-------- Original Message -------- 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]> To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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: * /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) [log in to unmask] 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.