The classrooms here in the Department of Geography are small enough to allow plenty of personal interaction between students and instructors. This interaction allows faculty and students the opportunity to work closely together in each students field of interest at a more casual level while maintaining a professional relation. While some instructors are still using conventional teaching methods, others are using new and innovative methods of instruction. Some classes are online while many use the internet for supplementary lectures, homework exchanges, and as a place to store class information. Powerpoint slide presentations are also used in many classes.
Most students find the coursework challenging yet useful.
There is also a bond created between students in our geography department that is unequaled by other departments. Students almost feel like family and always feel at home in the geography department. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, we are only 70 miles from the Gulf of Mexico and 100 miles from New Orleans. Other nearby cities include Mobile, Alabama and Jackson Mississippi. This unique location provides geography students an ideal setting for research, field work, and academic study.