A written and oral examination is administered by the Geography First Examination Committee, comprising members of the doctoral faculty in Geography, following the student’s successful completion of between 18 and 24 course credits including the following requirements:

A. The required first-year core courses (EES 704, EES 709), each with a grade of B or better;

B. A methods course directed to the student’s specific needs;

C. At least one graduate-level course in two of the following areas: Cities and Urban Processes, Physical Geography, Globalization and Uneven Development, Productions of Nature, Geographic Information Science and Spatial Methods, and Health Geographies.

D. An overall average of 3.0 or better in all courses

Note: A student who has taken any of the required courses in section A or B in a master’s program or equivalent may test out of the course by taking the course final examination. The written component of the first exam will be an open-book, take-home exam. The questions will be prepared by members of the Geography First Examination Committee, based on selective sets of readings for each core course and area of specialization. Students will be expected to provide substantive responses to several essay questions, with citations and references to all the salient literature. The committee, following a 1-2 week period to review the written examination, will meet with the student and have the opportunity to provide feedback and ask follow up questions, based on the written responses. The grade (pass/fail) will be based on the student’s performance on both the written and oral examinations. A student who fails all or part of the written or oral examinations will be given one opportunity to retake those parts of the examination, no more than 12 months after the original examination.

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