The Department of Physical and Earth Sciences offers supporting courses for the MA with a major in liberal studies. For students majoring in secondary education with a teaching field in social science or general science, supporting courses are offered for the MS.Ed. and the Ed.S. degrees. A graduate degree program is not offered in geography. However, students interested in additional geography courses may enroll in environmental science management courses, and/or geographical information systems (GIS) courses.  

Required Application Materials

Applicants for the graduate certificate in geographical information systems may be permitted to enroll for one semester of graduate course work while completing all other general application procedure requirements.

Applicants for the graduate certificate in geographical information systems must submit all the following documentation to the College of Graduate Studies, Jacksonville State University, 700 Pelham Road North, Jacksonville, Alabama 36265-1602 to be considered for admission:

1. Completed JSU Graduate Application for Admission (http://www.jsu.edu/graduate/grad_app..html)
2. Non-refundable $30.00 application processing fee
3. Official transcripts from the postsecondary institutions awarding the bachelor’s degree. (Students who have previously attended JSU do not need to request a transcript from the University.)
4. If English is not the applicant’s native language, the applicant is required to submit an official TOEFL score report or an IELTS score report.