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Combined BA+MA in Geography

The Department of Geography offers integrated undergraduate and graduate courses and training leading to a combined Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Geography with undergraduate majors in Geography & Sustainable Development and Urban & Regional Planning. This program is tailored to your interests, whether through applied research or critical theory and via an internship practicum or thesis. Students in this combined BA/MA program develop expertise and skills appropriate to become professionals in geospatial, community planning, real estate, sustainable development, international relations natural resource management, and data science. Thesis students in the combined MA program will be prepared to succeed in PhD programs. One-on-one faculty mentorship and access to department- and externally-funded research and scholarship are highlights to this combined degree.

Our program emphasizes:

  • Interdisciplinary linkages to geographic science and scholarship
  • Research management and writing
  • Problem-solving and critical thinking skills
  • Geospatial analysis
  • Curated degree pathways
  • Linkages to internship opportunities
  • Faculty mentorship of thesis students

Student Experiences

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Keelin Haynes (MA 2020, Thesis Option) conducting NASA-funded fieldwork for his thesis in Dong Thap, Vietnam.

Keelin Haynes

Eileen Rintsch and Tessa Farthing (MA 2021, Thesis Options) sampling streams in Preble County, Ohio for NSF-funded work.

Rintsch and Farthing conducting research

Connor O’Hearn (MA 2021, Internship Option) completing his research internship with Monarch Coffee in Kona, Hawai’i.

Connor O'Hearn conducting research

Lauren Sandeman (MA 2021, Thesis Option) exploring potential research topics with an urban field experience course in Chicago’s Chinatown during her first month as a graduate student (in center with striped shirt).

Lauren Sandeman conducting research

The standard combined BA/MA program can be completed in less than 2 years, and scholarships are available on a competitive basis.

The combined BA/MA program allows students to complete an MA degree with 1 year of additional study beyond the bachelor's degree, and is available to qualified, tuition-paying students with any undergraduate major at Miami University. Please contact the Department for more information at geography@MiamiOH.edu. 

Department of Geography

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