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&
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Geography
B.S.
Extended Geography; Geographic Education; Geographic Information
Management (GIS);
Remote Sensing
Public
Planning B.S.
Land Use Planning;
Environmental Planning; Tourism & Recreation Planning; GIS & Planning;
American Indian Planning
Parks
& Recreation Management
B.S. & Certificate
MS
in Applied Geographic Infomation Science
GIS Graduate Certificate
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DEPARTMENT & NAU LINKS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
Course Schedules - incl. Final Exams
- NAU
Course Schedule Lookup - includes current and past semesters
- Current and forthcoming Academic Calendars can be found at the bottom of this link
- Final
Exam Schedule - all semesters
Graduate Student-Specific
- Graduate College Info for Students (and Advising): Travel Awards, Health Insurance, Thesis Guidelines
- NAU Graduate Catalogs - current and past
- Graduate College Info for Staff and Faculty: University Graduate Committee; Admin Calendar (thesis due dates); Assistantships; Certificate Policy & Procedures; Graduate Statistics; Survival Guide for Grad Coordinators and Department Staff
- MA Rural Geography Program of Study (advising) Forms
- Dept. Course Substitution Policy
- NAU Institutional Review Board homepage
- Rural Geography New Student Orientation Agenda - Fall 2003
- GGR/PL Dept Writing Guidelines & Links to Writing Help Online
- Practicum Forms (MS Word)
- Major Advisor Expectation (form T) - MSWord
- Graduate Committee Form - MSWord - Acrobat.PDF
- Graduate Assistantship Application Form - MSWord
- Acrobat.PDF
- Department Faculty and Staff Resource Page
EMAIL LISTS
For questions or to be added/removed from these email lists, please contact Dr. Alan A. Lew <Alan.Lew@nau.edu>
- NAU Geography Grad Students <Geography-Graduate@lists.nau.edu>
- NAU Geography, Planning and Recreation Alumni List
- NAU Geography, Planning and Recreation Jobs List
GENERAL INTEREST LINKS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
- Economic Development Digest. Published by the National Association of Development Organizations. The digest contains some useful and well-developed information on rural economic development needs and concerns.
- National Rural Development Partnership (NRDP)
- Western Rural Development Center
- Geography Grad Students Research Email List - to subscribe, send an email to: owner-geog-grad-research@sfu.ca
- How to find cheap airline tickets online
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS: Case Studies
- The case study as a research method - http://fiat.gslis.utexas.edu/~ssoy/usesusers/l391d1b.htm
- The case study method - http://www.lib.uwo.ca/business/case.html
- Application of a case study methodology - http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR3-3/tellis2.html
- For new graduate students, the book titled Study Skills for Geography Students : A Practical Guide, by Kneale, Pauline E, London ; New York : Arnold, 1999 - can take a lot of the uncertainty out of your graduate student life. Even seasoned graduate students will find the practical tips a real time saver.
INTERNET SITES
- The fascinating world of maps and mapping - http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.html
- The society of cartographers - http://www.soc.org.uk/
- Tracking weather satellites - http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/RealTime/JTrack/NOAA.html
- Demographic data of the world - http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbsum.html
- The internet encyclopedia of philosophy - http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/
- The encyclopedia mythica - http://www.pantheon.org/
- The Revenge of Geography
http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=1620794
It was naive to imagine that the global reach of the internet would make geography irrelevant. Wireline and wireless technologies have bound the virtual and physical worlds closer than ever...........