Vision
Leadership through Excellence in Science, Technology, Innovation and Engineering Education.
Mission Statement
The Department strives to be a centre of academic excellence in both theory and application pertaining to in economic, urban and development geography, geoinformation science, environmental social science, natural resource management, geomorphology and climate change. The mission is to build a sound foundation for geography teaching in schools and provide expertise and practical solutions and insight in the areas of land-use, spatial planning and the management of environmental resources through the spectrum of effective teaching, research, consultancy and community outreach.
Objectives
- To equip students with the necessary state of the art; conceptual, analytical and technical knowledge for tackling and solving problems of sustainable development.
- To undertake research, consultancy and community service in geography education, geoinformation science, spatial planning, climate change, geomorphology, environmental management as well as land and water resources management and utilization.
- To enable students to specialize in areas.
- To enable students to specialize in areas of relevance to national and regional development at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels, in keeping with the University’s mission of being the African University of choice.
- To be a national resource centre for information and materials related to climate change, environmental and land management, water resources management, spatial data, land use planning and geography education.
- To strengthen collaborative research and share experiences with relevant national, regional and international institutions.
Teaching and Research Facilities
- To equip students with the necessary state of the art; conceptual, analytical and technical knowledge for tackling and solving problems of sustainable development.
- To undertake research, consultancy and community service in geography education, geoinformation science, spatial planning, climate change, geomorphology, environmental management as well as land and water resources management and utilization.
- To enable students to specialize in areas.
- To enable students to specialize in areas of relevance to national and regional development at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels, in keeping with the University’s mission of being the African University of choice.
- To be a national resource centre for information and materials related to climate change, environmental and land management, water resources management, spatial data, land use planning and geography education.
- To strengthen collaborative research and share experiences with relevant national, regional and international institutions.
Teaching and Research Facilities
Despite the challenges faced by the Department, it has a GIS laboratory with a capacity of 30 students; soils and water analysis laboratory with a capacity of 20 students a cartographic laboratory that seats about 35 students. The Department also runs an active weather station with equipment used mainly for teaching purposes. The weather station also assists high schools in the country to conduct lessons related to measurement of weather parameters. Daily weather readings and made and published in the departments bulletin board for public information. The Department intends to upgrade the weather station with addition of automated instruments to facilitate incorporated into the national grid. In 2017 the Department established a vetiver grass nursery with an intention producing seedlings to facilitated fieldwork exercises and community outreach on combating soil erosion in the country.