Head of Department
Welcome to the Department of Geography and Economics
The Department of Geography and Economics is one of three departments within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. It comprises 28 staff members, including 11 Assistant Lecturers (8 male, 3 female), 11 Lecturers (7 male, 4 female), 1 Senior Lecturer (male), 1 Associate Professor (male), and 4 Tutorial Assistants (all male). The department is organized into two units: Economics and Geography.
The Economics unit offers a variety of undergraduate courses, such as Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Quantitative Methods in Economics, International Economics, Money, Banking and Financial Development, and Money and Financial Policy. The Geography unit provides a wide range of courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Undergraduate courses include Natural Resources Management, Remote Sensing, Climatology, Mapping Science, Population Studies, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Postgraduate offerings encompass advanced topics such as Climate Change and Human Adjustments, Population, Resources and Environment, Environmental Disasters Management, Sustainable Human Development, Strategic Urban Environmental Management, Environmental Conservation Policies and Strategies, Spatial Development Theories, Integrated Natural Resources Management, and Water Resources Planning and Management.
In the 2021/2022 academic year, the department introduced a new undergraduate degree program in Disaster Risk Management. This program covers diverse and specialized topics, including Introduction to Hazards and Disasters, Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptations, Research Methods, Principles of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Drought and Flood Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Measures, Environmental Impact Assessment, Economics of Disasters, Risk Perceptions and Assessment, Spatial GIS Analysis, Gender and Disaster, Pest Infestation Control and Management, Chemical and Industrial Disasters Prevention and Management, Disaster Management Ethics, Disaster Emergency Needs Assessment and Reporting, Disaster Preparedness Planning, Managing Hazardous Materials and Chemicals, Hazards and Disaster Assessment Methods and Tools, Disaster Management Policies and Legislation, Environmental Management Systems, and Insurance and Risk Management.