University of Guelph, Doctor of Philosophy in Rural Studies, 4 Year(s)

The PhD program is offered in the following fields: 1) sustainable rural communities, and 2) sustainable landscape systems. The objective of the program in Rural Studies is to provide opportunities for advanced studies and research on the integration of socio-cultural and bio-physical components for capacity development, design, or planning of landscape systems and rural communities. Graduates are prepared to become leading specialists in addressing sustainable landscapes and rural communities issues. Interdisciplinary research is emphasized, building on the disciplines of capacity development and extension, landscape architecture, and rural planning and development within SEDRD.

Rural Studies core faculty are from within the School of Environmental Design & Rural Development (Capacity Development and Extension, Landscape Architecture, Rural Planning and Development), and draws associated faculty from units across the university, including: Food, Agriculture and Resource Economics, Geography, Political Science, and Sociology and Anthropology. Advanced studies and researc... Read more

The PhD program is offered in the following fields: 1) sustainable rural communities, and 2) sustainable landscape systems. The objective of the program in Rural Studies is to provide opportunities for advanced studies and research on the integration of socio-cultural and bio-physical components for capacity development, design, or planning of landscape systems and rural communities. Graduates are prepared to become leading specialists in addressing sustainable landscapes and rural communities issues. Interdisciplinary research is emphasized, building on the disciplines of capacity development and extension, landscape architecture, and rural planning and development within SEDRD.

Rural Studies core faculty are from within the School of Environmental Design & Rural Development (Capacity Development and Extension, Landscape Architecture, Rural Planning and Development), and draws associated faculty from units across the university, including: Food, Agriculture and Resource Economics, Geography, Political Science, and Sociology and Anthropology. Advanced studies and research on the integration of socio-cultural and bio-physical components for capacity development, design, or planning of landscape systems and rural communities are conducted through the following degree requirements.

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