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publishes Economic Geography, an internationally peer-reviewed
journal founded in 1925 and owned by Clark University. Economic
Geography is currently ranked 5 th in Geography and 23 rd in
Economics with ISI 2-year citation impact factor of 2.735 and 5-year
citation impact factor of 5.489 (2014)
(www.clarku.edu/econgeography). The School is closely linked to the
George Perkins Marsh Institute (www.clarku.edu/departments/marsh/)
and the Jeanne X. Kasperson Research Library that facilitates
interdisciplinary and multi-institutional research on nature-society
relationships. The School also works closely with Clark Labs, a
research center that developed within the School. Clark Labs creates
and distributes the TerrSet software system (including Idrisi, the Earth
Trends Modeler and the Land Change Modeler), and conducts
research in GIScience, Earth Information Science, and Conservation
GIS. Finally, the School has initiated a collaborative doctoral track in
Geography and Genocide Studies with the Strassler Center for
Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Clark University is located on a 50-acre campus within Worcester, the
heart of central Massachusetts. Eleven other universities and colleges
in the city and surrounding area form the Higher Education
Consortium of Central Massachusetts. The School maintains an
extensive Map and Digital Library that is a depository for federal
agencies, a graduate student computer room and lounge, office or
desk space for most graduate students, an undergraduate lounge, and
CoFERT (Computer Facility for Environmental Research and
Teaching), an advanced computing lab.
The Graduate School of Geography and Clark’s Department of
International Development, Community, and Environment (IDCE)
jointly offer a M.S. degree in Geographic Information Sciences for
Development and Environment. The degree is designed as a three or
four semester program for early and mid-career professionals with
responsibilities in mapping, environmental database development,
resource management, planning, policy implementation and
environmental monitoring. For further information, contact the IDCE
Department. Telephone: (508)793-7201; Fax: (508) 793-8820;
Internet:
http://www.clarku.edu/departments/geography/maprograms/gisde.cfm
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ACADEMIC PLAN, ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS, AND
FINANCIAL AID:
UNDERGRADUATE: Semester system. The School of Geography’s
undergraduate program emphasizes a broad education in the field of
geography with specializations in urban-economic, humanenvironment,
GIS-remote sensing, and earth system science.
Geography majors are required to become proficient in research
methods and are encouraged to gain skills in quantitative methods,
GIS, and mapping. Students with an outstanding academic record are
eligible to participate in the Geography Honors program, which
involves the completion of a two-semester independent honors project
conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Many
geography majors study abroad, and qualified majors may be selected
for Clark’s prestigious Human-Environment Regional Observatory
(HERO) Program, a nationally competitive NSF REU Site program,
which includes paid summer research fellowships and a year-long
research seminar (http://www.clarku.edu/departments/hero/). Majors
may also be selected for Clark’s competitive internship program with
NOAA.
The School also offers a major in Global Environmental Studies
(GES) and a concentration in Earth Systems Science (ESS) in Clark's
Environmental Science major. GES focuses on the cultural and
political dimensions of environmental knowledge, practice, and
policy, as well as environmental justice. ESS examines how the earth
system’s component parts interact and function as a whole through
biophysical connections among land, cryosphere, atmosphere, and
oceans. Both majors offer such technical skills as remote sensing and
geographical information systems for those students seeking them as
well as an array of internships, study abroad, and special study
programs. GES majors and ESS concentrators are qualified to apply
for the various honors and related programs noted above for
geography. The Accelerated Degree Program gives qualifying Clark
undergraduate students access to our high-quality graduate programs
and requires students to conduct original research. Applicants to the
program who meet certain eligibility requirements can receive a
tuition scholarship during their Fifth Year to pursue a M.A. degree.
For further information regarding the academic plan, admission
requirements or financial aid, please contact Undergraduate
Admissions Office, Clark University, 950 Main Street, Worcester,
Massachusetts 01610-1477, Telephone: (508)793-7431. For further
information on the undergraduate programs in geography, global
environmental studies, or the concentration in earth systems science,
you may contact the Undergraduate Program Coordinator Rachel
Levitt (RLevitt@clarku.edu); Telephone: (508)793-7282. In addition,
for Global Environmental Studies, you may also contact Professor
James McCarthy, GES Director (JaMcCarthy@clarku.edu or
ges@clarku.edu); Internet: http://www.clarku.edu/programs/major-orminor-global-environmental-studies.
For the Earth Systems Science
concentration in the Environmental Science major, you may also
contact Professor John Rogan (JRogan@clarku.edu); Internet:
http://www.clarku.edu/departments/ES/ess/.
GRADUATE (PH.D. PROGRAM): Semester system. Three year
residence required for Ph.D. Admission Requirements: interests
coincident with those of department; evidence of competence to
pursue graduate work at the Ph.D. level; GRE scores required for all
applicants; applicants from related fields will be considered. TOEFL
scores (or the results of another English proficiency test) and the
TOEFL test of spoken English (TSE) are required of those students
from countries where English is not the first language. An exception is
made for students who are currently studying in the United States,
Canada, Great Britain, or Australia or who have received a degree
from a university in those countries. The application deadline is
December 31st. Financial Aid includes tuition fellowships and
research and teaching assistantships. All students accepted into the
program are funded equally. Interested applicants should contact
Graduate Program Administrator Brenda Nikas-Hayes
(BNikasHayes@clarku.edu); Telephone: (508)793-7337.
FACULTY:
Yuko Aoyama, Ph.D., UC-Berkeley, 1996, Professor of Geography
and Executive Editor, Economic Geography —
economic/industrial geography, globalization, technological
change, cultural economy
Anthony J. Bebbington, Ph.D., Clark, 1990, Milton P. and Alice C.
Higgins Professor of Environment and Society and Director,
Graduate School of Geography — human-environment,
development geography, social movements, political ecology,
extractive industries, Latin America
Mark Davidson, Ph.D., London, 2006, Associate Professor of
Geography — urban geography, gentrification, urban politics,
metropolitanism, policy-making, critical theory
J. Ronald Eastman, Ph.D., Boston, 1982, Professor of Geography and
Director, Clark Labs — geographic information systems, remote
sensing, earth system informatics, land use change
Jacque (Jody) L. Emel, Ph.D., Arizona, 1983, Professor of Geography
and Acting Director (2015) — natural resources, political
ecology, feminist theory, governance, animal geographies
Karen Frey, Ph.D., UCLA, 2005, Associate Professor of Geography
— climate change, polar environments, sea ice variability,
marine/terrestrial biogeochemistry, land surface hydrology,
remote sensing
Dominik Kulakowski, Ph.D., University of Colorado, 2002, Associate
Professor of Geography — forest ecology, mountain forest
ecosystems, disturbance ecology
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