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PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH FACILITIES: As the only
Department of Geography in Puerto Rico, it is the main center for
geographic education and research in the Island. Its mission is to offer
good quality education with the objective of preparing students to
continue graduate studies or to work in the public and private sector. It
does this by introducing students to the main traditions in Geography
through different approaches: lectures, seminars, field work, field trips
and scientific research. It is equipped with a computer cartography,
gis, and remote sensing laboratory and offers continued education
trough a certificate in GIS and seminars in special topics. It also
collaborates with different Geography
Departments in the United States by coordinating field trips, exchange
students, and by individually working with students who do graduate
research in Puerto Rico.
ACADEMIC PLAN, ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS, AND
FINANCIAL AID: Semester System. Program duration:
Undergraduate, 4 years. Admission requirements: interests in the field
coincident with those of the Department, and evidence of competence
and fulfillment of general admission requirements to the Río Piedas
Campus of the University of Puerto Rico. Financial Aid: Pell grants
and Federal student loans to qualifying students.
FACULTY:
Ángel David Cruz Báez, PhD., Wisconsin-Madison (1977), professor
and chairman — agricultural geography, computer cartography,
geographic information systems, remote sensing and quantitative
methods.
Martiza Barreto Orta, PhD, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
(1995) — marine geology and coastal geomorphology.
Carlos J. Guilbe López, PhD., Wisconsin-Milwuakee (1999) — land
use and urban development, urban transportation and spatial
models, retail activities (shopping centers), sports geography.
Carlos E. Severino Valdez, Dr. rer.nat., Humboldt University-Berlin,
(1993), professor and Dean of Social Sciences — urban
geography, political geography, economic development.
Francisco Watlington Linares, PhD., Gainesville (1990) —
neotropical tropical viticulture, antropogeography of Puerto
Rico, historical geography of the New World.
ADJUNCT FACULTY:
José M. Long Mulet, Juris Doctor, Interamerican University of Puerto
Rico, M. Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan —
geography and law, population geography
Irvia E. Toledo Rodríguez, M.A. Akron — cartography, geographic
information systems
TRINIDAD AND
TOBAGO
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST
INDIES, ST. AUGUSTINE
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF GEOMATICS ENGINEERING AND
LAND MANAGEMENT
DATE FOUNDED: 1983
DEGREES OFFERED: BSc. Geomatics, BSc. Land Management
(Valuations), MSc. Geoinformatics, MSc.Urban and Regional
Planning; Certificate in Geographic Information System; Postgraduate
Diploma in Land Administration.
CONTACT PERSONS: Dr. Bheshem Ramlal, Head of Department.
bheshem.ramlal@sta.uwi.edu; Ms Monique Joseph, Secretary,
geomaticsengineering.andlandmanagement@sta.uwi.edu.
CONTACT ADDRESS: Department of Geomatics Engineering and
Land Management, Faculty of Engineering, The University of the
West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, West Indies. Phone:
18686622002 ext 82108/82109, Fax: 18686624414, Email:
geomaticsengineering.andlandmanagement@sta.uwi.edu, Website:
http://sta.uwi.edu/eng/surveying/index.asp
PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH FACILITIES: The Department
offers several programs to cater to the needs of the Caribbean region.
These include a BSc. Geomatics, a BSc. Land Management
(Valuations), MSc. Geoinformatics, MSc. Urban and Regional
Planning, Certificate in Geographic Information Systems,
Postgraduate Diploma in Land Administration, Master of Philosophy
and Doctorate in Geoinformatics, in Urban and Regional Planning and
in Surveying and Land Information. The Department through its
program offerings and its research focuses on addressing the growing
needs of the Caribbean region for Geomatics, Land Management, GIS
and Physical Planning professionals and for related solutions. This is
especially significant as many small island states are continuing their
efforts towards sustainable development and economic prosperity
even in light of scarce resources due to the global economic slowdown
and the threat of global climate change and sea level rise. These
objectives require professionals who understand the spatial
characteristics of, and the social, legal, economic, institutional and
technical issues related to land and marine resources management.
Furthermore they must have the education, methodologies and
training to gather, manage, and analyze and use this information and
contribute to the decision-making process effectively by developing
various options for decision makers amongst others.
The Department has access to a wide array of facilities to support it
academic programs and research efforts. The university has a modern
library with an extensive collection of books and online databases that
are available to students and researchers. In addition, the department
has appropriate computer software, hardware and other equipment
well suited to the needs of stakeholders.
ACADEMIC PLAN, ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS, AND
FINANCIAL AID: Semester System.Program duration:
Undergraduate, 3 years; Master of Science, 18 months including
Thesis; Master of Philosophy: 2-3 years, Doctor of Philosophy: 3-5
years including Dissertation.
Admission: Undergraduate Program: 6 Points on CAPE Examination
or Equivalent; Graduate Programs: A BSc. degree in a related field
with a GPA of 3.3 or higher. Financial Aid: Funding available to
citizens of Trinidad and Tobago. Limited Funding available to
Caricom Nationals.
FACULTY:
Opadeyi, Jacob, BSc, MSc (Lagos), MEng, PhD (New Brunswick),
MBA (UWI), MRICS, Professor — Engineering Surveying,
Geographic Information Systems, Land Administration
Al-Tahir, Raid, BSc (Baghdad), MSc, PhD (Ohio State), MASPRS
(USA), MRSPS PSoc (UK), Senior Lecturer — Photogrammetry,
Spatial Analysis, Remote Sensing
Mycoo, Michelle, BA (Hons) (UWI), MSc (Hong Kong), PhD
(McGill), MTTSP, MISOCARP, Senior Lecturer — Land Use &
Natural Resources Management, Coastal Zone Planning,
Planning Law and Administration, Planning Analysis
Ramlal, Bheshem, BSc (UWI), PGDip, MSc (ITC Netherlands), PhD
(Maine), Cert. Ed. (UBC), MISTT, MRICS, Senior Lecturer —
Cartography, Geographic Information Systems, Surveying
Davis, Dexter, BSc (Hons) (UWI), PhD (Newcastle-upon-Tyne),
MISTT, Lecturer — Surveying, Digital Photogrammetry,
Geodesy, Adjustment, GNSS
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