Name: Asst. Prof. Dr. Salam Saud Hussein Dawood
Email: Salam.s@tu.edu.iq

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Name: Dr. Farah Abdulqader Faleh
Email: Farah.falih872@tu.edu.iq

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Weekly Class Schedule – Geography Department

The Geography Department is the entity responsible for implementing academic standards within the university to develop capabilities and enhance the quality of graduates at the local, regional, and global levels.

Preparing educational staff capable of contributing to building an Iraqi society equipped with knowledge and empowered to participate in comprehensive development across all sectors of Iraqi society and the state.

The objectives of the Geography Department are categorized into three main types: cognitive and scientific objectives (both theoretical and applied), value-based objectives (at the national and human levels), and skill-based objectives (covering all levels of capacity and capability development for graduates and members of the department). In addition to these, there are other specific objectives as follows:

1. Preparing and developing female students, broadening their sensory, intellectual, and scientific horizons in all geographic subjects, whether physical or human, enabling them for teaching and scientific research in the Ministry of Education and other ministries that can benefit from the geographic expertise of the department’s graduates.

2. Empowering students to rely on scientific methods in addressing practical problems and life situations through field studies, analysis, and research, especially in studies that serve and benefit society.

3. Preparing and developing the scientific aptitude of outstanding students to advance their academic studies, encouraging them to pursue postgraduate education, thus forming a core group that supports academic institutions and meets the needs of geography departments in Iraqi provinces as specialists in their fields.

4. Providing scientific, professional, and cultural training to students and graduates of the Geography Department, enabling them to master and understand the theoretical facts and concepts of geography.

5. Qualifying students and graduates to grasp the fundamental principles that prepare them for teaching in educational institutions and contributing to scientific research in all geographic knowledge fields.

6. Developing beneficial behaviors and values among students in alignment with Arab and Islamic values and the principles of other divine religions, guiding them to the highest levels of intellectual, moral, and human maturity.

7. Enhancing students’ abilities, motivations, and attitudes toward teaching, intellectual inquiry, and scientific research to increase their capacity to face contemporary challenges, support cultural development, and address modern societal issues.

8. Cultivating authentic ethical values related to teaching and scientific research, directing both toward serving national and societal interests with a humanistic and educational dimension.

9. Equipping students with essential skills related to teaching and scientific research.

10. Providing graduates of the Geography Department with the necessary educational and scientific skills to enable them to practice teaching effectively and handle contemporary life situations with high competence.

11. Encouraging students and community members to develop self-learning skills, broadening their intellectual, cultural, and knowledge horizons independently.

Additional key objectives specific to the Geography Department include:

1. Preparing specialized geographers capable of understanding environmental issues.

2. Enabling students to understand the nature of geographic phenomena (physical and human), their characteristics, spatial variability, and interrelationships.

3. Enabling students to understand natural and human resources, their optimal utilization, and conservation.

4. Developing skills in map drawing and reading, aerial and satellite imagery, and other techniques supporting various geographic studies.

5. Enabling students to master geographic teaching methods.

6. Helping students understand changes in the contemporary global political map and their relation to the Arab world.

7. Enabling students to comprehend global geographic thought and the status of Arab geographic thought.

8. Preparing students to use scientific research methods and techniques in geographic studies.

9. Enabling students to apply their geographic knowledge and skills in their careers as high school teachers or in pursuing postgraduate studies.

Academic Description for the 2024-2025 Academic Year