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The Geography Department provides a wide range of degree programs and courses designed to equip students for various careers in geospatial sciences. Collaborate with faculty and mentors engaged in groundbreaking, internationally recognized research across seven key specialties: Earth System Science, Global Health Medical Geography, Spatial Networks and Movement, Geopolitics & The Global Economy, Disasters, Conservation, and Conflict, Sustainability & Environmental Shifts, and Geospatial Methods. Our graduate research spans multiple disciplines, addressing worldwide issues such as climate impacts on landscapes, deforestation disputes, extreme weather phenomena, river rehabilitation, healthcare availability, and spreading infectious diseases.
Students must have a recognized baccalaureate, graduate or professional degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or a comparable degree from an international institution. For applicants with a bachelor’s degree only, a minimum grade point average of B (3.0), calculated from all grades and credits after the semester where the applicant reached 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores that are acceptable to the applicant’s intended academic unit or, for select programs, at least 465 on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT).
For applicants from countries (including Puerto Rico) where English is not the official language, a minimum score on one of these English Language Skills tests: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): 550 paper, or 80 Internet; International English Language Testing System (IELTS): 6; Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB): 77, or documented successful completion of the University of Florida English Language Institute program.