Geography Department
Clubs/Honor Societies
Special Departmental Programs
The
department sponsors
a Geography Club. Club members collectively enjoy films, trips, and seminars. All majors are encouraged to join! Click here for an
application.
Travel
studies are available during the summer within the United States and to
foreign locations. Contact the department for further details.
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GTU Honor Society
A chapter of Gamma
Theta Upsilon (GTU), the national honor society in geography, is
sponsored by the department. On occasion, guest lecturers from other
colleges and universities are invited to speak to meetings of GTU and
the department..
Click here for an application.
The
department offers an honors program in geography. To be admitted,
students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.25, and a 3.50 in the major, or
consent of their faculty adviser. Students may be admitted to the
program no sooner than the spring of their sophomore year.
The
honors program requires a minimum of 39 units, including 6 to 9 units in
seminars, directed readings and research projects. A senior thesis and
oral defense are also required. Students should consult their faculty
adviser for more information.
The National Council for Geographic Education awards are given to academically outstanding graduating majors
Environmental Planning
Faculty
of the department are active in career advising. Occasional careers days
are held, and the department participates in a regional network of
career advising in geography. Graduates of the department are currently
employed in a wide array of jobs such as teachers, professors,
meteorologists, intelligence analysts with the Department of Defense,
cartographers, planners, statisticians, travel agents, and environmental
engineers.
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