Course Description
Placement of students in an outside private or governmental agency where they will utilize geographic techniques in approaching practical problems relevant to the agency's mission. An initial orientation and a postinternship evaluation with the internship committee are required.
Athena Title
INTERNSHIP IN GEOG
Non-Traditional Format
Internship.
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
Our internship is designed as a practicum, to allow geography undergraduate majors to obtain practical experience in the application of geographical skills in the work place. As a consequence, internships are carefully screened by our internship coordinator, to ensure that the learning experience is suitably challenging and rewarding. Students are placed with private firms, government agencies (local, state, or federal), or non-governmental organizations that can provide geography majors the opportunity to apply conceptual and/or pragmatic dimensions of their training in geography. The internship promotes the diversity of learning experiences in geography, and serves to mentor undergraduates seeking to apply their geographical training in a working environment.
Topical Outline
Interns are required to participate in an internship orientation session, which will acquaint them with the purposes of the internship program and provide logistical details of their specific internship. Interns are monitored by cooperating host agencies, who oversee the day-to-day details of the work assignment. All interns summarize their internship experience in a written report that highlights the nature of the tasks performed and explores the geographic dimensions of those tasks. Host agencies also provide evaluative summaries of the interns performance.