The geography graduate program offers the Master of Arts (M.A.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees. Normally, admission into the graduate program is for full-time status, and for Fall Quarter only. Applicants should be prepared in geography or a related field.

Entrance Requirements

Most students admitted will already have completed an undergraduate major in geography, and will have met entrance requirements (at least one upper division course in three of the following six areas of study):

• Geographical field methods
• Cartography
• Aerial photo analysis-remote sensing
• Statistics
• Geographic information systems (GIS)
• Geographical theory

Applicants also should have completed at least one upper division course in each of the following: human geography, physical geography, and regional geography.

Core Courses

The educational core of the program at UC Davis for both M.A. and Ph.D. students is represented by four courses:

• Geography 200A (Faculty Research Interests)
• Geography 200B (Ethics and Professionalism)
• Geography 200C (Theory and Practice)
• Geography 200D (Field Work and Research Methods)