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Subject: graduate study at Cal State Long Beach
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 00:16:01 -0700
From: Christine M. Rodrigue, Ph.D. <[log in to unmask]>
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Please bring the message below to the attention of any promising recent
graduates or advanced undergraduates who are considering graduate
studies. The Department of Geography at California State University,
Long Beach, has a large and energetic master's degree program, which may
be very attractive to students with interests in the geospatial
technologies. The department includes depth and breadth in the
geospatial techniques, covering GIS, remote sensing, cartography, and
statistics and has three computer labs, one main instructional lab (25
workstations), a new specialized instructional lab (15 workstations),
and a remote sensing lab (5 workstations). It houses a NASA Regional
Earth Science Applications Center, which brought a wealth of imagery
into the department (Landsat, AVIRIS, IKONOS, SPOT). Software includes
ESRI ArcGIS, ERDAS, ENVI, IDRISI, and SPSS.
Our faculty include Christopher Lee, a remote sensing specialist and
director of the CSULB Southern California Wildfire Hazard Center. His
interests include remote sensing applications in the management of port
and transportation issues in the Greater Los Angeles area, the
Wildfire-Urban Interface, and vegetation change monitoring in desert
environments (Egypt, the Colorado Delta, and Fort Irwin in the Mojave).
Suzanne Wechsler is a hydrologist and GIS specialist with interests in
uncertainty in digital elevation models and how it is interpreted by end
users and affects slope and aspect parameters in flood management and
pollution monitoring. Frank Gossette is a GIS specialist and
statistician with interests in urban-economic issues, particularly land
use planning, and he does a lot of contract GIS analysis and mapping for
Southern California municipalities. Paul Laris is a biogeographer,
remote sensing specialist, and political ecologist who works with
Landsat imagery to monitor managed fires in West Africa and land cover
change in Tierra Del Fuego. James Woods is a cartographer and GIS
specialist with interests in the Wildfire-Urban Interface. I provide
statistics support for the program, as well.
The department is proud to announce it is hosting a Fulbright Scholar
for Fall 2006: Thomas Blaschke, Director of the GIS Center at the
University of Salzburg. He will teach a course in remote sensing and
co-teach a graduate seminar with Frank Gossette. Frank Gossette has
often co-taught an International GIS Exchange course with colleagues at
Salzburg, which bring GIS students at both campuses together for a short
time in each country to conduct a community service GIS analysis and
mapping project.
Geography @ "The Beach" is an exciting community, which enjoys a
productive and collaborative culture in which graduate students can
thrive. Please examine our program at http://www.csulb.edu/geography/
and encourage prospective students to apply.
Thank you for your time and consideration, and I apologize for any
duplicate postings you may receive.
Chrys Rodrigue, Professor and Chair, Geography, CSULB
PS: If your mail program doesn't display the appended message properly,
it can be viewed at http://www.csulb.edu/geography/gradlistflyer06.doc.
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*The* *Department of Geography at California State University, Long
Beach*, invites applications for its master's degree program. We can
accept applications for Fall 2006 admission until 30 June 2006 and for
Spring 2007 admission until 30 November.
Geography at CSULB has four main emphases:
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/geospatial technologies and methods,/ including GIS, remote
sensing, cartography, quantitative methods, qualitative methods,
and field techniques (supported by a NASA Regional Earth Science
Applications Center housed in the Department and Map Lab, which
does custom mapping and GIS analysis for the surrounding
municipalities and regional agencies)
*
/environmental and physical geography,/ including
palaeoclimatology, biogeography, hazards, hydrology and water
resources, and arid lands geomorphology (supported by Geography's
affiliation with the Institute for Integrated Research in
Materials, Environments, and Society)
*
/human geography,/ including economic geography, urban cultural
and historical geography, social geography, and medical geography
(supported by Geography's involvement in the Center for Behavioral
Research and Services and the Community Service Learning Center)
*
/global studies,/ including globalization, regional geographies,
political geography, world urbanization (supported by affiliations
with the CSULB International Studies Program, Russian Studies
Program, and India Studies Center)
The degree is suitable for those graduates with one of the following
professional goals:
*
It prepares those who are interested in professional employment in
the public sector (e.g., GIS analyst in environmental management,
land use planner, hydrologist, remote sensing analyst at NASA or
in planning agencies) or the private sector (e.g., market area
analysis with GIS, corporate risk analyst, real estate appraiser).
*
The M.A. in Geography allows one to teach at the community college
level, and it enhances one's background as an in-service K-12
teacher.
*
The M.A. in Geography at CSU, Long Beach, is also very beneficial
to those interested in pursuing a Ph.D. for a career in research
or in teaching at the university level.
*
The degree allows those with a passion to explore a topic of
interest to them with sophistication and depth.
Long Beach is the most frequently requested of the 23 CSU campuses and
it features the largest library in the CSU system, as well as easy
access to the UCLA and USC research libraries. CSULB is an attractive
campus near the beach in a pleasant, livable community. The campus has
been deemed the third best value public college in the nation by /The
Princeton Review/ and among the top three public master's-granting
universities in the West by /U.S. News and World Report./
Estimated graduate student fees for the Fall 2006 semester are $1,072
for graduate students taking 6 or fewer units and $1,723 for those
taking more than 6 units. For out-of-State students (except teachers,
military personnel, children of California residents, and those who
graduated from a California high school), there is an out-of-State
surcharge estimated at $339 per unit. Limited numbers of out-of-State
surcharge fee waivers are available on a competitive basis, however.
Ours is a friendly, coöperative, and student-centered faculty, who work
hard to help graduate students define and achieve their educational and
professional goals in a timely manner. There is a community of active
graduate students. Some research and student assistantships are
available, and the Department has a large internship program.
To learn more about the CSULB Department of Geography, please visit
http://www.csulb.edu/geography. For information on requirements of the
master's degree program, please see
http://www.csulb.edu/depts/geography/masters.html. A flyer summarizing
program highlights is available at
http://www.csulb.edu/geography/geomas06.doc.
To apply, please send a set of official transcripts and a 1½ -2 page
statement of purpose and arrange for three confidential letters of
reference to be sent to the graduate advisor. GRE scores are not
required. For English as a second language applicants, a TOEFL score of
550 (paper) or 213 (online) is required, or an IELTS score of 6.0.
Letters of reference and statements of purpose may be sent by e-mail or
fax. All materials should arrive by 23 June 2006 to ensure time for
review by the 30 June deadline and to make sure that accepted applicants
are eligible to take classes in Fall 2006.
Dr. Christopher T. Lee, Graduate Advisor
Department of Geography
California State University
Long Beach, CA 90840-1101
1 (562) 985-2358 or -8432
1 (562) 985-8993 (fax)
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Additionally, you must also apply directly to the University itself,
which can be done online at http://www.csumentor.edu. Official
transcripts must be provided to the campus separately.
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