOG 242 - Everyday Urban Life (Urban Ethnography Lab)
• GEOG 246 - Geospatial Analysis with R
• GEOG 247 - Intermediate Quantitative Methods in Geography
• GEOG 252 - Urban Design Research Lab
• GEOG 260 - GIS & Land Change Models
• GEOG 282 - Advanced Remote Sensing
• GEOG 287 - New Methods in Earth Observation
• GEOG 293 - Introduction to Remote Sensing
• GEOG 296 - Advanced Raster GIS
• ID 296 - Advanced Vector GIS

Four Elective Courses

The Geography major requires four elective Geography courses. The four electives must consist of one course at the 100 level or above and three courses at the 200 level or above.

Research Methods

GEOG 141     is required for all students majoring in Geography. It is advised that students complete this course before taking 200-level courses in Geography, preferably during the sophomore year. Research Methods is offered at least once per year, typically in the spring semester.

Comparable courses in other departments may be substituted for the Geography Research Methods course with the approval of the major advisor and the Chair of the Undergraduate Studies Committee. However, this does not reduce the total number of Geography courses required for the major. Thus, majors for whom a substitution has been granted will need to take an additional Geography course to ensure that a total of 11 Geography courses are taken.

Capstone Requirement in Geography

One Capstone credit is required for the Geography major as an additional credit. Geography students may choose among various ways to earn the capstone credit. The student’s capstone advisor will help determine how any particular credit satisfies the capstone criteria. The advisor will make this determination based on the purpose of the capstone, which is for the student to integrate content and skills in Geography, as applied to a particular topic.

Capstone Types

1. A 200-level course from the list below.

• GEOG 205 - Introduction to Hydrology    
• GEOG 228 - Hydroclimatology    
• GEOG 232 - Landscape Ecology    
• GEOG 242 - Everyday Urban Life (Urban Ethnography Lab)    
• GEOG 246 - Geospatial Analysis with R    
• GEOG 248 - Social Justice and the City    
• GEOG 252 - Urban Design Research Lab    
• GEOG 260 - GIS & Land Change Models    
• GEOG 263 - The Climate System and Global Environmental Change    
• GEOG 279 - GIS & Map Comparison    
• GEOG 282 - Advanced Remote Sensing    
• GEOG 283 - Terrestrial Ecosystems and Global Change    
• GEOG 287 - New Methods in Earth Observation    
• DSCI 215 - Applying Deep Learning to Earth Observation    

2. A 200-level Geography course that qualifies according to the course’s professor.

For this 200-level course option, the student must obtain written permission from the professor of the 200-level course before the course begins to confirm that the course will satisfy the capstone requirement. The professor of the 200-level course might require activities from the student that go beyond the activities required by other students in the 200-level course. If the course’s professor informs the student’s departmental academic advisor that the student satisfied the Capstone requirement, then the student’s departmental academic advisor performs a course substitution to allow the course to count as the Capstone.

3. A 300-level Geography course

The 300-level course’s professor must give electronic permission for an undergraduate to register for a course at the 300-level.

4. Honors thesis (GEOG 297)

The second of the two-credit Honors thesis qualifies as a capstone course.

5. Internship (GEOG 298)

A GEOG internship credit counts as a capstone course. The student must obtain a faculty sponsor and apply to the Career Connections Center for academic credit the semester before the internship commences.

6. Research experience

A research experience counts as a Capstone via two possible avenues:

• A research project conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Students typically enroll in GEOG 299.
• Work done in collaboration with a research group or team, for instance, in which students may contribute as a research assistant. Examples of such projects and research teams include, but are not limited to: Human Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) program; Forest Ecology Research Lab (FERL); Biogeosciences Research Group; Extractive Industries Research Group; and the Polar Science Research Laboratory. Most such research opportunities have a separate, competitive application process. Students accepted into these research groups will be advised on how to register for academic and capstone credit.

All students completing capstones are strongly encouraged to present their work during ClarkFest.

Additional Components

Credits with a grade of Pass count towards the major only in the case of Internships to fulfill the Capstone requirement.

Substitutions

A non-geography course can substitute for a core, the skills, or the research methods requirement. Substitution requires the written approval of the faculty advisor and Chair of Geography’s Undergraduate Studies Committee on the form entitled Petition to Replace a Geography Requirement. The substituted course does not count towards the necessary number of Geography courses required.

