It secured the highest overall profile awarded within the planning and landscape cognate area in Scotland. The staff are drawn from a wide area of environmental, planning, economic and social science disciplines and are supported by visiting lecturers from practice. The Geddes Centre for Planning Research is based in the department. The main areas of research interest are sustainability indicators, ecological modernisation, national parks, minerals, countryside planning as well as regional planning and governance. The department, which is housed in purpose-built premises offering lecture theatre, seminar rooms, library, computing and exhibition space, provides a modern and friendly learning environment.
Class sizes range from a maximum of fifty down to small groups.
Staff and students operate on a first name basis. Extensive use is made of computing facilities, where students have access to a suite of PCs and video editing equipment. Our web site and Email facilities are important for the provision of information to students. There is an active student environmental society which organises practical work projects and visiting speakers. Beyond the University campus, the city of Dundee and its wider hinterland provide opportunities for students to gain first hand experience of the challenges which face environmental management professionals.