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The Graduate School of Geography offers a major, minor and electives for undergraduates and a Ph.D. program. Qualified Clark undergraduates can take advantage of an accelerated fifth year program that leads to a B.A./M.A. in Geographic Information Science. An M.A. in Geographic Information Science for Development and Environment is available through a shared program with the Department of International Development, Community and Environment. |
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Ph.D. in Geography
The Clark Advantage
The Graduate School of Geography at Clark has an internationally renowned reputation and is an acknowledged leader in the field. Consistently ranked as one of the top ten graduate programs by the National Research Council, Clark Geography enables graduate students to train with top professionals and participate in a world-class research community.
The Graduate School admits talented students with diverse backgrounds from
around the world to study and work with recognized experts within the intimate atmosphere of a small urban university that fosters close faculty-student relationships. The program offers a strong emphasis in both qualitative and quantitative analysis and the option to combine both in a research project. The same guaranteed tuition remission and a three-year funding package are offered to all incoming students. This arrangement lends itself to a
supportive graduate student body and fosters an exceptional level of extramural
grants and fellowships among that body. Clark's location in Worcester, Massachusetts puts it in proximity to major urban areas such as New York City and Boston.
Mission Statement
Our objective is to produce scholars and other professionals whose research and pedagogy are path breaking. We intend our students to contribute significantly to research and application that contributes to
Our three main graduate research foci involve nature-society geography,
urban-economic geography, and GIScience.
Within these foci we encourage an education of excellence and innovation across a number of areas of specialization:
- Feminist Geography
- Global Economic Change
- Environment and Development
- Social & Spatial Theory
- Economy & Culture of Cities
- Political/Cultural Ecology
- Land Change and Sustainability Science
- GIS & Spatial Analysis
- Resource Geography
Requirements
The Ph.D. Program does not require applicants to earn an M.A. en route, nor do we accept students for the Master's degree alone. Incoming students range from those holding Master's degree in geography to those having little or no past experience in the field. The former might expect to complete the program in three or four years, whereas the latter should expect to take five years. Accepted students are expected to make up any deficiencies in their previous training. We accept students for fall admission only.
Requirements include 16 course credits (eight for those entering with an M.A.); satisfactory completion of doctoral evaluations; fulfillment of a skills requirement; and completion, acceptance, and successful defense of a dissertation. Also required are three years of residence (or 2 1/2 for those entering with an M.A. in geography). The normal course load is three courses per semester. The usual sequence students follow is: coursework, doctoral exam, research proposal, and dissertation research, write up, and defense.
In the first year, students normally complete the two required courses, Geography 318: Explanation in Geography and Geography 368: The Development of Western Geographic Thought, and take additional courses to help refine their interests.
Click for more information on the first, second and third years of the program and the dissertation.
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Academic Catalog & Requirements
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| Incoming graduate students, 2007. Back Row, From left to right: Prajjwal Panday, Arijit Guha, Joe Pierce, Rory Horner. Front Row, Left to Right: Roberta Hawkins, Dominique Werboff, Neeti, Mary Lawhon |
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Additional Resources
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