Graduate Student Manual



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Table of Contents


I. Introduction 2

II. A General Description of the Department 3

Some Facts about Geography and Anthropology at LSU 5

Departmental Units and Resources 8

Faculty and Staff 14

Policies and Guidelines for Graduate Students 27

III. Procedures for Earning a Graduate Degree in the Department of Geography and Anthropology 33

Steps toward a Master’s Degree in Two Years 33

The Master’s Program in Anthropology 34

The Master’s Program in Geography 36

The Doctoral Program in Geography 37

Concentration in Anthropology within the Geography Doctoral Program 41

Concentrations in Mapping Sciences in the Geography Graduate Program 43

IV. Completion of Master’s and Doctoral Programs 44

V. Minor in Geography or Anthropology 44

VI. Assistantships, Fellowships, Grants, and Awards 44

Assistantship Duties and Tenure 44

Field and Research Awards 45

VII. Miscellaneous Information for All Graduate Students 47

Groups to Join 47

Publications to Get Right Away 50

Finances 50

Things to Do and Places to See 50

Did You Know...? 52

VIII. Required and Supplemental Forms 52

Required Forms 53

Personal Data Sheet (Required by Department) 53

Personal Data Sheet – Semester Update 53

Annual Graduate Student Evaluation Form 53

Academic Advisory Committee 53

Assistantship Application 54

Methods Coursework 54

*Program of Study for Geography Master’s Degree (Departmental Form) 54

**Program of Study for the Geography Ph.D. (Departmental Form) 54

Proposed Research 54

*Request for Master's Exam [i.e. THESIS DEFENSE] 54

†*Request for Master's Degree 55

† **Doctoral Degree Audit and Request for General Examination 55

† **Request for Doctoral Final Exam 56

† **Application for Doctoral Degree 56

Supplemental Forms 56

Change of Advisor and/or Committee (Departmental Form) 56

† **Request for Change in Program of Study – Doctoral 57

†Request for Degree Update (Both Master’s and Doctoral) 57



These are Graduate School forms that also can be located on the Internet at http://gradlsu.gs.lsu.edu.

* These are required Master’s Forms

**These are required Doctoral Forms





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