The Department of Geography offers the Master of Arts in applied geography. The master's degree in applied geography will prepare and educate graduates for professional careers in industrial and commercial site selection, transportation planning, environmental assesment, and urban and regional development. The program emphasizes the application of theoretical constructs in geography to solve problems, particularly in the Triad and the State, but which can also be extended to the national and international levels. The program also leads to the acquisition of research skills and expertise appropriate to geographic analysis, including spatial statistics, computer cartography, remote sensing, and geographic information systems. University of South Carolina Geography Graduate Director, Geography Dept.
Graduates find research-oriented and teaching careers in higher education, business and government.
The Master's program is viewed as a professionalizing experience in a relatively borad sense, but concentrations are possible in many areas. At the Ph.D. level specializations are limited to geography of the natural environment spatial analysis and the American South.