Geography, Planning & Recreation graduate students

Resources and helpful information

• Financial Resources for NAU Grad Students – NAU Office of Student Financial Aid
  • • Most Applied Geospatial Sciences students have careers in public service and non-profit organizations. If you secure this type of position after graduation, you may qualify for the 10-Year Public Service Loan Forgiveness program of the Federal Income Based Repayment Plan
• NAU Catalog – Current & Past 
• NAU Graduate College Resources for Staff & Faculty – may also be of interest to students
• NAU Graduate College Resources for Students – housing, calendar, policies, forms and more
  • Forms include, among others: Degree change; Time limit extension; Leave of absence; Masters oral exam; Transfer credit petition; 400-level course override; Unit limit override; Residency; Scholarship recommendations; GA appointment; Applying for graduation
• NAU Graduate Student Organization: a variety of resources for all NAU grad students
• NAU IRB – Institutional Review Board homepage
• Roswell Bookbinding – provides institutional binding services for theses and practicums, if you want yours bound, which is not required

Master of administration – land use planning emphasis

• Resources for Master of Administration – Land Use Planning Emphasis students (both GIS and Community Planning concentrations)

GPR department

• Graduate programs overview & policies
  • GPR Graduate Advisors and their Specialty Areas
  • GPR MS Student Milestones (expectations guide) (pdf)
    • NAU Grad College – Thesis track progression and checklist
  • GPR Graduate Programs Student Handbook (.pdf)
    • Also contains GPR Practicum Guidelines (as Appendix B)
    • See also: NAU Graduate Coordinator’s Manual – Created by the NAU Grad College and contains more current information than is in our GPR’s Handbook. The following links are from this manual:
      • Required Thesis Cover Page format
      • Required Thesis Abstract format
      • Recommended Thesis content/format/outline

• Program of study / Advising forms
  • MS and Grad Certificate Program of Study/Advising Forms

• Internship, research & independent study
  • Experiential Learning Guidelines and Options for GSP students. Although written for undergraduate GSP students, the policies on work description, hours worked and reporting requirements also apply to GPR graduate students.
  • Independent Study/Research and Internship Form: fillable pdf or MSWord doc.

• Practicum forms
  • MS Practicum Expectations and Guidelines (pdf) – See also the GPR Graduate Student Handbook
  • MS Practicum Approval Form  (.doc)
  • GIS Certificate Practicum Approval Form (P-GIS) (.doc)