Our goal is to continuously revise and revitalize General Education offerings while continuously improving their quality and assessing their relevancy. As stated in the General Mission Statement for the Department, the discipline 0f Geography is an ideal complement for the Environmental Science program providing the human, cultural emphasis of our relationship to the Earth. The Geography program will seek every opportunity to enhance the link between the two programs. Recent world events have made it unquestionably clear that the 21st Century will be the Global century. Survival of every institution in this State and this country will depend on understanding global economics, global politics, global environments, global cultures, global health and well-being in every variety and form.
Spatial relationships are central to that understanding.
The research vision of the faculty centers on the dynamics of cooperation with colleagues in Environmental Science and the Health professions to explore and understand the human habitat Earth. Program Goals 1. To teach Geographic methods of analysis including map compilation and interpretation, computer proficiency with spatial data, and data gathering from field and library sources. To recognize the needs of students primarily interested in using geography at all levels of the teaching profession, as well as providing Geographic skills for those who may choose other careers. To structure a Geography curriculum fully compatible with the Environmental Science program that will provide opportunity for team and cross-discipline teaching and courses.