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Degree requirements

Geographers, "Map" out your future schedules

3 year course plans to help prepare you for upcoming scheduling decisions

 

Fall 2007-Spring 2008            Fall 2008-Spring 2009            Fall 2009-Spring 2010

 

 

Explore Gamma Theta Upsilon The International Honor Society in Geography

Maybe you qualify for this special honor

 

Annual Spring Honors Celebration

Join the department each spring for a special celebration of the dedication and scholarship of its outstanding students.

(Yep,  we consider all of our students outstanding! And they prove it daily.) 

Monetary awards include: Geography Majors' Award, Rinier Scholarship, &  new for this year- the Dean's Award.

GTU initiation is also held during this event.

Spring 2007 Poster              Spring 2006 Poster           Spring 2005 Poster

Apply for the 2008 Dean's Award to be presented during the Honor's Celebration. Just answer the question: "What is the value of studying geography?"

Winner will receive an award of $100.00. The essay should be typed, double spaced, up to 500 words long and is due by  April 4, 2008.  It can be emailed to geography@kent.edu or dropped off at the front desk in 413 McGilvrey Hall. 

(up to 500 words double spaced equals up to about a page and a half. Winner will be judged on quality not necessarily quantity of words)

  • Applicants must be a current Kent State University undergraduate students who are majoring or have a minor in geography.

  • Essays will be judged by a committee selected by the Geography Department. Authors' names will remain anonymous to the judges until after the winner is selected.

  • Essays must be the original work of the student.

  • Essays will be judged on the following criteria:

  1. effectiveness, insightfulness, creativity, and completeness;

  2. organization and development of the ideas expressed, with clear and appropriate examples to support them;

  3. consistency in the use of language, variety in sentence structure and range of vocabulary, use of proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation;

  4. did it arrive in our office or email by the deadline of April 4, 2008.

  •  The likelihood of winning will depend upon the quality of all other entries as judged by the criteria stated above.

  • All essays and all rights to their publication become the property of the department of Geography, which may use, edit and excerpt these entries for promotional or any other purpose, including placing them online (e.g., on http://dept.kent.edu/geography).