East Tennessee State University’s Geosciences Department, known for offering students valuable field experience and professors excelling in both research and teaching, has added a national recognition.
The master’s degree in geosciences, geospatial analysis concentration, received an honorable mention for the 2022 American Association of Geographers Award for Master's Program Excellence.
“This is a wonderful honor for ETSU,” said Dr. Ingrid Luffman, an associate professor who helped prepare the award application. “This concentration was established in 2011 and is already helping fill a rapidly growing industry.”
Geosciences offers potential graduate students an option to concentrate in either geospatial analysis or paleontology. A graduate certificate is also available in geographic systems.
In a letter to the awards committee, the Southeastern Division of the American Association of Geographers’ president noted that ETSU’s program “has made exemplary contributions.”
“The department’s vision,” noted the letter, “is to promote geosciences as a unifying interdisciplinary science focused on earth and societal challenges and opportunities, through education and research.”
Numerous well-paying jobs exist for those who earn a degree in geosciences, ETSU professors said. Over the last decade, alumni have landed positions in industry and public service with municipal, state and federal governments. Employment of geoscientists is projected to grow, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“We are so thrilled by this national recognition,” said department chair Dr. Arpita Nandi. “As believers in the enrollment-to-employment model, we are proud to offer students so much in terms of classroom opportunities and hands-on learning.”
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