Works like these are still collected, but they do not form a large part, or even always a part, of the diverse interests of all contemporary geographers. Geographers continue to be interested in place and locality, but contemporary geographical study relates to and uses all areas of the social sciences and sciences. The acquisitions program seeks to provide resources for these needs. At the same time both the more general needs of the College community which do include resources such as travel guides, gazetteers, and the like, as well as the need for materials supplementing work in other disciplines must be met. The Department of Geography offers not only a major in the discipline but also a modified major which the interdisciplinary nature of geography easily allows.
Assistance is given to students who plan to go on to graduate work.
The faculty is involved actively in research which brings in a significant amount of grant money. Work in the department offers courses in both human and physical geography including urban, political, population, and economic geography. There is great interest among the human geographers in the domestic economy from the point of view of immigration and internal migration. Regional studies includes courses on Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, Russia and the former Soviet Union. Courses of a technical nature include those in cartography, remote sensing, and geographical information systems.