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August, 2009. This B.S. sets the basis for strong spatial curricula from
a geotechnology perspective to feed our graduate programs. At the M.
A. level it offers the Planning and Urban Development program with a
major area in Urban Spatial Analysis and recognized by CONACyT.
This was the first graduate program at UACJ, operating since 1989
and source of the Geographic Information Center created in 1993. At
the Ph.D. level, the Department offers the Urban Studies program
open in January 2010, and also recognized by CONACyT, offering the
same Geography related major area in Urban Spatial Analysis
available at the M.A. To support the academic and research activities
of these programs, the Department has the Urban Territorial Analysis
Laboratory (LAUT) equipped with specialized hardware, GIS,
statistics, and Remote Sensing software for all the projects with a
spatial component. The advantages of this geotechnological platform
are also used in the learning process of grad and undergrad students,
professors and research specialists visiting the UACJ. This
infrastructure also serves as the basis for a Continuous Education
Training program in geotechnology applications for urban and
environmental studies. Some of the main applications developed with
the support of this research facilities include projects on remote
sensing groundwater exploration and geomorphology mapping;
watersheds characterization with high resolution Lidar DEMs; GIS
landscape units characterization, high resolution remote sensing urban
growth monitoring; GIS urban planning applications; land ordinance
programs based on geospatial technologies; Lidar terrain analysis and
modeling; remote sensing derived riparian ETP, and land use/cover
change in urban and rural environments.
ACADEMIC PLAN, ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS, AND
FINANCIAL AID: The Urban Studies Ph.D. is a 6-semester program
offering three major areas: 1. Urban and architectural space, 2. City
and urban integration processes, and 3. Urban territorial analysis.
Within each of these specialization areas, students can choose from an
ample variety of research themes, representing the research interests
of faculty. The study plan is organized in two levels. The first two
semesters consists of research, interdisciplinary, and specialized
seminars. The remaining semesters are devoted to research seminars
to complete the thesis work on individual schedules.
The Planning and Urban Development M.A. is a 4-semester program,
which offers a complete set of courses in three major areas: 1. Urban
design and housing, 2. Urban structure and mobility, and 3. Geospatial
analysis for land ordinance. Applications are accepted on a yearly
basis. Admission requirements include, among others, passing a
preliminary set of short courses in preparation for the beginning of the
program, a statement of intention specifying the proposed subject for
the thesis, and an interview with the Academic Committee.
The B.S. program in Geoinformatics offers a strong curriculum in
spatial analysis, based on four horizontal thematic axes: 1. Geographic
Information Systems, 2. Remote Sensing, 3. Programming, and 4.
Geostatistics. This B.S. is an 8-semester program accepting
applications from students in architecture, geography, engineering,
and other related disciplines. The UACJ has a comprehensive set of
scholarships for students with excellent GPA at the bachelor level.
FACULTY:
Alatorre Cejudo, Luis Carlos, Ph.D., Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
— Remote Sening, Global Change, Hidrology Geomorphology*
Bravo Peña, Luis Carlos. Ph.D., Centro de Investigación en
Alimentación y Desarrollo A.C., Mexico — Landscape dinamics,
land suitability, land ordinance, Land use land cover change*
Chávez, Javier, Ph.D., University of Arizona, U.S. — Urban
development, GIS analysis, Demography
Granados Olivas, Alfredo, Ph.D., New Mexico State University, U.S.
— RS-GIS for hydrology and geology, Groundwater research,
Soil mapping, Precision agriculture
Gutierrez Casas, Luis Enrique, Ph.D. Universidad Complutense de
Madrid, Spain — Urban and regional economy, Urban planning
Hernández Hernández Vladimir, Ph.D. El Colegio de la Frontera
Norte, México — Urban geography, Urban movility.
Llera Pacheco, Francisco Javier, Ph.D., University of Arizona, U.S.
— Economic geography, Urban administration, Economic
development, Mexico-US border communities
Maycotte Pansza, Elvira, Ph.D. Universidad Autónoma de Colima,
Mexico — Architecture, Housing, Urban development, Public
urban space
Meza Carpio, Estela, Ph.D., Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
— Aesthetics and urban culture
Rivero Peña, Héctor, Ph.D., Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya,
Spain — Urban processes, Urban design, Housing
Rodríguez Sosa, Marisol Ph.D., Universidade Federal do Rio de
Janeiro, Brasil — Urbanism and planning theory, Urban public
space, Urban cultural landscape
Salazar Gutiérrez, Salvador, Ph.D., Instituto Tecnológico y de
Estudios Superiores de Occidente, Mexico — Urban sociology,
Urban culture
Sánchez Flores, Erick, Ph.D., University of Arizona, U.S. — GIS-RS
of natural human environments, Land use land cover change
monitoring, Environmental Geography
Torres Olave Maria Elena, PhD. — Land use land cover change
monitoring, Environmental Geography
Complementary Staff: faculty from other areas within the UACJ and
from peer institutions in the U.S. southwest region and Mexico
participate in our academic programs.
*Faculty located in the Cuauhtémoc campus
UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE
SAN LUIS POTOSÍ
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES Y
HUMANIDADES
FECHA DE FUNDACION: Agosto de 2002
PROGRAMAS DE ESTUDIO: Licenciatura en Geografía
CONTACTO PARA PROGRAMA DE PREGRADO: Dr.
Oscar Reyes Pérez, osrp@uaslp.mx
SITIO WEB:
http://www.uaslp.mx/Spanish/Academicas/fcsh/OFE/Geo
grafia/Paginas/default.aspx
http://www.geografiauaslp.com/
PARA PEDIR UN CATOLOGO Y MAS INFORMACIONES,
FAVOR DE ESCRIBIE A: Oscar Reyes Pérez, Coordinador de la
licenciatura en Geografía, San Luis Potosí, México, Teléfono: 52-444-
8321000; ext. 9231,osrp@uaslp.mx
PROGRAMAS E INSTALACIONES DE INVESTIGACIÓN: En
la licenciatura en Geografía que se imparte en la Universidad
Autónoma de San Luis Potosí podrás aprender a estudiar cómo poder
organizar nuestro territorio de la manera más armónica, eficiente y
ambientalmente sostenible, a ejecutar estudios de localización de
puntos (centros comerciales), líneas (carreteras) o áreas (zonas con
riesgo de inundación, incendios, terremotos) en un determinado
territorio, así como a expresar tus hallazgos en mapas elaborados
mediante el uso de software especializado que son los Sistemas de
Información Geográfica. Para ingresar debes tener curiosidad
geográfica, es decir, interés en la observación de lugares, capacidad
para sintetizar e interpretar datos de procesos naturales y sociales,
aptitud física e interés por viajar y explorar lugares en México y otras
regiones del mundo, habilidades para el trabajo cartográfico,
familiaridad en el uso de equipos de cómputo; curiosidad intelectual
por conocer los patrones de organización territorial de procesos
naturales y sociales; hábito de lectura e interés por el trabajo científico
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