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and course of study can be structured to reflect individual goals and
objectives. Both a thesis and non-thesis option are available within the
M.S. The non-thesis option requires 6 hours of additional coursework
and the successful completion of written examinations and a directed
research problem.
To be admitted to the program, students should have preparation in
Geography or related areas and an undergraduate grade point average
of 2.8 (on a 4.0 scale) or better. Applicants who do not meet these
requirements may be considered on a case-by-case basis. The
Department has graduate assistantships that provide a stipend and
tuition waiver for qualified students on a competitive basis.
FULL AND PART-TIME FACULTY:
The Geography Department has 13 full-time faculty, one of whom is
jointly appointed with the Environmental Sciences program:
Gillian Acheson, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2003, Associate
Professor and Chair — geographic education, human
geography, cultural landscape, population, social justice
Stacey R. Brown-Amilian, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2011,
Assistant Professor — human geography, medical geography,
GIS, quantitative methods
Michael L. Grossman, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 2003,
Associate Professor — physical geography, geomorphology,
hydrology
James Hanlon, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2008, Associate
Professor — urban, cultural, and historical geography, public
and affordable housing, urban redevelopment, racial segregation
and inequality, social theory
Mark L. Hildebrandt, Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1999,
Associate Professor — climatology, meteorology, polar and
alpine environments
Shunfu Hu, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1998, Professor — GIS,
multimedia mapping, remote sensing
Susan E. Hume, Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2005, Associate
Professor — Ethnicity and race, immigrant and refugee
adaptation, migration studies, cultural geography, urban
geography, geographic education
Adriana E. Martinez, Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2013 Assistant
Professor — fluvial geomorphology, physical geography, GIS
Francis O. Odemerho, Ph.D., Clark University, 1982, Associate
Professor — physical geography, geomorphology, Africa
Randall S. Pearson, Ph.D., Indiana State University, 1993, Professor
and Director of the Laboratory for Applied Spatial Analysis —
remote sensing, GIS, physical geography
Wendy Shaw, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1994, Professor and
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences — cultural,
philosophy/history of geography, development, geographic
education
Michael Shouse, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2014, Assistant
Professor — biogeomorphology, biogeography, GIS, remote
sensing
Bin Zhou, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1995, Professor — economic
and urban geography, quantitative techniques, Asia
SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS
COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AND
POLITICAL SCIENCE
DEGREES OFFERED: A.S. with a concentration in
Geography
CHAIR: Carolyn Myers
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE TO: Jeff Arnold,
Southwestern Illinois College, Department of Geography, History, and
Political Science, 2500 Carlyle Rd., Belleville, Illinois 62221-5899.
Telephone (618) 235-2700, ext. 5412. Fax (618) 235-1578.
Internet: www.swic.edu
COURSES OFFERED: World Regional Geography, Introduction to
Weather and Climate, GIS I, GIS II, Economic Geography, Field
Course: Travel/Study Tour, Regional: North America
MATRICULATION AGREEMENTS WITH FOUR-YEAR
COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: The State Universities of Illinois.
FACULTY:
Jeff Arnold
PART-TIME FACULTY:
R. Lynn Bradley
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY and GEOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION SCIENCE
DATE FOUNDED: 1945
GRADUATE PROGRAM FOUNDED: 1950
DEGREES OFFERED: B.A., M.A., M.S., Ph.D., PSM in
GIS
GRANTED 9/1/14-8/31/15: 10 Bachelors, 4 Masters, 3 Ph.D.
STUDENTS IN RESIDENCE: 6 Masters, 28 Ph.D.
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Sara L. McLafferty
DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE ASST: Susan Etter
FOR CATALOG AND FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE
TO: Graduate Director, Department of Geography and Geographic
Information Science, 255 Computing Applications Building,
University of Illinois, 605 E. Springfield Ave., Champaign, Illinois
61820. Telephone: (217) 333-1880. E-mail: geograph@illinois.edu.
Internet: www.geog.illinois.edu.
PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH FACILITIES: The department is
organized into four areas of specialization for training of graduate
students: 1) Geographic Information Science including space-time
GIS, remote sensing, computational GIS and cyberinfrastructure, and
applications of GIS to geographic problems; 2) River, Watershed and
Landscape Dynamics concentrating on fluvial geomorphology,
watershed hydrology, ecohydrology, and landscape modeling; 3)
Society, Space and Environments concentrating on urban geography,
development geography, politics of the environment, geographies of
policing, transportation and mobilities, and social dimensions of
environmental policy; and 4) Cities and Metropolitan Areas with
emphases in urban health and quality of life, urban governance and
politics, race, class, and city policing, critical studies of urban
transportation and mobilities, globalization, neoliberalization and the
city. Strong support for research is also provided through the various
area centers (African, East Asian and Pacific, European Union, Latin
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