Department of Geography

The vision of the department is to promote the advancement of integrative geographical knowledge and capacity for the Earth and its people. he Department strives to maintain contacts with all tiers of government and community organizations, to assist and advise them through applied research. Our curriculum and research conform to this mission: The curriculum is explicitly focused on different spatial scales: southern Africa, Africa, and the global context. Our students are encouraged to integrate Human and Physical Geography in order to address geographical issues in a well-rounded and synthetic way. Every attempt is made to apply, and expose students to, new technologies that are available in the geographical field. Advanced level courses often have an applied context that is related to the Earth and its People. There is a particular focus on water-related geographical issues. Our teaching pedagogy uses a diversity of innovative teaching methods to engage learners, encourage autonomy of learning and promote critical thinking. https://www.ru.ac.za/geography/