专业中文名：地理学文科硕士
专业英文名：Geography M.A.
学　　　制：2.00 年
学　　　费：33300 美元/年
入学时间：1,8月
授课语言：英文
授课校区：美国康涅狄格大学
领　　　域：自然科学
申请费：75美元

美国康涅狄格大学地理学文科硕士课程教授给学生地理学领域的专业知识与实用技能。学生会学习少量的核心课程，这些课程主要涉及研究方法与设计，并通过导师的咨询选择一项专修领域。美国康涅狄格大学地理学文科硕士课程的学制为两年，在完成课程后，学生需要提交符合要求的论文才可以获得硕士学位。地理学文科硕士涉及的领域包括地理概论，全球变化与自然灾害，气候、天气和环境，地理信息系统建模，世界区域地理学，地理信息系统的应用，地理数据可视化。 Students take a small number of core courses in research methods and design, and select an area of specialization in consultation with their adviser for the remainder of their course work and research. Potential students are encouraged to review titles of recent M.A. Theses and PhD Dissertations for departmental and faculty interests and specializations. Candidates for the M.A. in Geography may pursue either Plan A or Plan B: Plan A requires the completion of 25 credits of course work and the successful preparation and oral defense of a Thesis. Plan B requires the completion of 31 credits of course work, a scholarly research paper, and a comprehensive final examination. Detailed degree requirements are available in the graduate school catalog. M.A. students funded as Graduate Assistants (“teaching assistants”) or Research Assistants receive tuition remission and a typical stipend of about $14,500 per academic year. Students are still required to pay fees of about $1,500 per academic year and optional health insurance of about $1,100 per academic year.

美国康涅狄格大学地理学文科硕士课程入学要求： 学术要求： 大学毕业，拥有学士学位，GPA不低于3.0分。 语言要求：雅思总分不低于6.5分或托福总分不低于79分。 OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS You must submit all applicable, official transcripts (undergraduate & graduate). Your transcript(s) must meet the following criteria: A cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 for your entire undergraduate career or A grade-point average of at least 3.0 for your last two undergraduate years or Exceptional work in your entire final undergraduate career (3.5 or better) or Graduate work with a minimum grade-point average of 3.0 or better GRADUATE TEST SCORES Many programs require submission of the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Some programs require specific GRE Subject Tests. Business programs require the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT). *Please check with your intended program to confirm which test scores are required, if any. ENGLISH PROFICIENCY If you are not a native speaker of English, you must submit evidence of your proficiency in the English language. You may use the (no more than two years old) results from either one of two standardized tests to satisfy this requirement. If you submit results from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), you need a minimum overall score of 550 for the paper-based test, or 79 for the Internet-based test. If you submit results from the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), you need an average overall band score of at least 6.5. Only the scores from the Academic Module, not the General Training Module, are applicable. If you submit results from the Person Test of English (PTE) we require and overall score of 53. If you are not a native speaker of English, and you plan to obtain a teaching assistantship, you must satisfy UConn’s English Proficiency Policy before being allowed classroom instruction contact http://ita.uconn.edu/testing-english-proficiency-certification-effective-for-teaching-assistants-starting-in-fall-2014-or-after

美国康涅狄格大学地理学文科硕士课程设置： 地理概论，全球变化与自然灾害，气候、天气和环境，地理信息系统建模，世界区域地理学，地理信息系统的应用，地理数据可视化。 1000 Introduction to Geography Fall Spring Summer 1070 Global Change and Natural Disasters Fall 1093 Foreign Study Fall Spring Summer 1200 The City in the Western Tradition Fall Spring Summer 1300 Climate, Weather, and the Environment Spring 1302 GIS Modeling of Environmental Change Fall 1700 World Regional Geography Fall Spring Summer 2000 Globalization Fall Spring 2100 Economic Geography Fall Spring Summer 2200 Introduction to Human Geography Spring 2300 Introduction to Physical Geography Fall Spring Summer 2320 Climate Change: Current Geographic Issues 2500 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Fall 2505 Applications of Geographic Information Systems Spring 2510 Visualizing Geographic Data Spring alternate years, even 3100 The Geography of Economic Development Spring alternate years, odd

美国康涅狄格大学地理学文科硕士就业方向： 地理信息系统维护、旅游规划与管理、城乡区域规划、城市规划、科研人员、教育与培训、政府部门、非营利组织、博物馆等。