Fwd: San Diego State University Geography Master's and PhD Applications Opening October 1st!!
Undergrad Advising Global Studies
Date: Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Subject: San Diego State University Geography Master's and PhD Applications Opening October 1st!!
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The Department of Geography at San Diego State University seeks motivated students for its Graduate Programs including:
MA in Human, Urban, and Environmental Geography,
MS in Geographic Information Science,
MS in Watershed Science, and
Ph.D. in Geography, offered jointly with the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
*** Virtual open house for prospective students***
October 16, 1-2pm PacificTime
https://SDSU.zoom.us/meeting/register
Applications are due on December 1st, and official documents are due by December 15th. Please visit https://geography.sdsu.edu/masters/apply or https://geography.sdsu.edu/doctoral/apply for more information on application procedures.
Additional information
Students in our graduate programs perform original research and write thesis and dissertations in a variety of subjects including:
Human and urban geography: cities and urban environments, food, media, migration and borders, political ecology and livelihoods, children and youth geographies
Environmental geography: climate resilience, coastal planning and policy, agroforestry and agriculture
Geographic information science: cartography, visualization, big data analytics, remote sensing, spatial analysis and modeling, geo-computation, spatial decision support systems, participatory GIS
Watershed and climate science: hydrologic and climate modeling, fire, water resources, climate change, vegetation mapping
Funding is available for MA, MS and PhD students through graduate assistantships, teaching assistantships (Geography 101 Laboratory sections), scholarships and grants. All Ph.D. students are funded for 4 years, including salary and tuition at SDSU and UCSB. Research Assistantships are also available for Master’s students on grant-funded projects. Please see individual faculty websites and contact individual faculty members at https://geography.sdsu.edu/People/Faculty/ for details.
Visit the Department of Geography website (https://geography.sdsu.edu), get to know our faculty and research (https://geography.sdsu.edu/People/Faculty/) and learn more about and apply for the Masters (https://geography.sdsu.edu/masters) and Ph.D. program (https://geography.sdsu.edu/doctoral).
For more information, see the attached flyers and contact:
Graduate programs coordinator for information on admissions procedures: GEOGRAPH...@sdsu.edu or geogra...@sdsu.edu:
MA/MS Graduate Advisor Dr. Hilary McMillan, hmcm...@sdsu.edu
Ph.D. Graduate Advisor Dr. Trent Biggs, tbi...@sdsu.edu
