地理艺术硕士课程为人文和自然地理的进阶学习提供了机会。通过课程和论文，学生可以理解自然与社会之间的相互作用，以及创造出独特空间，地方，风景和地区的过程。他们还开发并运用其技能来绘制，分析和综合空间现象。地理学家在各个领域都有需求，包括城市和区域规划，工业区位，市场营销，资源开发，环境管理和地理信息学。
Saint Marys offers a two-year thesis-based program leading to a Master of Arts in Geography. Geography is a holistic field grounded in the spatial processes and structures that govern our world. Saint Marys offers broad expertise across the human and physical realms of the discipline. We accept students from Geography as well as cognate disciplines such as Environmental Studies Environmental Science History Planning and Economics. Our faculty members investigate a broad range of research topics includingClandestine migration in West AfricaGlobalization of the Canadian education industryHeritage tourism and dark tourism in Nova Scotia and beyondExtracting morphometric information from digital elevation modelsCoastal climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptationDowntown revitalization through housing and retailingThe program is designed to be completed in two years of full-time study with a part-time study option available.