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Course Overview

By integrating the fields of Geography, Planning, and Design, our doctoral students receive an innovative educational experience that enables cutting-edge research and professional contributions. Solving critical urban and environmental problems in the 21st century requires that we move beyond traditional academic silos and modes of knowledge production. Our unique, interdisciplinary degree prepares students to be critical thinkers, engaged scholars, and innovative researchers capable of addressing complex and emergent issues. Our students explore interactions between society and the built and natural environment and engage in research aimed at promoting sustainable, healthy, and socially just communities at local, regional, and global scales.

Students can take advantage of resources in all departments and fields in the university system, with more than 35 acclaimed faculty members from 11 departments able to supervise and advise dissertation research. Interdisciplinary study and cross-disciplinary inquiry occur in a congenial work environment in one of the most dynamic and fast-growing urban regions in the United States. Students also have the benefit of pursuing their studies only minutes from the beautiful Rocky Mountains.

Entry Requirement 

Admission Requirements:

Applicants admitted to the Ph.D. Program must already hold a Master’s degree and will normally have completed the requirements for the Master of Architecture, Master of Planning, Master of Landscape Architecture, Master of Geography, or a related program. Students from allied fields are also encouraged to apply, and field specialization and background are open. 

Consistent with University requirements, applications are evaluated based on Grade Point Averages (GPA), Graduate Record of Examination (GRE) scores (if submitted), and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores (when applicable). All exams must have been taken within a year of applying to the program.

  • Academic achievement is evidenced by an undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or better, and a graduate grade point average of 3.5 or better.
  • If submitted, the program looks for GRE scores of 158 or better on each of verbal and quantitative reasoning tests and for a minimum of a 4.00 score on analytical writing, unless a student’s record documents substantial professional or scholarly achievement as evidence of exceptional ability.
  • Applicants whose native language is not English must take either the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam, or have a graduate degree from a university in the U.S. or another English-speaking country.

English Language Requirements:

  TOEFL iBT IELTS ACADEMIC PTE ACADEMIC
Overall Score 79 6.5 58
Reading 18 5.5 42
Listening 17 5.5 42
Speaking 20 5.5 42
Writing 17 5.5 42
DUOLINGO ENGLISH TEST
Overall Score 105
Literacy 85
Conversation 85
Comprehension 85
Production 85

Fees

(Master or Doctoral) Tuition & Fees: $16592 per year (Fall and Spring)


This information was accurate on : 01/04/2021
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