Faculty of Art

Geography Department

MSc. in Applied Geography - Comprehensive Track

A. Admission Requirements:

Students wishing to enroll in this program must satisfy the following two conditions: • Have a bachelor degree in Geography, Tourism, Archeology, Anthropology, Geology, Environment and Earth Sciences, Engineering Ecology, Civil Engineering and Geometrics Engineering. • Meeting the English language requirements as outlined by the decisions of the Higher Education Council.

B. Degree Requirements:

1. Meeting the conditions stipulated in the Master program regulations number (3) for the year 2011. 2. Completion of remedial courses recommended by the department graduate studies committee. 3. Studying and successfully passing at least (33) credit hours from the level of (600) and above.

1. Core Courses: (24) credit hours

Course Symbol and Course Title Cr.Hr Number Geo 613 Applied Political Geography 3 Geo 617 Population Resources and Development 3 Geo 620 Climatic Changes 3 Geo 623 Advanced Applied Geomorphology 3 Geo 630 Development of Geographic Thought 3 Geo 631 Quantitative Analysis 3 Geo 632 Computer Assisted Cartography (Advanced) 3 Geo 633 Geographical Information System GIS (Advanced) 3

2. Elective courses for a total of (9) credits selected from the following list of courses:

Course code Course Name Cr. Hrs

Geo 610 Applied Studies in Migration & Ethnicity 3 Geo 611 Population Statistics 3 Geo 612 Geographic Field Surveys 3 Geo 614 Transport and Traffic Planning 3 Geo 615 Applied Tourism Planning 3 Geo 616 Applied Urban & Regional Planning 3 Geo 634 Advanced Remote Sensing 3 Geo 635 Readings in Geography 3 Geo 636 Special Topics in Geography 3 Env 603 Environmental Management 3 Env 680 Environmental Problems in the Middle East 3

3. Passing the Comprehensive exam (Geo . 698) according to Yarmouk university regulations. The Comprehensive exam accounts for zero credit hours for registration purposes.