Geography, Regional Planning Track, MS
Range of Faculty Expertise Set Her Up for Success
"Every faculty member in the Geography, Geology, Environment, and Planning Department has helped to set me up for success in my current career. Geography can encompass such a wide range of specialties. Everyone has their own niche, and it has benefited me to have had the opportunity to study in such a diverse department."
Sara Fortnam '10, MS Geography/GIS, now a GIS Technologist for Chevron
Become a Leader in Regional Planning
Acquire the theoretical, practical, and policy knowledge necessary to become a regional planner. As a student in this track, you'll choose from a number of geography-centered studies: population, urban, trade and transportation, political, social, and settlement. You can then study the many different areas that impact regional planning: design, law, policy, theory, economy, environment, and plan implementation.
Core Program (9cr)
- GEOG 610 - Research in Geography and Regional Planning 3 cr
- GEOG 612 - Quantitative Techniques in Geography and Regional Planning 3 cr
- GEOG 614 - Thought and Philosophy in Geography and Regional Planning 3 cr
Regional Planning Track (15cr)
Five courses from among the following:
- GEOG 531 - Population Geography 3cr
- GEOG 532 - Urban Geography 3cr
- GEOG 533 - Geography of Trade and Transportation 3cr
- GEOG 534 - Political Geography 3cr
- GEOG 536 - Social Geography 3cr
- GEOG 550 - Introduction to Community Planning 3cr
- GEOG 552* - Planning Methods 3cr
- GEOG 554 - Planning Design 3cr
- GEOG 558 - Land Use Law 3cr
- GEOG 564* - Land Use Policy 3cr
- GEOG 568 - Planning Theory 3cr
- GEOG 617 - Field Techniques in Geography and Planning 3cr
- GEOG 623 - Regional Development 3cr
- GEOG 624 - Technical Issues in GIS 3cr
- GEOG 625 - Environmental Planning 3cr
- GEOG 633 - Settlement Geography 3cr
- GEOG 665 - Plan Implementation 3cr
- PLSC 668 - Public Sector Financial Administration 3cr