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Geography
College of Natural Resources and Environment
Wallace Hall, an academic building on West Campus Drive, contains classrooms, offices, and laboratories that support various departments in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. The original building, constructed of red brick like adjacent Hillcrest Hall, was under construction in 1966 and was occupied in January, 1969. Named for Maude E. Wallace, state home demonstration agent 1929-38; assistant director of Extension 1938-59.
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Department of Geography, 238 Wallace Halll, 295 West Campus Drive, Virginia Tech, Mail Code:0115 Blacksburg VA 24061
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Department Chair : Thomas Crawford
Graduate Program Director : Luke Juran (Graduate Director)
Professors:
James Campbell;
Laurence Carstensen;
Thomas Crawford;
Andrew Ellis;
Korine Kolivras;
Lynn Resler
Associate Professors:
Timothy Baird;
Luke Juran;
Lisa Kennedy;
Robert Oliver;
Thomas Pingel;
Yang Shao
Assistant Professors:
Anamaria Bukvic;
Craig Ramseyer;
Stephanie Zick
Geography Graduate Programs
The graduate program in geography consists of an MS degree in Geography and a PhD. degree in Geospatial and Environmental Analysis. The MS degree develops specialists for academic, agency and industry positions though emphasis on:
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Making appropriate use of methods for geographic inquiry to determine, to analyze, and to interpret spatial and temporal patterns and processes
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Identifying debates and gaps in the current literature to define an original research question
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Conducting research, collecting primary or secondary data, defending, and presenting their findings in publishable form
At the doctoral level, the emphasis is on preparation for research careers with agencies or in academia as:
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students will demonstrate advanced proficiency in geospatial analysis in an interdisciplinary environment
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students will conduct and defend independent research that contributes to the literature
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students will identify and apply appropriate statistical methods for specific research questions
Offered In (Blacksburg)
Degree Requirements
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Institution code: 5859
Testing Requirements:
- GRE
- General Test
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Verbal
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154.0
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Quantitative
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156.0
The MS program in geography emphasizes developing professional competence in the tools, substance, methodology, and theory of the discipline. Thesis and non-thesis options in the 30 semester hour program prepare students for a variety of careers in teaching, research and planning organizations, business and government.
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Offered In (Blacksburg)
Degree Requirements
Minimum GPA: 3.2
Institution code: 5859
Testing Requirements:
- GRE
- General Test
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Verbal
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154.0
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Quantitative
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156.0
The Geospatial and Environmental Analysis PhD. degree is housed in the College of Natural Resources and Environment and the Department of Geography is the home to about 60% of its students. The degree requires that students become proficient in the use of Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing and that their research make use of those tools in environmentally oriented research.
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Geography Research Facilities
The department is housed in Major Williams Hall on the upper quad of the campus. The department occupies the entire first floor of the building with faculty offices and laboratory space.
Biogeography Laboratory
Two Biogeography Laboratories offer advanced facilities for the study of recent and long-term environmental history and vegetation change through analysis of lake sediment and/or tree rings. Equipment resources include refrigerated storage, computers, several Leica compound microscopes with digital imaging capability used in paleoecological research, a Colinvaux-Vohnout Sediment Coring system, Fume Hood, isotemp Furnace, and a Velmex tree-ring measurement system used in dendrochronological analysis.
Geospatial Laboratory
The Department's GIS Laboratory offers 18 Windows 7 workstations for classes and for research, including specialized systems for GIS, cartography, and remote sensing. Software packages include the complete suite of ArcGIS, ArcEngine, Surfer, Python, Visual Studio, Trimble GPS Pathfinder, ERDAS IMAGINE, ENVI/IDL, and eCognition.
Physical Geography Laboratory
The Physical Geography Lab includes equipment for soil sampling, sample desiccation and microscopic viewing.
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