The University of Georgia, founded in 1785, and also known as UGA or simply Georgia, is an American public land-grant and sea grant research university.

About MA MS degree:

M.A./M.S. Degree Requirements:

You are expected to have a minimum undergraduate background equivalent to each of the following courses:

GEOG 1101 Introduction to Human Geography
GEOG 1112 Introductory Weather and Climate
GEOG 1113 Introduction to Landforms
GEOG 3510 Cartography and Graphics
GEOG 3620 Introduction to Economic Geography
STAT 2000 Elementary Statistics

Specific M.A./M.S. degree requirement:

The Program of Study must include the following core courses:
GEOG 8900 and 8901 (8901 only for those starting in Fall 2008 or later) Proseminars (1 hr. each)
GEOG 6300 Introductory Spatial Analysis (3 hrs.)
GEOG 7000 Master's Research (3 hrs. only)
GEOG 7300 Master's Thesis (3 hrs. only)
The Program of Study must include a minimum of 18 additional elective credit hours, subject to the following conditions:
Minimum of 12 of the 18 elective hours must be taken at the 8000 level.
GEOG 7000, 7005, and 7300 cannot be used as part of the 18 elective hours; also note that no more than 3 hrs of GEOG 7000 and 3 hrs. of GEOG 7300 should appear on the Program of Study.
Up to 9 of the 18 elective hours may be taken outside of geography.
No more than 3 of the 18 elective hours may be from Directed Problems courses from Geography (GEOG 8290, 8390, 8590, 8690) or from any other departments.
Courses taken to fulfill deficiencies may not be included in the 18 elective hours.

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