All Geography majors must complete Seminar in Geography in order to graduate from Illinois State University. Students must have had at least 12 hours of Geography credits and completed 90 or more semester hours to enroll for Seminar. Only those students intending to graduate in the same calendar year as they take Seminar should enroll. In other words, a student taking Seminar in Spring 2008 should be planning to graduate in August of 2008 or in December 2008. We will make an exception for Geography Teacher Education majors who are going to be student teaching in Spring 2009.
The Seminar course is a prerequisite for the internship in Geography (Geography 398.01) and serves, for many students, as a transition point between the academic environment of the University and the world of work. Career-preparation issues absorb considerable time in class. All students must prepare an acceptable one-page resume. Guests visit the class periodically to provide advice on such career-related topics as professional attire and job experiences. Geography Career Fair occurs in spring of each year, so students in Seminar can hear and talk with a variety of people working in professions related to Geography. Since Spring 2003, Seminar students have presented the results of a Senior Field Problem as a part of the course requirements.
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Created 20 June 1997. Last revision occurred 10 January 2008.