Geography Department

The department was established as a branch in the Department of Social Sciences at the Higher Teachers' House in the twenties of the last century, and in 1955 the branch was separated and converted into a department to separate it from the rest of the aforementioned branches. The scientific departments were merged with the College of Arts, and in (1974) the College of Education was reopened with its scientific and human departments. The Department of Geography contributes to the process of preparing and developing human resources and preparing teaching staff to support middle and secondary schools to serve the scientific and educational process and achieve the goals of higher education and the goals of the colleges of education in the light of the central philosophy of the state and the service of civil society. The Geography Department is one the most important Scientific and Human departments in the college of education. Its main goal is to prepare and develop human resources that able to tutor students in secondary and high schools and serving the scientific and educational process in Iraq and achieving the higher education process and colleges of education within the philosophy of education in Iraq.

1. Preparing, developing, and enhancing the cognitive and scientific role of students in human and physical or natural geography so they will qualify in teaching and conducting scientific research in the Ministry of Education and other ministries that can benefit from geographical experiences of our students who they graduated from the department. 2. Empowering students to become responsible and rely in their practical lives on themselves. This has been done through encouraging them to apply the scientific application in addressing and solving the daily life problems by utilizing the empirical and analytical program that can service the Iraqi community and the whole country. 3. The Geography department also aims to develop the skills needed for Intelligent Student to peruse their scientific studies on the post-graduate level. It also continuously encourages brilliant students and assist them to apply for master and doctorate degree to become the foundation of the Iraqi Academic institutions especially at the geography departments in the Iraqi universities as professors and researchers in different scientific fields.

Number of educational staff capable of contributing to building an Iraqi society that is equipped with and believes in knowledge and the ability to contribute to building comprehensive development in all aspects of the Iraqi society and state.

The Geography Department witnessed a great development during the past years in terms of quantity and quality to keep pace with modern education methods, especially after the Corona pandemic, which cast a shadow over recalculations in the traditional methods that we used in the educational process. Among these scientific and educational works and activities are as follows: 1. The opening of the Geographic Techniques Laboratory for Geomorphology, Climate and Soil Materials in (2014) 2. The climatic station was also installed in (2014). 3. The opening of the model hall equipped with data show devices and the electronic whiteboard in (2015). 4. Holding many conferences, seminars and workshops, whether in person or (online) electronically and remotely. 5. Carrying out a set of panel discussions and workshops, such as a workshop for developing the department's curricula and the annual conferences of the Department of Geography. 6. The Department of Geography is currently seeking to study the conditions of the American academic institution for granting an academic certificate and international recognition (NCATE), and the self-evaluation has been read