Computing in the geography degree: limitations and objectives

Abstract

That computing, in a variety of guises, will play an increasing role in undergraduate geography is a welcome inevitability. Experience of teaching aspects of computing to geography students, however, suggests that enthusiasm for the introduction of computer‐based skills needs to be tempered by a realistic assessment of what is possible and, indeed, desirable within the context of a balanced geography degree. A ladder of computing skills is outlined as a contribution towards the identification of an appropriate role for computing in the undergraduate geography curriculum.