An optional internship is available to first term seniors. Students who apply and are accepted are placed in working situations for a semester. The department has working arrangements with a wide variety of governmental and private agencies. Departmental Honors Program Students admitted to the Honors program engage in independent research under the guidance of an individual faculty member. Students are eligible upon completion of 30 hours of geography courses including the required courses.
Honors students substitute six hours of honors research for six hours of formal coursework.
The result of student research is an undergraduate thesis. There is a chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon, the National Geography Honor Fraternity, on campus. This group provides a social nucleus for geography majors by holding regular meetings, inviting speakers, planning career days, field trips, parties and fund raising activities. The fraternity uses 1120 LeFrak Hall as its base of operation, and members of GTU also work as peer advisors. Computer Mapping and Spatial Analysis Laboratory Analyzing geographical data is greatly assisted by the use of computers.