Internships

Learn about opportunities by visiting visiting Geography’s website and Clark’s Career Connections Center. If students satisfy the requirements for the internship to count as an academic credit at Clark, then the internship can count as an Elective Course or Capstone toward the Major, subject to the approval of the Advisor.

Transfer and Study Abroad Credits

Transfer and Study Abroad credits are evaluated on a case-by-case basis for major credit. Consult the Academic Advising Center to assist with the transfer from another university.

Honors Program in Geography

The Honors Program in Geography gives eligible students the opportunity to conduct a research project. To graduate with honors, a student must complete a two-semester honors project conducted under the supervision of two faculty members: the honors supervisor, and the honors reader. The honors supervisor must be a Geography faculty member. Students are encouraged to perform the honors project during the spring semester of the junior year and fall semester of the senior year. To begin the Honors Program, Geography majors must have a minimum of 20 units and a minimum GPA of 3.25 overall and 3.5 in the Geography major. For full information on the Honors Program, please view the Geography Guide to Undergraduate Honors, linked on our website .

Geography Faculty and Staff

Program faculty.

Hamed Alemohammad, Ph.D. Yuko Aoyama, Ph.D. Anthony Bebbington, Ph.D. Asha Best, Ph.D. Mark Davidson, Ph.D. Lyndon Estes, Ph.D. Abby Frazier, Ph.D. Karen Frey, Ph.D. Dominik Kulakowski, Ph.D. Deborah Martin, Ph.D. James McCarthy, Ph.D. Siobhan McGrath, Ph.D. James T. Murphy, Ph.D. Gustavo Oliveira, Ph.D. Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Ph.D. Max Ritts, Ph.D. John Rogan, Ph.D. Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Ph.D. Florencia Sangermano, Ph.D. Christopher A. Williams, Ph.D.

Adjunct Faculty

Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger, Ph.D.

Affiliate Faculty

B. L. Turner, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor

Research Faculty

J. Ronald Eastman, Ph.D.

Emeriti Faculty

Martyn Bowden, Ph.D. Jody Emel, Ph.D. Susan Hanson, Ph.D. Douglas Johnson, Ph.D. Laurence A. Lewis, Ph.D. Samuel Ratick, Ph.D. Dianne Rocheleau, Ph.D. Henry J. Steward, Ph.D.

Frances Wychorski, Department Administrator and Assistant to the Director Yaa Poku, Administrator of Degree Programs Marjorie Miller, Office Coordinator and Asst. to the Dept. Admin. Hilary Laraba, Managing Editor, Economic Geography

Geography Courses

Courses offered within the last 2 Academic Years

• DSCI 215 - Applying Deep Learning to Earth Observation
• GEOG 141 - Research Design and Methods in Geography
• GEOG 205 - Introduction to Hydrology
• GEOG 216 - Field Methods for Environmental Science
• GEOG 225 - Environmental Politics
• GEOG 228 - Hydroclimatology
• GEOG 232 - Landscape Ecology
• GEOG 241 - Designing Just Cities
• GEOG 245 - Problems & Practices in Environmental Stewardship
• GEOG 248 - Social Justice and the City
• GEOG 255 - Critical Geopolitics and the Environment
• GEOG 257 - Internet Geography: Socioeconomic Impacts of Information Technologies
• GEOG 258 - Utopian Visions, Urban Realities: Planning Cities for the 21st Century
• GEOG 263 - The Climate System and Global Environmental Change
• GEOG 274 - Africa’s Development in Global Context
• GEOG 283 - Terrestrial Ecosystems and Global Change
• GEOG 297 - Honors
• GEOG 298 - Internship
• GEOG 299 - Directed Study

Clark University Fully Funded PhD in Geography

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Clark University, based in Worcester, Massachusetts offers a fully funded PhD in Geography. The program offers a strong emphasis on both qualitative and quantitative analysis and the option to combine both in a research project. The students to contribute significantly to research and application in one of four main geographic areas of focus: Human-Environment/Nature-Society Geography, Urban-Economic Geography, Geographic Information Science and Remote Sensing, and Earth System Science. All incoming graduate students are guaranteed the same tuition remission and a minimum of four years of initial assistantship funding, as long as progress to a degree is satisfactory.

