Undergraduate Geography and Environmental Studies majors may do a “capstone” or “internship” to complete your undergraduate degree.

What is the difference?

An internship is external (e.g., you get a job, work in a lab, etc.) and a capstone is internal (i.e., you work with a full-time faculty member in the Department).

The registration process for each is not like a normal class. It begins in the semester prior to taking the class.

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Capstone registration process

In the semester prior to taking the class:

1. Meet with a full-time faculty person in the Department of Geography and Environmental Science (faculty profiles)
2. If the faculty person agrees to work with you, they are your “capstone advisor”
3. Ask your capstone advisor how to write a proposal
4. Write a proposal of what you intend to do
5. Once you and your capstone advisor agree on the proposal, sign the appropriate contract at:
http://www.geo.hunter.cuny.edu/forms/index.html
6. Choose a three-credit class (e.g., PGEOG 39300, not PGEOG 39100)
7. Send both the proposal and contract to either geogmajor@hunter.cuny.edu or esmajor@hunter.cuny.edu
8. You will be notified when registration is open
9. Finally, you register

The above is the same process for an independent study that does not count as capstone. In this case, the number of credits may vary.

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Internship registration process

1. Apply to many internships (not just one)
2. Get an internship offer
3. Fill out pages one to six in the appropriate internship packet at: http://www.geo.hunter.cuny.edu/forms/index.html
4. Send the packet to a full-time faculty member or the major advisor, ask if the internship qualifies for credits, and ask what you need to submit to earn those credits
5. Provided all parties agree, sign the appropriate internship contract at: http://www.geo.hunter.cuny.edu/forms/index.html
6. Send internship packet and signed contract to either geogmajor@hunter.cuny.edu or esmajor@hunter.cuny.edu
7. You will be notified when registration is open
8. Finally, you register