Department of Geography and Geographical Informati




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Vision

The department offers a geography program that aims to prepare a graduate who has the ability to:

1. Understanding the naturalness of change in natural environments and human societies.

2. Identify the causes of variation and spatial differences.

3. The ability to critical analysis and logical thinking.

4. Recognizing the importance of geography in identifying many of the problems facing society and providing solutions to them.

5. Understand the general facts that explain the relationship between man and the earth.

6. Familiarity with various modern technologies such as computers and remote sensing.

7. The use of geographical information systems in mapping and analyzing problems.

8. The ability to employ the branches of geography and its modern methods of community development.

9. Familiarity with different statistical methods in interpreting data.

10. Using modern means of communication in geographical research.

11. Understand the importance of maps of all kinds.

12. Realize the importance of field study in understanding the social and natural environments.

Mission

The graduate should be able to:

Clarifies basic concepts and information in the field of specialization.

Understand the relationship between climatic elements and patterns of economic activity.

Learn about geographic information systems and their importance in society.

Understand the nature of change in different environments.

Identify general facts that explain the relationship between humans and place.

Identify the spatial differences and understand the factors leading to this difference.

Explain the latest terms and geographical acronyms.

Get to know the applied aspects of aerial photographs in the field of geographical study.

Explain the basic concepts of aerial photography.

Objectives

The graduate should be able to:

Selects problems related to the field of geography and provides solutions.

Links between surface features in Egypt and human activity.