The Department of Philosophy and Religion partners with the Department of Geography and the Environment to offer a Human Geography concentration within the Philosophy PhD program. This concentration lets students take classes in both Philosophy and Geography to help make interdisciplinary connections between the two fields of study.

The Philosophy PhD with a concentration in human geograpy is available for three categories of students:

• Category 1: Students accepted into the PhD program with a BA degree or an MA degree in a field other than Philosophy or Geography: 72 credit hours
• Category 2: Students accepted into the PhD concentration program with an MA degree in Philosophy: 42 credit hours
• Category 3: Students accepted into the PhD concentration program with an MA degree in Geography: 42 credit hours

Students entering with a BA or an MA degree in a field other than Philosophy or Geography are required to take 72 credit hours:

• Subject core, 15 hours
  • 9 hours of environmental philosophy (course options shown below)
  • 6 hours of philosophical topics
• Geography concentration core, 15 hours (course options shown below)
• Electives, 30 hours
  • PHIL electives, 15 hours
  • Additional PHIL electives or non-PHIL elective courses, 15 hours
• Dissertation, 12 hours (information below)

Students accepted into the PhD concentration program with an MA degree in Philosophy: 42 credit hours

• Subject core, 15 hours
  • 9 hours of environmental philosophy (course options shown below)
  • 6 hours of philosophical topics
• Geography concentration core, 15 hours (course options shown below)
• Dissertation, 12 hours (information below)

Students accepted into the PhD concentration program with an MA degree in Geography: 42 credit hours

• Subject core, 15 hours
  • 9 hours of environmental philosophy (course options shown below)
  • 6 hours of philosophical topics
• Philosophy and Geography electives, 15 hours
  • Courses in Philopsophy and Geography to be determined in consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies
• Dissertation, 12 hours (information below)

Environmental philosophy

Required of all students. Topics courses may be taken more than once for credit. Substitutions may be made with the consent of the department Director of Graduate Studies.

• PHIL 5000 - Environmental Ethics
• PHIL 5010 - Seminar in the Philosophy of Ecology
• PHIL 5700 - Environmental Philosophy
• PHIL 6710 - Ecofeminism: Women's Studies and Environmental Ethics
• PHIL 6720 - Religion and Ecology
• PHIL 6730 - Christianity and the Environment
• PHIL 6740 - Environmental Ethics, Science and Public Policy
• PHIL 6750 - Environmental Justice
• PHIL 6760 - Topics in Environmental Philosophy

Geography concentration

• GEOG 5160 - Foundations of Geographic Thought

At least one techniques course

• ANTH 5031 - Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods
• GEOG 5170 - Field Methods
• GEOG 5185 - Statistical Research Methods in Geography
• GEOG 5195 - Advanced Geospatial Data Analytics
• GEOG 5230 - Location Intelligence: Advanced Business GIS Concepts and Applications
• GEOG 5430 - Remote Sensing
• GEOG 5510 - GIS for Applied Research
• GEOG 5550 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems
• GEOG 5560 - Application Development with Python Programming
• GEOG 5580 - Advanced GIS Methods in Health
• GEOG 5590 - Advanced GIS Programming

At least three human geography courses

• GEOG 5210 - Seminar in Urban Geography
• GEOG 5220 - Applied Retail Geography
• GEOG 5245 - International Development
• GEOG 5300 - Globalization, Conflict and Resistance
• GEOG 5420 - Critical Resource Geography