<p>Have you considered Louisiana State Univ’s program?</p>
<p>[LSU</a> Geography & Anthropology Homepage](<a href=“http://www.ga.lsu.edu/]LSU”>http://www.ga.lsu.edu/)</p>
<p>They have a tremendous, well-regarded undergrad program and one of the few PhD programs available in the major.</p>
<p>That doesn’t bode well, haha. USC’s looking pretty good. I’m still wondering about that part I wrote at the end of my original post about schools with a lot of opportunities and such. Does USC fit that?</p>
<p>USC is very good now. And $$$$ solid.</p>
<p>What other universities suit me?</p>
<p>smd,
On the USC forum here a student has posted a brand new video about visiting the campus at SC. It will give you an idea of the diversity of the student body, some of the majors and a many scenes of the green spaces and new buildings just completed.</p>
<p>I think you should take a close look at UIUC’s geography program. [Department</a> of Geography Main Page Update](<a href=“http://www.geog.illinois.edu/]Department”>http://www.geog.illinois.edu/)
I have a cousin who graduated from there two years ago and then went to Harvard for a Masters in Urban Planning, so I would assume that UIUC’s program is pretty good. Also, it should be reasonable in cost since you are in-state.</p>
<p>Anyone else?</p>
<p>I’ve been looking at some private universities, and I’m thinking USC, NYU, Brown, Cornell, and Georgetown would suit me. I really want a school with a large course selection and a strong reputation (as well as relatively small class sizes/contact with professors). All of these schools are pretty expensive though.</p>
<p>NYU would not fit that list then. Most classes use adjuncts and are not small. Same to a lesser extent for USC and Cornell.
Also even at the larger publics classes in a Geog. major can be rather small–as in most under 30 and many under 20. Geog is not a huge major. Last fall at UW there were 10 Geography classes under 30 and 7 of those had under 20. That does not count seminars and independent study.</p>
<p>Do you happen to know if USC has small geography classes as well?</p>
<p>Nope. Most schools don’t post such detailed info. Especially privates.</p>
<p>You can get a sense by looking up the number of bachelor degrees granted in the major on the college navigator website. I would assume most geography classes are small at USC since they only graduated 6 kids in that major…</p>
<p>[College</a> Navigator - University of Southern California](<a href=“College Navigator - University of Southern California”>College Navigator - University of Southern California)</p>
<p>Well that sucks. But thanks for the info. I hate how schools publish their student to faculty ratio in such misleading ways. I mean, I obviously haven’t been to college so forgive me for asking, but does it really matter if your Intro to whatever class has 300 people in it? Won’t the classes eventually be smaller once you really get into specific things you want to study? It seems obvious, but I can’t really fathom a class with hundreds of kids. If you don’t get something, is it really that hard to approach a professor for clarification?</p>
<p>Hello again, sorry to bump this thread, but I went through the Fiske Guide and marked up all the schools I’m interested in. Some of these don’t have geography or urban studies, but I was wondering if they seem to fit my other criteria? Which should I eliminate? </p>
<p>UIUC
UT Austin
UW Seattle
ASU
CU Boulder
USC
NYU
Cornell
Brown
Beloit
CC
Rhodes
Oxy
Grinnell</p>