Its vision is grand, its view panoramic. It sweeps the surface of the Earth, charting the physical, organic and cultural terrains, their areal differentiation, and their ecological dynamics with humankind. Its foremost tool is the map.
Geographers focus on anything and everything but relate their investigations to place and space.
At its most basic, geography involves a curiosity about our home, the surface of the earth. Anyone who loves to travel or who has an affinity for maps is at heart a geographer. Answers to questions in geography usually involve the dynamic interrelationship between and among historical, environmental, social, economic and political components. Thus, the geography student of today must have some familiarity with many disciplines, be able to read and write with clarity and insight, should be comfortable with statistical data and the use of maps, and increasingly, have the ability to use computers to address geographic problems. Geography at NKU reflects these fundamental geographic issues.