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NORTHERN ARIZONA<br />
UNIVERSITY<br />
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, PLANNING, AND<br />
RECREATION<br />
DATE FOUNDED: 1967<br />
GRADUATE PROGRAM FOUNDED: 1990<br />
DEGREES OFFERED: B.S. in Geographic Sciences and<br />
Community Planning; B.S. in Public Planning; B.S. in<br />
Parks and Recreation Management; M.S. in Applied<br />
Geospatial Sciences; Certificate in Parks and Recreation<br />
Management; Graduate Certificate in Geographic<br />
Information Systems; Graduate Certificate in Community<br />
Planning; M. of Administration in Community Planning<br />
and Geographic Information Systems<br />
GRANTED 6/1/11-5/13/16: 45 Geographic Science and<br />
Planning, 238 Recreation, 47 Masters, 58 Masters<br />
Certificates<br />
STUDENTS IN RESIDENCE: 52 Geographic Science and<br />
Planning, 352 Recreation, 34 Masters, 42 Masters<br />
Certificates<br />
CHAIR: Mark Maciha<br />
DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE: Dana<br />
Mandino<br />
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE TO: Administrative<br />
Associate, Department of Geography, Planning, and Recreation,<br />
Northern Arizona University, NAU Box 15016, Flagstaff, Arizona<br />
86011-5016. Telephone (928) 523-2650. Fax (928) 523-2275.<br />
E-mail: geog@nau.edu. Internet: http://nau.edu/sbs/gpr.<br />
PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH FACILITIES: The B.S. degree is<br />
offered with majors in Geographic Science and Community Planning,<br />
and parks and recreation management. The Geographic Sciences and<br />
Community Planning major integrates geographic knowledge and GIS<br />
mapping technologies with the problem-solving fields of community<br />
planning and urban design. Known as Geodesign, this educational<br />
framework will prepare you to create more livable and sustainable<br />
communities while contributing to a better world. The Parks and<br />
Recreation Management program offers emphases in community and<br />
commercial recreation, outdoor education and leadership, Park<br />
Protection, Tourism, and Individualized Studies. The Parks and<br />
Recreation Management degree program is also available over the<br />
Internet. The department also offers a specialist program, called the<br />
Park Ranger Training Program which is one of seven ranger training<br />
programs across the United States. This program offers a national park<br />
service approved basic law enforcement training for those seeking<br />
seasonal and permanent law-enforcement ranger jobs with the national<br />
park service. For more information see the program website at<br />
www.prm.nau.edu/rangers. The Park Ranger Training is also part of<br />
the Park Protection emphasis area within the PRM degree program.<br />
The Department of Geography, Planning, and Recreation also offers a<br />
15 semester hour undergraduate certificate in parks and recreation<br />
management over the Internet, and an 18 semester hour graduate-level<br />
certificate in GIS and a 15 semester hour graduate-level certificate in<br />
Community Planning.<br />
We now offer a B.S. - M.S. Integrated Program in Applied<br />
Geospatial Sciences For NAU undergraduate Students Majoring<br />
in B.S. Geographic Sciences and Community Planning and B.S. Parks<br />
and Recreation Management. The Integrated B.S.- M.S. Program<br />
offers highly qualified and mature undergraduate students the<br />
opportunity for graduate study earlier than would normally be<br />
possible. The program is open to students who have demonstrated a<br />
mastery and commitment to the emphasis areas offered in the M.S. in<br />
Applied Geospatial Science.<br />
Benefits of the Integrated Program include: The Graduate Record<br />
Exam (GRE) is not required. We use coursework experience in the<br />
department to evaluate this aspect of the application. Students may<br />
transfer 6 units from the B.S. degree to the M.S. degree. Students must<br />
meet with an advisor prior to application to determine the 6 units that<br />
will be transferred. These units will continue to apply to the B.S.<br />
degree, which means the student will have 6 fewer units to complete<br />
the two degrees. Students can graduate in 5 years with both a B.S. and<br />
M.S. degree, if they plan their program of study appropriately.<br />
The MS Applied Geospatial Sciences degree plan is designed for<br />
students who want to pursue a career in understanding and managing<br />
land, community and environmental spatial systems, including<br />
geographic information systems (GIS), and remote sensing, and public<br />
planning and recreation. Both thesis and nonthesis plans are available.<br />
This nonthesis plan requires a professional applied paper that is<br />
overseen by your practicum committee.<br />
The Geospatial Technologies Emphasis (nonthesis) is a<br />
Professional Science Master's (PSM) degree. For more<br />
information on PSM degrees, visit the website of the National<br />
Professional Science Master's Association.<br />
NAU is ideally situated for field studies and research in geography,<br />
planning and recreation. The Grand Canyon and five other national<br />
parks and the largest American Indian reservation in the U.S. are all<br />
within a day's drive of the campus. Department research facilities<br />
include two well equipped GIS/ remote sensing labs and a Geodesign<br />
studio classroom. Our faculty members have a long-standing<br />
commitment to provide personalized attention to the needs of the<br />
individual student through close student-faculty interaction in a<br />
friendly, intellectually stimulating campus atmosphere.<br />
ACADEMIC PLAN, ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS, AND<br />
FINANCIAL AID: Semester system.<br />
UNDERGRADUATE: For department information write the<br />
Administrative Associate. For university application materials write to<br />
Office of Admissions, NAU Box 4084, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-<br />
4084.<br />
GRADUATE: For the M.S. and GIS Certificate and Community<br />
Planning graduate certificate programs, a 3.0 GPA and undergraduate<br />
geography degree are preferred, but other majors can be accepted with<br />
course deficiencies. Teaching and research assistantships are<br />
available. Application forms must be submitted to both the NAU<br />
Graduate College and to the department. For additional information<br />
contact the Geography or GIS Program Coordinators (below) at the<br />
department address, or visit the department website. Applications<br />
received in full by August 1st (for Fall semester admissions) and<br />
January 1st (for Spring semester admissions) will receive priority<br />
consideration for graduate assistantships.<br />
FINANCIAL AID: Office of Student Financial Aid, NAU Box 4108,<br />
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-4108 http://nau.edu/finaid/ .<br />
GEOGRAPHY AND PUBLIC PLANNING FACULTY:<br />
Jessica R. Barnes, Ph.D., Ohio State, 2014; Lecturer — human<br />
geography, developing world, climate change, cultural<br />
geography. (Jessica.Barnes@nau.edu)<br />
R. Dawn Hawley, Ph.D., Arizona State, 1994; Professor — public<br />
land policy, economic geography, urban geography, GIS, U.S.,<br />
Geographic Science & Community Planning Coordinator<br />
(D.Hawley@nau.edu)<br />
Ruihong 'Ray' Huang, Ph.D., Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2003; Associate<br />
Professor — GIS, spatial Statistics, urban transportation<br />
planning, land use planning, geomorphology<br />
Alan A. Lew, Ph.D., Oregon, 1986; AICP; Professor — urban<br />
planning, tourism, East and Southeast Asia<br />
Mark Manone, M.A., Northern Arizona University; Associate<br />
Professor of Practice — GIS<br />
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