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Fully Funded PhD in Geography at Clark University

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Clark University, situated in Worcester, Massachusetts, is renowned for its comprehensive and fully funded PhD program in Geography. The program boasts a robust curriculum that places a strong emphasis on both qualitative and quantitative analysis, offering students the unique opportunity to combine these approaches in their research projects.

With a focus on bridging the gap between theory and practical application, Clark’s PhD in Geography equips students with the knowledge and skills needed to make significant contributions to one of four primary geographic areas of specialization: Human-Environment/Nature-Society Geography, Urban-Economic Geography, Geographic Information Science and Remote Sensing, and Earth System Science.

PhD Program Requirements

To secure a place in Clark University’s PhD in Geography program, prospective students must meet specific admission requirements. A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is typically a prerequisite.

PhD Funding Coverage

Clark University is committed to ensuring that financial concerns do not hinder talented students from pursuing their PhD in Geography. As part of this commitment, the university offers a generous financial support package to incoming graduate students. Here are some key features of the financial support offered:

Tuition Remission: All incoming graduate students, including those in the PhD in Geography program, are guaranteed tuition remission. This means that students do not have to pay tuition fees, greatly reducing the financial burden associated with graduate education.

Assistantship Funding: In addition to tuition remission, students receive a minimum of four years of initial assistantship funding. This funding typically includes a stipend in exchange for teaching or research responsibilities. The specifics of the assistantship may vary, but they are designed to provide students with practical experience while financially supporting their studies.

Satisfactory Progress: The continuation of financial support is contingent on students making satisfactory progress toward their degree. As long as students meet the academic and research expectations set by the program, their funding is secure.

Application Requirement

The application process for Clark University’s PhD program in Geography is rigorous but straightforward. Prospective students should submit the following components as part of their application package:

Online Application: Applicants need to complete an online application form, which is usually available on the university’s website.

Transcripts: Official transcripts from all previous academic institutions attended must be submitted. These transcripts should reflect a strong academic background, particularly in relevant coursework.

Letters of Recommendation: Most applicants are required to submit three to four letters of recommendation. These should come from individuals who can speak to the applicant’s academic abilities and research potential.

Statement of Purpose: A well-crafted statement of purpose is essential. This document should outline the applicant’s research interests, academic and professional goals, and why they are interested in pursuing a PhD in Geography at Clark University.

Resume/CV: Applicants should provide a detailed resume or curriculum vitae to highlight their academic and professional experiences.

TOEFL/IELTS Scores (for International Applicants): Non-native English speakers typically need to provide proof of English proficiency through standardized tests.

Application Deadline

December 15, 2024

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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

The Ph.D. is a different kind of degree from the master’s degree. A doctoral candidate in geography must be capable of making original contributions to knowledge and scholarship. For the students to make such contributions, they must concentrate on a narrow and clearly defined field of study. We require, however, that doctoral candidates know more of geography than their particular specialties; thus, any aspirant for a doctorate must obtain master’s training or its equivalent before being admitted to doctoral candidacy. In short, admission to doctoral candidacy is official recognition that a student’s general foundation in the breadth of geography is satisfactory. Students then devote their attention to developing depth in chosen specialties.

The general requirements for a doctoral degree in geography are more rigorous than those for a master’s degree. At the same time, the greater flexibility of the doctoral program allows advanced students to pursue programs of study tailored to their special interests and needs.

Progress through the degree is marked by: 

• Successful performance in a verbal qualifying exam; 
• Four-day written comprehensive exam, with a verbal portion after the written answers have been assessed by the committee;  
• Formal dissertation proposal; and 
• Verbal defense of a completed dissertation.

The four-year Ph.D. program is reserved for students who have a master’s degree from another graduate program. That can be another geography program at another university, a non-geography program at another university, or a non-geography program at Penn State.

Students entering the four-year Ph.D. program must take the doctoral qualifying exam in their first year. A committee from three of the four fields of geography and formally appointed by the Graduate Program Officer will administer the qualifying exam. The qualifying exam can take place any time during the year, but students in the four-year Ph.D. program typically take it during spring semester.

Students in the four-year Ph.D. program complete a comprehensive exam and defend their dissertation proposal in the second year. Depending on the needs of their research, and in agreement with their doctoral committee, students can fulfill these two requirements in either order. Once students have successfully passed their comprehensive exam and defended their proposal, they typically take two years to research, write, and defend their dissertations.

Our online Graduate Student Handbook explains the program requirements for all degrees.

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