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On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:22:55 -0800 geography <[log in to unmask]>
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> Greetings from the Geography Department of the University of Southern
> California.  We received some e-mail via the MAPS-L list and want to know
> who to contact about posting a message of general interest to your
> subscribers.  Our message would be as follows:
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> The University of Southern California, a national research university with
> a full range of academic and professional degree programs located in Los
> Angeles, California, is pleased to announce two exciting graduate programs
> on the cutting edge of environmental and urban interaction:
>
> 1) Distance Learning Geographic Information Sciences (GIS) Certificate Program
> 2) Environmental Sciences, Policy and Engineering Sustainable Cities Program
>
> The GIS program consists of three regular graduate credit GIS courses in
> Spatial Thinking, Analysis and Modeling, and Organizational GIS Issues
> offered entirely by mail and internet.  The first course in the series will
> start in January 1999 and every semester thereafter.  The program folds in
> several GIS software courses from the ESRI Virtual Campus.  The tuition for
> each course is US $2,824, the entire program is about $9000.  US residents
> may be able to deduct tuition as an unreimbursed business expense or take
> HOPE tax credits.  You must have access to a computer, e-mail, and the
> internet.  Complete details can be found at:
> www.usc.edu/dept/geography/learngis
>
> The new USC Doctoral Training Program in Sustainable Cities is funded by
> the National Science Foundation.  It is a campus-wide collaborative that
> brings together multiple disciplines involved in environmental research,
> policy and management around the theme of building sustainable cities for
> the 21st century.  The Sustainable Cities offers doctoral students a unique
> opportunity to learn to approach environmental problems from a
> sophisticated multifaceted perspective, transcending the conventional
> confines of disciplinary specialization.  It will allow doctoral students
> to acquire a profound understanding of how collaborative,
> interdisciplinary, policy-relevant research on major environmental problems
> should be conducted.
>
> The Environmental Sciences, Policy and Engineering Sustainable Cities
> Program is a two year program, integrated into doctoral degree programs,
> which involves course work and participation in faculty collaborative
> research projects on sustainable cities.  Participating faculty come from
> the natural and social sciences, engineering, planning, policy and
> management.  Collaborative faculty projects are built on strong linkages to
> major decision-makers and stakeholders, and results will have significant
> implications for public policy in the region and beyond.
>
> PhD students admitted to the Sustainable Cities Program can expect to
> receive Fellowships ($15,000) for two years, awarded on a competitive
> basis.  In addition they will receive cost-of-education allowances (to
> cover tuition), and a modest research support fund for the two year
> program.  All ESPE-SC students must also be admitted to a USC doctoral
> degree program in their field of specialization (such as geography or urban
> planning).
>
> More information and applications can be found on the web at
> http://www.usc.edu.
> Or contact Co-Directors Joseph Devinny ([log in to unmask]) or Jennifer Wolch
> ([log in to unmask]).
> Or Call (213) 740-7832.
>