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Planning Graduate Certificate

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Appalachian’s Planning Certificate coursework is designed to provide students who do not wish to earn an entire master’s degree – or who already have the master’s – with the opportunity to gain skills in geospatial applications of planning.

The certificate requires 18 hours of coursework, and is usually completed while enrolled in a degree program.

The certificate is offered periodically off campus to allow interested students to try coursework with the intent to apply for the MA program in Geography.

See also: the MA degree in Geography and graduate certificate in GIScience.

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People

  • Masters' Matter: Dr. Rich Crepeau And Hannah Williams, Geography

Courses

  • Graduate Bulletin and Course Catalog
    • Planning Graduate Certificate

Application Essentials

Required Entrance Exam: GRE (score must be no more than 5 years old)

Required number of references to specify in the online form: 3

Supplemental Information: Resume (Required upload for application submission); letter addressing reasons why applicant wishes to enter the program, not to exceed two pages (upload on the Additional Information page in the on-line application).

Basic Conditions for Consideration of Admission: Meeting or exceeding the conditions below does NOT guarantee admission. All applications for a given entry term will be weighed based upon the number of seats available and the quality of the complete application packages.

Admission to Planning: The faculty will give preference to applicants who meet or exceed the following: An undergraduate GPA at or above a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and at least one score on the GRE (V, Q , or A) at or above the 50th percentile.

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Application Deadlines

  • Spring: 11/1
  • Summer Session 1: x
  • Summer Session 2: x
  • Fall: 4/1 (2/15)

Priority:

The priority application deadline in parentheses above must be met for early consideration in the review process.

Why Appalachian?

  • You will study alongside faculty and fellow students actively engaged in researching: climate change, biome change, GIS applications (viticulture; flood modeling; property valuation; visualization), globalization processes, economic development, community development, transportation and land use, precipitation climatology, mountain environments and natural hazards.
  • Appalachian’s geographic setting supports research framed around mountain and/or rural settings.
  • Faculty members conduct research across the U.S. and in Latin America, East Africa, and Europe. 
  • You will gain interdisciplinary education and research experience, which is critical in today’s professional workforce. Established research clusters include AppalAIR, AppAqua and Carbon Emissions Inventories and Energy Policy Research.

Location

On campus

Contacts

Dr. Derek J. Martin
Graduate Program Director
martindj1@appstate.edu
828-262-8905

Department of Geography and Planning
College of Arts & Sciences

  • Department of Geography and Planning

    The Department of Geography and Planning promotes the understanding of the spatial dimensions of human behavior within the physical and cultural systems of the earth and the role of planning in achieving improvement in those systems. It offers degrees in geography and in community and regional planning.

  • College of Arts and Sciences

    Appalachian’s Largest College

    The College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian State University is home to 17 academic departments, two centers and one residential college spanning the humanities and the social, mathematical and natural sciences. The college is dedicated to providing instruction and research essential to the university's mission and seeks to cultivate the habits of inquiry, learning and service among all its constituents.

    By the Numbers

    • 1/3 of the degrees awarded at Appalachian
    • More than 70% of general education courses are taught in the college
    • 93 majors offered
    • 53 minors offered
    • 6,411 undergraduate majors
    • More than 460 full-time faculty members
    • 41,203 living alumni
    • $8,754,800 awarded to the college in external grants during the 2020–21 academic year
    • $236,914 awarded to students through 6 collegewide scholarships and 98 departmental scholarships for the 2020–21 academic year

    Graduate Programs

    Accelerated Master’s program opportunities are available in pursuing a master's degree in 12 selected areas: Appalachian Studies, Biology, Computer Science, Engineering Physics, English, Geography and Planning, History, Mathematics, Romance Languages (French/Spanish), Political Science, Psychology (Experimental Science) and Public Administration. Other master’s degrees, graduate certificates and specialist degrees are listed on Appalachian’s School of Graduate Studies website.

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