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Heads up... Summer and Fall Class Registration begins Mar 25th for graduate students and April 1 for undergraduate students!

Don't miss your registration window! Check banner for your scheduling dates and make sure you have any holds cleared!

Undergraduates are required to attend the scheduling meeting on Thursday March 14 at 3:30 p.m. in Rowland 200.

Summer Field Courses - Get in touch with Dr. Marr or Dr. Jantz if you are interested in the Chili Class (Summer 2013), or Dr. Cornell if you are interested in summer classes at the Marine Science Consortium!

Annual Geo-ESS - Gamma Theta Upsilon Spring Research and Awards Reception April 26, 2013

Contact

Geography & Earth Science Department
104 Shearer Hall
1871 Old Main Dr.
Shippensburg, PA 17257

Phone: 717-477-1685
Fax: 717-477-4029
Email: geog@ship.edu

Alumni

Please take a moment to fill out our Alumni Survey!

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Alumni Survey

Spring 2010

The Geography-Earth Science Department at Shippensburg University updates and compiles a directory of past graduates of the department every two years. We are also very interested in your opinions of departmental courses and degree programs in order for us to assess our program. The information you provide will help us make changes that will improve our department. Thank you for taking time to complete this survey.
If possible, please complete the survey by May 1, 2012.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Name:

Permanent Address:

Home Phone: Work Phone:

Email Address:

Year of Graduation:

Major (Check one):

Earth-Space Science
Geography-Liberal Arts
Comprehensive Social Studies
Urban-Rural Studies
Geoenvironmental Studies (Undergrad)
Geoenvironmental Studies (Graduate)
Geographic Information Systems (GIS certification)

What have you been doing since your graduation from Shippensburg University?

Do you feel that your degree from the Department of Geography-Earth Science at Shippensburg prepared you to get a job in your field of study?

Additional Comments:

Overall, how well did the courses taken in the department prepare you for your present job or the job you hope to attain in the near fugure? (Check one)

Well prepared
Adequately Prepared
Poorly Prepared

Additional Comments:

Below are two lists. The first is a list of communication and analytical skills; these are skills the department works to develop though our classes. Please indicate how frequently you use each skill in your position today and how helpful you think our program was in developing the skill.

Skills	Frequency of Use	Helpfulness-Developing Skill
Computer	Very Important Some Importance Little Importance	Very Helpful Helpful Not Helpful
Data Collection & Research	Very Important Some Importance Little Importance	Very Helpful Helpful Not Helpful
Problem Solving	Very Important Some Importance Little Importance	Very Helpful Helpful Not Helpful
Analytical & Quantitative	Very Important Some Importance Little Importance	Very Helpful Helpful Not Helpful
Communication	Very Important Some Importance Little Importance	Very Helpful Helpful Not Helpful
Geotechnology (GPS, Geophysics, etc.)	Very Important Some Importance Little Importance	Very Helpful Helpful Not Helpful

The second list, below, identifies the different content areas of focus in our program. Please indicate how frequently you use the content in your position today and how helpful you think our program was in developing the content.

Content Areas	Frequency of Use	Helpfulness-Developing Content
Atmosphere	Very Important Some Importance Little Importance	Very Helpful Helpful Not Helpful
Environmental Land Use Planning	Very Important Some Importance Little Importance	Very Helpful Helpful Not Helpful
Geology - Soils	Very Important Some Importance Little Importance	Very Helpful Helpful Not Helpful
Hydrology	Very Important Some Importance Little Importance	Very Helpful Helpful Not Helpful
GIS/Cartography	Very Important Some Importance Little Importance	Very Helpful Helpful Not Helpful
Economic-Regional	Very Important Some Importance Little Importance	Very Helpful Helpful Not Helpful

How would you rate the quality of your internship or student teaching experience with regard to the following categories?

(Please go on to the next category of you did not have an internship or student teaching experience at Shippensburg.)
Are you evaluating:

Internship
Student teaching Experience

Enhance your professional growth	Excellent Good Poor
Learning new skills and knowledge	Excellent Good Poor
Preparation for present job	Excellent Good Poor
Fairness / consideration of on-the-job supervisors	Excellent Good Poor
Others (Please Comment)

Geographic Perspective and Life-Long Learning

A major goal of our program is to assist our students in developing a geographic perspective and encourage our students to become life-long learners. This may be the first time you have ever though about either of these ideas, but we would like you to evaluate the following:

--To what extent the Geography-Earth Science program contributed to "your ability to see and understand the world in terms of: who, what, where, when, places and things are distributed across space; why and how they got there; evaluate the ever-changing relationship between humans and the environment; and sometimes make predictions & propose solutions to current problems."

Significantly Contributed
Moderately Contributed
Did Not Contribute at All

--To what extent the Geography-Earth Science program contributed to you developing as a life-long learner.

Significantly Contributed
Moderately Contributed
Did Not Contribute at All

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