FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Introduction
The Faculty of Geography and Environmental Sciences started the educational and research activities as an independent faculty in 2010 after merging two departments of geography and environmental sciences. Now, students can major in geography or environmental studies at the undergraduate level, and then can continue on for a master and PhD. They can apply for one of the four natural geography, human geography, remote sensing, and environmental sciences departments. The faculty provides suitable opportunities to educate students by having more than 20 academic faculty members, advanced laboratories and workshops including remote sensing (GIS) workshop, urban planning workshop, animal physiology laboratory and taxidermy workshop.
In this faculty, there are educational and auxiliary tools include types of surveying camera, GPS devices (global positioning system), mirror stereoscopes, calcimetry devices, different types of topographical maps, different digital map files, etc.
Departments
Urban & Rural Planning
Urban planning and rural planning, are technical and political process that are focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban or rural areas, such as transportation, communications, and distribution networks and their accessibility.
Environment
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology, and geography to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems.
Geomorphology & Meteorology
Meteorology is the science that deals with the study of the atmosphere. Geography studies earth as the home of man. It attempts to find out the relationship between man and his environment.
Remote Sensing and GIS
GIS facilitates the process by which we can visualize, analyze and understand this data. Remote sensing is one of the methods commonly used for collecting physical data to be integrated into GIS. Remote sensors collect data from objects on the earth without any direct contact.