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Course Overview

The Master of Arts in Geography and Environmental Studies is a program offered in the evenings and on weekends. The program is designed for students with various academic backgrounds who are interested in a career that spans the human and natural environments -- the social and physical sciences -- and who desire the spatial analytical skills of geography. Graduate students develop an area of proficiency within the broad scope of environmental policy, planning, and management or within the geographic realm of spatial analysis. The program is both theoretical and practical; students gain knowledge, conceptual skills, and technical skills.

Students are expected to:

  • Acquire knowledge about human-environmental relations in which the environment is considered as both space and milieu;
  • Acquire knowledge of rapidly changing landscapes, synthesizing diverse but interrelated information;
  • Acquire knowledge related to locational studies concerning geometrics of movement, size, shape, and distance;
  • Acquire knowledge related to environmental resources including interpretation, planning, development, use, and conservation;
  • Acquire knowledge related to socio-economic development;
  • Use computer cartography and geographic information systems to analyze, monitor, evaluate, and project spatial data;
  • Refine skills related to map interpretation, composition, types, and preparation, and in interpretation of aerial photographs, field observation, and satellite imagery; 
  • Refine skills in collection and analysis of statistical data;
  • Develop skills related to computerized data processing;
  • Refine computational and oral as well as written communication and research skills.

Career Options

The M.A. in Geography and Environmental Studies can land a career in government, industry and non-profit organizations, such as:

  • Evironmental educator and professional
  • Geographer
  • Regional planner
  • Industrial development specialist
  • Research analyst
  • Geographic information systems specialist

Entry Requirement 

Admission Requirements:

An applicant’s undergraduate academic record must reflect an overall grade point average (GPA) of 2.75 or higher on a 4.0 scale. All undergraduate work is included in the evaluation. Post-bachelor’s work in graduate-level courses, if any, is expected to average 3.0 (B) or better. Applicants must meet any additional program requirements.

Goals and Objectives

Submit a two-page statement addressing your goals and objectives specific to the program to which you are applying.

Letters of Recommendation

Two recommenders must each submit a letter of recommendation and the Letter of Recommendation Form on your behalf. Recommenders should be professors and/or employers who can attest to your qualifications. One letter should be from a former professor if you have been in school in the last five years. Recommendation letters from non-supervisory co-workers, family members, or friends will not be accepted. If a recommender submits a letter and form by mail to the Office of Graduate Admissions, his or her signature must appear across the back seal of the envelope.

Alternatively, you can send a link to your recommenders through your online application portal. By accessing the links, your recommenders can complete the Letter of Recommendation Form and submit the letters of recommendation electronically, directly to Northeastern. If you scan or email copies of letters of recommendation, these will not be accepted.

Application Fee

The $30 application fee is payable by mail (check or money order), online (debit or credit card), or in-person (cash, check, money order, debit, or credit card).

All standardized test scores (i.e. GRE, GMAT, TAP, Basic Skills, TOEFL, IELTS, ECE, or WES evaluation) must be sent directly from the organization to be considered official.

Additional Requirements for International Applicants

An international applicant is a foreign student who plans to apply for or is currently in the United States on a non-immigrant student visa. As an international applicant, you are required to fulfill all of the admission requirements and submit all the required documents that domestic applicants do. Additionally, you must demonstrate that you meet eligibility requirements for:

  • Non-immigrant student visa status
  • English language proficiency

Fees

In-stateTuition and fees: $ 9242

Out-of-state Tuition and fees: $ 17033

This information was accurate on : 07/04/2021
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