Geography, BS/Geography, MS

Program Coordinator: Anuradha Mukherji (211-A Brewster Building; 252-328-5357; mukherjia@ecu.edu)

The Geography, BS/Geography, MS is initiated while undergraduates are completing the bachelor’s degree. For this program, graduate student course work begins in the student’s third or fourth year of undergraduate study and can be completed with one academic year of study beyond the bachelor’s degree.  Eligible students accepted into the program may count up to 12 semester hours of graduate coursework towards completion of both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Students are formally admitted to the master’s program after all requirements for the undergraduate degree are completed.

ECU undergraduate geography students with a 3.0 minimum cumulative GPA may apply to the accelerated program during the semester in which they expect to complete a minimum of 75 eligible undergraduate semester hours. Upon acceptance and the submission of the Request to Pursue an Accelerated Undergraduate/Graduate Program online form by the Graduate Program Director, the student can begin taking graduate courses the following semester.

Students admitted to the accelerated program must earn a B or higher in all graduate coursework to remain in the program. Undergraduate accelerated program students earning a grade of C in any graduate course can count that course toward the bachelor’s degree but will no longer be eligible to take additional graduate courses and will be dropped from the accelerated program. Students will be able to apply to the graduate program in geography.

Undergraduate students accepted into the accelerated program may count up to 12 s.h. from the following courses towards completion of both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees.

The following course is required: 

• GEOG 6110 - Research Design in Geography  

Select up to 9 semester hours of electives from the list below:

• GEOG 5393 - Seminar in Human Geography  (for an elective)
• GEOG 6100 - History and Philosophy of Geography  (for an elective)
• GEOG 6150 - Quantitative Methods in Geography  (for an elective)
• GEOG 6210 - Advanced Fluvial and Hydrological Processes  (for GEOG 4210 - Fluvial and Hydrological Processes)
• GEOG 6291 - Independent Study in Physical Geography  (for GEOG 4291 - Supervised Study in Physical Geography)
• GEOG 6292 - Independent Study in Physical Geography  (for GEOG 4292 - Supervised Study in Physical Geography)
• GEOG 6293 - Independent Study in Physical Geography  (for GEOG 4293 - Supervised Study in Physical Geography)
• GEOG 6320 - Feminist Theories of Economy  (for GEOG 4320 - Gender, Environment, and Development)
• GEOG 6335 - Tourism Development  (for GEOG 4335 - Geography of Tourism)
• GEOG 6340 - GIS for Public Health Research  (for GEOG 4340 - GIS for Health Studies)
• GEOG 6360 - Geographies of Global Climate Change  (for GEOG 4360 - Geographies of Global Climate and Environmental Change)
• GEOG 6391 - Independent Study in Human Geography GEOG 6392 - Independent Study in Human Geography  (for GEOG 4391 - Supervised Study in Human Geography)
• GEOG 6392 - Independent Study in Human Geography  (for GEOG 4392 - Supervised Study in Human Geography)
• GEOG 6393 - Independent Study in Human Geography  (for GEOG 4393 - Supervised Study in Human Geography)
• GEOG 6400 - Seminar in Geographic Information and Analysis  (for an elective)
• GEOG 6401 - Geographic Information Systems  (for an elective)
• GEOG 6420 - Advanced Remote Sensing  (for GEOG 4420 - Remote Sensing II)
• GEOG 6430 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems  (for an elective)
• GEOG 6440 - Spatial Analysis of Coastal Environments  (for GEOG 4440 - Coastal Applications of GIS)
• GEOG 6491 - Independent Study in Geographic Techniques  (for GEOG 4491 - Supervised Study in Geographic Techniques)
• GEOG 6492 - Independent Study in Geographic Techniques  (for GEOG 4492 - Supervised Study in Geographic Techniques)
• GEOG 6493 - Independent Study in Geographic Techniques  (for GEOG 4493 - Supervised Study in Geographic Techniques)