If you are currently enrolled in a PSU graduate program and want to add or change to another graduate program, then you must submit the PSU Graduate School digital GO-19 form and send all the required departmental documents to the geography department to complete the application process. Please email the application documents in pdf format to the Geography department graduate program (geographygrad@pdx.edu) with the subject line "Graduate Program Application - GO-19". The admission review committees will not process the digital GO-19 form until all the departmental application documents are received by the department.
If reference letters are needed, then students need to provide a list of the names and contact information of their references at the end of their personal statement and ask the references to send their letters directly to the Geography department graduate program (geographygrad@pdx.edu). Please provide a deadline to the references. The deadline must be within one week after the student's GO-19 form is submitted.
Here is a summary of the application materials for the three geography graduate programs to accompany the GO-19 request.
Masters in Geography
Personal statement, including a list of the names and contact information of their references
Transcripts
Three reference letters
Applicants are required to identify and contact potential advisor(s) before submitting their applications.
MS in GIS
Personal statement, including a list of the names and contact information of their references
Unofficial transcripts from only the institutions where (a) bachelor’s degree(s) was(were) awarded and where graduate credits were completed. We also encourage you to submit the transcripts from other institutions that you took GIS courses. We will use the information in the transcripts to determine if you have met the program's prerequisite.
Three reference letters (students could request to use the reference letter(s) submitted to their current program in place of some of these letters)
GIS portfolio
Graduate GIS certificate
One page letter of interest/intent saying why you are you pursuing the GIS Certificate Program and your background in geography, cartography, or GIS.
All other regular applicants must submit the graduate application via the PSU admission online application website. Please refer to the official Graduate School Application page for the university admission application instructions. For more information on the graduate programs, please visit the individual program's webpages: