Geography Department

Vision

The Department of Geography, by providing effective scientific and educational services for the youth, has empowered our dear homeland Afghanistan in the field of academic progress, development and human capacity building. The vision of the Department of Geography is to create a well-known scientific core related to geographical issues in the country and the region, as well as to create a quality scientific education system in accordance with international standards and norms.

Mission

Accurate knowledge of the surface of the earth in relation to humans, effective use of natural and human resources, evaluation of its advantages and disadvantages, as well as access to natural facilities and resources of the earth are the basic rights of citizens of any country. To research this national ideal, the establishment of educational institutions and training in the field of geography with the aim of training professional and specialized staff in the field geography is an urgent national need. In order to achieve these structure goals, the existence of the geography department is adorned with the common sciences of the following goals.

• Training of geographers, scientific, professional and expert staff

• Active contribution of graduates of the department based on modern scientific and technical methods in the public sector such as: Land Survey, Environmental Protection, Disaster Management, Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Ministry of Urban Development, municipalities, etc. In the non-governmental sector of the country, such as: structures related to the United Nations, etc.

• Advancing the technical and professional affairs of government departments and the country's natural resources sector by the graduates of this department.

• Creating a master's program in geography

• Upgrading the degree of professors to the scientific aspects of master and Doctoral degree

• Scientific promotion of professors for scientific promotion

•Revival of the Journal of Geography

• Appointment of new staff members

• Compilation of new required textbooks

General and educational goals of the Department of Geography

Accurate knowledge of the surface of the earth in relation to humans, effective use of natural and human resources, evaluation of its advantages and disadvantages, as well as access to natural facilities and resources of the earth are the basic rights of citizens of any country. To research this national ideal, the establishment of educational institutions and training in the field of geography with the aim of training professional and specialized staff in the field of this field is an urgent national need. In order to achieve these structure goals, the existence of the geography department is adorned with the common sciences of the following goals.

• Training of geographers, scientific, professional and expert staff

• Active contribution of graduates of the department based on modern scientific and technical methods in the public sector such as: Land Survey, Environmental Protection, Disaster Management, Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Ministry of Urban Development, municipalities, etc. In the non-governmental sector of the country, such as: structures related to the United Nations, etc.

• Advancing the technical and professional affairs of government departments and the country's natural resources sector by the graduates of this department.

• Quantitative and qualitative analysis of figures and data related to renewable and non-renewable natural resources of the country.

List of academic members:

Prof. Sima Nouri

Asst. Prof. Hamidullah Adineh

Asst. Prof. Dr. Sardar Mohammad Kouhestani

Asst. Prof. Mohammad Kazem Yousefi

Senior lecturer Mohammad Amin Karimi

Senior lecturer Samiullah Sufizadeh

Junior lecturer Mohammad Fawad Basharpal

Junior lecturer Eisa Sediqi

Junior lecturer Forouzan Raskh

Curriculum of Geography Department by Semester:

First Semester

Credit

Subject

Code

2

Foreign language

Geo-GG-1-2-100

1

Culture of Islam

Geo-GG-1-1-101

2

History of Afghanistan

Geo-GG-1-2-102

4

Mathematics

Geo-GG-1-4-103

4

Physics

Geo-GG-1-4-104

4

Chemistry

Geo-GG-1-4-105

2

Astronomy

Geo-GG-1-2-106

2

Introduction into Scientific Writing and Presentation

Geo-GG-1-2-107

21

Total Credits

 

Second Semester

Credit

Credit

Credit

2

Foreign language

Geo-GG-2-2-108

1

Culture of Islam

Geo-GG-2-1-109

4

General introduction to Geology

Geo-GG-2-4-110

4

General introduction to Meteorology

Geo-GG-2-4-111

2

Environmental Geography (I)

Geo-GG-2-2-112

2

General introduction to Physical Geography

Geo-GG-2-2-113

2

General introduction to Human Geography

Geo-GG-2-2-114

2

Qualitative and Quantitative Method in Geography

Geo-GG-2-2-115

2

Statistical Geography

Geo-GG-2-2-116

21

Total Credits

 

 

Third Semester

Credit

Credit

Credit

2

Foreign language

Geo-GG-3-2-117

1

Culture of Islam

Geo-GG-3-1-118

2

General introduction into Computer Science

Geo-GG-3-2-119

4

Cartography (I)

Geo-GG-3-4-120

2

Natural Region of the Earth

Geo-GG-3-2-121

2

Societies and Cultures of the Earth

Geo-GG-3-2-122

4

Afghanistan (I) Physical Geography

Geo-GG-3-4-123

2

Geography of Tourism

Geo-GG-3-2-124

2

Environmental Geography (II) Carrying Capacity and Sustainability 

Geo-GG-3-2-125

21

Total Credits

 

Fourth Semester

Credit

Subject

Code

2

Foreign language

Geo-GG-4-2-126

1

Culture of Islam

Geo-GG-4-1-127

4

Cartography (II)

Geo-GG-4-4-128

4

Economic Geography (I)

Geo-GG-4-4-129

4

Regional Geography (I) Asia and Oceania

Geo-GG-4-4-130

4

Afghanistan (II) Human Geography

Geo-GG-4-4-131

2

Rural Geography

Geo-GG-4-2-132

21

Total Credits

 

Fifth Semester

Credit

Subject

Code

1

Culture of Islam

Geo-GG-5-1-133

4

Economic Geography (II)

Geo-GG-5-4-134

2

Geodesy: Applied Cartography

Geo-GG-5-2-135

4

Geographical Information System (GIS) I

Geo-GG-5-4-136

4

Introduction to Remote Sensing

Geo-GG-5-4-137

4

Regional Geography (II) Africa

Geo-GG-5-4-138

2

Urban Geography

Geo-GG-5-2-139

21

Total Credits

 

Sixth Semester

Credit

Subject

Code

1

Culture of Islam

Geo-GG-6-1-140

4

Geomorphology

Geo-GG-6-4-141

2

Geography of Soil

Geo-GG-6-2-142

4

Geographical Information System (GIS) II

Geo-GG-6-4-143

2

Biogeography and Ecosystem of the Earth

Geo-GG-6-2-144

4

Regional Geography (III) Europe

Geo-GG-6-4-145

4

Geography of Transport

Geo-GG-6-4-146

21

Total Credits

 

Seventh Semester

Credit

Subject

Code

1

Culture of Islam

Geo-GG-7-1-147

2

Climatology

Geo-GG-7-2-148

2

Hydro-Geography

Geo-GG-7-2-149

4

Political Geography and Geopolitics

Geo-GG-7-4-150

4

Afghanistan (III) Historical Geography of Afghanistan and Central and South Asia

Geo-GG-7-4-151

4

Regional Geography (IV) America

Geo-GG-7-4-152

4

Afghanistan (IV) Economical and Political Geography of Afghanistan and its Neighbors

Geo-GG-7-4-153

21

Total Credits

 

Eighth Semester

Credit

Subject

Code

1

Culture of Islam

Geo-GG-8-1-154

4

Population Geography

Geo-GG-8-4-155

2

Natural Risk and Natural Hazards: A Geographical perspective

Geo-GG-8-2-156

2

Atmosphere, Geosphere and Biosphere in their Interaction

Geo-GG-8-2-157

12

Essay writing Monograph (B.Sc Thesis)

Geo-GG-8-12-158

21

Total Credits

 

 

 

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