<p>Some subfields og geography seem to be covered in other depts, such as climatology and aspects of environmental geography and geomorphology in earth science depts., biogeography in biology depts., spatial analysis in urban planning, and GIS in a variety of depts. That still leaves entire areas such as regional/area geography, cultural/social geography, etc. not covered in other depts. I’m not in geography but it seems there were interesting theoretical developments in that discipline, and as I mentioned it thrives in Britain and many US universities----just not in some of the top universities. </p>
<p>As for U Chicago, aren’t their course offerings just the remnants of what was once an full, independent dept.?</p>