Resources for GPR graduate students

Helpful information for NAU graduate students in Geography, Planning, & Recreation

NAU and the graduate college- find links, forms, and more.

• 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 New Graduate Student Orientation – Website (with links) – and – Intro PPT – in case you miss this Fall event
• NAU Graduate College Resources for Staff & Faculty – may also be of interest to students
• 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 Graduate Student Organization: a variety of resources for all NAU grad students
• NAU Catalog – Current & Past 
• 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
• GPR Department Graduate Program Orientation for Fall 2016 (31 August 2016)
  • NOTE: Toward the end, after a short visit to the NAU Grad College webpage for the NAU New Grad Student Orientation, I return to the GPR Graduate Student Resources webpage (this current page), however, that change is not made very clear in the mp3 file.

• Program of study / Advising forms
  • Suggested Degree Progression for all GPR Graduate Programs
  • All MS and Grad Certificate Program of Study/Advising Forms on the NAU Grad College website
    • Search “geosp” for our MS emphasis areas; “gis” and “comm” for our Certificate 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)

•  Graduate committee form – MSWord – PDF
• GPR Department Writing Guidelines & Links to Writing Help Online (these are currently under revision as we study moving to the standard APA format)
  • Style Sheet for the Annals of the Association of American Geographers – This is the style to use for your GPR Department theses and practicums (PDF) – Note: Some faculty prefer that “et al.” be used for in-text references anytime there are more than two authors. This style sheet recommends “et al.” for more than three authors. Please ask your Adviser for their preferred approach to this.

• Miscellaneous GPR forms & guidelines 
  • Courses & Certificate Programs in other NAU departments that may be electives for MS Applied Geospatial Sciences students – also see this list of all NAU Graduate Courses that do not have pre-requisites.
  • Graduate Assistant Semester Evaluation Form (pdf)
  • Major Adviser Expectations Guide – Thesis – Practicum 
  • Dr. Hawley’s Thesis, Research Practicum, & Applied Practicum Proposal Outlines (pdf)
  • Graduate Record Exam (GRE) Waiver Policy – for new applications only; does not apply to students who have already been admitted to the MS degree program
  • GPR Course Substitution Policy
  • SBS Incomplete Grade Contract form (Fillable PDF)
  • NAU Academic Integrity Policy