Tanzania 

 The Open University of Tanzania

 General Information:

The Open University of Tanzania is presently situated in Msasani village, which is one km from Namanga shopping centre in Dar es Salaam. The University is the first single mode institution of its kind South of the Sahara, offering its degree courses through distance teaching systems. The University has adopted/adapted course materials from distance teaching institutions. It consists of four faculties and one institute. It conducts its operations through Regional Centers and 49 study centers.

Department in Focus:

The department performs its task with the following aims.

• Give a basic foundation in both physical and human Geography to all students who take in each of their three parts.
• Equip most promising students for possible further studies in Geography. Such students will have to major in Geography.
• Allow students who major in Geography to acquire basic knowledge of the subject, sufficient for teaching in schools or as a tool in other geography related fields.

In the department there are four courses which are very much related with Geoinformation disciplines.

OGE 103 INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES I

• Data Collection, Analysis and Presentation.

OGE 106 INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES II

• Surveying, Cartography and Mapping.

OGE 203 REMOTE SENEING AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN GEOGRAPHY I

• Agricultural Systems, Theories of Agricultural location.

OGE 208 REMOTE SENSING AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN GEOGRAPHY II:

• Remote Sensing and Geographical Information.