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ARKANSAS<br />

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL<br />

ARKANSAS<br />

DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY<br />

DATE FOUNDED: 1928<br />

DEGREES OFFERED: BA or BS in Geography, BA or BS<br />

in Geography-Geospatial, BS in Environmental Science:<br />

Planning & Administration, Graduate Certificate in GIS,<br />

MS in GIS, MS in Community & Economic<br />

Development<br />

GRANTED 9/1/14-8/31/15: 2 BA Geography, 5 BS<br />

Geography, 3 Certificate GIS, 2 MSGIS, 6 MSCED<br />

MAJORS: 28 Undergraduate Geography & Geospatial, 19<br />

Undergraduate E.S. Planning & Administration, 4<br />

Graduate GIS Certificate, 25 Graduate MGIS, 16<br />

Graduate MSCED<br />

CHAIR: Jeff Allender<br />

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT:<br />

Suzanne Rogers<br />

FOR CATALOG AND FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE<br />

TO: Department of Geography, University of Central Arkansas, 318<br />

Burdick Hall, 201 Donaghey Avenue, Conway, AR 72035.<br />

Telephone: (501) 450-3164. Fax: (501) 852-2926.<br />

Email: jeffa@uca.edu. Web: http://uca.edu/geography/.<br />

PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH FACILITIES<br />

At the University of Central Arkansas, our undergraduate programs<br />

provide the breadth and depth of knowledge needed to understand<br />

contemporary natural and human problems, as well as the geospatial<br />

skills needed to work in geographic and other professions. Faculty<br />

members provide exceptional training in cartography, remote sensing,<br />

and geographic information systems (GIS). Our two graduate<br />

programs focus on the theoretical and practical use of geospatial<br />

technology. The GIS Graduate Certificate provides working<br />

professionals and graduate students the opportunity to receive<br />

sophisticated technical training that will enhance their employment<br />

skills or broaden their career options. The Master of GIS degree is a<br />

more comprehensive and intensive program that takes students beyond<br />

that offered in the Certificate program.<br />

ACADEMIC PLAN, ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS, AND<br />

FINANCIAL AID: The degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of<br />

Science, with a major in Geography or Geography with a Geospatial<br />

concentration requires successful completion of 120 hours including<br />

the UCA core, 37 hours of geography courses, and a minor as worked<br />

out with the student’s advisor. The major in Environmental Science:<br />

Planning and Administration also requires successful completion of<br />

120 hours including the UCA core, the Environmental Science core,<br />

and the Planning and Administration core and may contain between<br />

23 and 40 hours of geography courses, depending upon electives<br />

taken. No minor is required for this major.<br />

The online Master of Science in GIS (MGIS) program offers both a<br />

Masters and a Graduate Certificate. The Certificate requires the<br />

successful completion of 15 credits, and a Master of Science in GIS<br />

with either a thesis or non-thesis option requires the successful<br />

completion of 30 credits which include a thesis or GIS Graduate<br />

Project.<br />

The online Master of Science in Community and Economic<br />

Development (MSCED) requires the successful completion of 36<br />

credits. It is designed for practitioners and professionals in the fields<br />

of community development and economic development, and combines<br />

practical applications and theories.<br />

FACULTY<br />

Jeffery D. Allender, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1992,<br />

Assistant Professor and chair — international tourism<br />

development, urban and regional planning, regional specialty:<br />

China and East Asia, vernacular architecture, pedagogy of<br />

geography<br />

Matthew H. Connolly, Ph.D., Texas State University, 2013, Assistant<br />

Professor — environmental geography, water resources, humanenvironment<br />

interaction, GIS, remote sensing, spatial analysis<br />

William T. Flatley, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2012, Assistant<br />

Professor — forest dynamics, fire ecology, climate change,<br />

ecological restoration, ecological modeling<br />

Ellen E. Hostetter, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2007, Assistant<br />

Professor — American cultural landscapes, legal geographies,<br />

and historical geography with a focus on automobile landscapes<br />

Stephen M. O’Connell, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2010,<br />

Assistant Professor — cultural landscapes, recreation and<br />

tourism, historical geography, regional specialty: North<br />

America, geospatial technology in education<br />

Mary Sue Passe-Smith, M.A. University of Arkansas, 2004, Senior<br />

Lecturer — modeling topographic influences on tornadogenesis,<br />

hazard vulnerability mapping, hazard response and policy,<br />

natural hazards in general, GIS<br />

Brooks C. Pearson, Ph.D., Indiana University, 1999, Assistant<br />

Professor — geospatial technology and accuracy of historical<br />

maps, historical cartography, geospatial techniques, regional<br />

specialty: Arkansas<br />

Michael S. Yoder, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1994, Associate<br />

Professor — economic, urban, Arkansas, Mexico, regional<br />

specialty: Latin America<br />

CALIFORNIA<br />

CALIFORNIA STATE<br />

UNIVERSITY, CHICO<br />

DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND PLANNING<br />

DATE FOUNDED: 1964<br />

GRADUATE PROGRAM FOUNDED: 1970<br />

DEGREES OFFERED: B.A. in Geography with options in<br />

Human Geography and Planning, and Physical and<br />

Environmental Geography; M.A. Environmental Policy<br />

and Planning<br />

CERTIFICATES OFFERED: Certificate in Geospatial<br />

Technology; Certificate in Land Use & Environmental<br />

Planning<br />

MINORS OFFERED: Environmental Studies; Geography;<br />

Geospatial Literacy; Planning and Development<br />

DUAL DEGREES OFFERED: Geography and Economics;<br />

Geography and History<br />

GRANTED 9/1/15 - 8/31/16: 25 Bachelors, 2 Masters<br />

STUDENTS IN RESIDENCE: 75 Majors, 8 Masters<br />

CHAIR: Dean H.K. Fairbanks<br />

ADMINISTRATIVE ASST: Jessie Mendoza<br />

LAB TECHNICIAN: Cathie Benjamin<br />

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Department of<br />

Geography and Planning, California State University, Chico,<br />

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