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Program Overview. The Doctor of Philosophy degree is founded primarily upon specialized advanced training and research. Students normally specialize in a single sub-disciplinary area and are expected to engage in research leading to a dissertation that makes an original and significant contribution to geographic knowledge and ideas.
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All students must take the following foundation courses: 1. Geog 726 – Geographic Information Systems 2. Geog 870 – Contemporary Geographic Approaches 3. Any Geography graduate seminar One of the following three courses: 1. Geog 704 – Remote Sensing: Environmental and Land Use Analysis 2. Geog 747 – Spatial Analysis 3. Geog 827 – Qualitative Resear...
Students, in consultation with their advisor, must select a minimum of three courses that together confer specialized expert knowledge in one thematic area. The courses selected do not have to come from a single list, and they may include other courses not listed. Local Places: Problems and Issues(relevant courses include): 1. Geog 441 – Geography ...
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If appropriate to the proposed area of study, the student’s committee will require that s/he acquire the necessary competence in a foreign language. The major professor will supervise the completion of this requirement with input from the committee as necessary.
Courses taken from geography or cognate fields to achieve the total of 54 credits required for the PhD degree. Students must have the approval of their advisors for the elective courses.
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faculty in Geography or affiliated with Geography. The committee must have at least 4 members, all designated as “readers” (responsible for reading the entire dissertation). The committee must have members from at least 2 University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate programs. Three members must be UW-Madison graduate faculty (or former graduate