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The Graduate School of Geography offers a major, minor and electives for undergraduates and a Ph.D. program. Qualified Clark undergraduates can take advantage of an accelerated fifth year program that leads to a B.A./M.A. in Geographic Information Science. An M.A. in Geographic Information Science for Development and Environment is available through a shared program with the Department of International Development, Community and Environment. |
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Ph.D. Program: How to Apply
Head of Admissions (2010): Dr. Richard Peet
Application information and materials:
Brenda Nikas-Hayes, Graduate Admissions Coordinator
(BNikasHayes@clarku.edu)
Deadline for Application Submission
The deadline for all applicants to the Ph.D. program in Geography is
DECEMBER 31, 2009. We require that all materials, including letters of recommendation, be submitted in time to arrive on or before that date. Students who intend to apply will need to allow enough time to obtain the relevant test scores, transcripts, and letters of recommendation.
For Further Information
Write, fax, or e-mail:
Brenda Nikas-Hayes
Graduate Admissions Coordinator and Program Assistant
Graduate School of Geography, Clark University
950 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01610-1477
Phone: 508-793-7337
Fax: 508-793-8881
Email: BNikasHayes@clarku.edu
Application Package
Please send your completed application in one package to arrive by
December 31, 2009, to the address above.
A complete application packet will contain:
1. Application form and application fee ($50) Made out to
Clark University;
2. Personal Statement of Applicant form - (if you wish to include additional information beyond the scope of the two questions asked on the Personal Statement form regarding research, teaching or professional objectives, you are encouraged to do so.)
Note: Electronic copies of Application, Personal Statement, Resume, and supplementary material may be sent to me by e-mail.
3. Three letters of reference from people who know your academic qualifications, each in a sealed envelope that has been signed on the seal by the referee;
4. Official transcript from each school attended, each in a sealed envelope with college/university stamp across the seal; and
5. For foreign students, the completed Financial Statement Form showing bank certification of ability to support oneself during the summer months.
To Obtain Application Forms
You can choose to apply online (click
here) OR
download and mail in the application forms, available below.
Downloadable forms:
Application
Personal Statement
Reference Form
Financial Certification (International Students Only)
Transcript Request
All of these forms are in PDF. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to access them. You can download the Adobe Acrobat Reader for free from Adobe's web site. Click the image above to download the free Acrobat Reader.
The Application Review Process
All applicants receive careful consideration from a faculty-student admissions committee, which reviews applications and meets early in the spring semester to evaluate the candidates. The entire faculty reviews the committee’s recommendations and makes the final decision about which candidates are offered admission. Decisions are based on the quality of the applicants, on the fit of their interests with departmental specialization and expertise and on the distribution of students by specialty areas. The number of students we admit is determined by the availability of funds to support them. In recent years incoming classes have averaged between 10 and 12 students who were selected from a very large applicant pool.
Financial Aid
Our policy is to provide tuition remission and a stipend for one academic year to every student we accept into the program who does not hold an outside fellowship or stipend award. This award is renewable for two additional years as long as the student remains in good academic standing. Further,
we attempt to fund Ph.D. students in good standing for a fourth year of funding (stipend and tuition remission)
if it is needed. The awards of tuition remission and stipend are not based on financial need; as it has been our policy to fund graduate students in the Ph.D. program equally because we have found it contributes to a sense of community among our graduate students. The stipend for the academic year (September through May) involves a teaching or research assistantship of 17.5 hours per week. (Stipends awarded to students are taxable.)
The Mary E. and Irene L. Piper Fellowship in urban geography is also available.
It carries the same award as noted above and involves research activity in
conjunction with a faculty member in urban geography. For advanced graduate
students, funds are available from a graduate student endowment to partially
support the costs of startup research.
There is also a fellowship available in Economic Geography. For more
information on this please see following link:
Economic Geography
Fellowship
Open Letter To Applicants from Current Ph.D. Students
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Academic Catalog & Requirements
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