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 Mary's offers a two-year, thesis-based program leading to a Master of Arts in Geography. <br><br>Geography is a holistic field grounded in the spatial processes and structures that govern our world. Saint Mary's 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. <br><br>Our faculty members investigate a broad range of research topics, including:<br><br>Clandestine migration in West Africa<br>Globalization of the Canadian education industry<br>Heritage tourism and dark tourism in Nova Scotia, and beyond<br>Extracting morphometric information from digital elevation models<br>Coastal climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation<br>Downtown revitalization through housing and retailing<br><br>The program is designed to be completed in two years of full-time study, with a part-time study option available.