Geography (GEOG Courses)
GEOG 101 Physical Geography
3.0 units.
Advisories: ENGL 101 - Freshman Composition: Exposition
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: GEOG 110
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
An introduction to the earth's physical geography, addressing the origins, patterns
and interconnections of weather/climate, water, landforms, living systems and human
culture.
GEOG 102 Human Geography
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: GEOG 120
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
A historical perspective is used to explore our human role in shaping the earth's
cultural landscapes. Globalization and cultural diversity are course themes. Topics
include population and migration; the geography of language, religion, and social
customs; economic forms; settlements; and resource problems.
GEOG 103 World Regional Geography
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: GEOG 125
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
A study of the world's major geographic regions. The course focuses on the increasing
globalization of the world and a movement towards greater emphasis on cultural diversity.
GEOG 105 Geography of California
3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Limited transfer to CSU & UC
C-ID Course Number: GEOG 140
Course Offered:
Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
A survey of the geography of California, including the physical environment, weather
and climate, population and migration, industry and agriculture, and major cultural
patterns. Themes will include: cultural diversity, economic and political trends,
resource issues, and the human-environment interaction.
GEOG 110 Introduction To Weather and Climate
3.0 units.
Advisories: GEOG 101 - Physical Geography
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: GEOG 130
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
An introduction to the physical processes underlying atmospheric and weather phenomena,
including global climate change and the impacts of various weather and climate phenomena
on society. Topics include atmospheric structure and composition, solar radiation
and energy balances, temperature, seasonal changes, atmospheric moisture, clouds and
fog, precipitation, air pressure, winds, air masses and fronts, cyclones, dynamics
of the atmosphere and ocean, weather forecasting, climate and climate change.
GEOG 115 Physical Geography Laboratory
1.0 unit.
Prerequisite: GEOG 101 - Physical Geography or concurrent enrollment in GEOG 101.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer to UC, CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
This course is design to provide supplemental exercises in topics covered in Physical
Geography lecture. Lab experience will include map analysis and interpretation, weather
prognostication, landform processes and evolution, tectonics, biogeography, and habitat
analysis.
GEOG 155 Introduction to GIS with Lab
2.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: GEOG 155
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Study of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) science and its applications to spatial
data management. Identification and acquisition of GIS data. Assessment of vector
and raster systems, scale, resolution, map projection, coordinate systems, georeferencing
and Global Positioning Systems (GPS). Spatial analysis and modeling with GIS.
GEOG 189 Independent Projects in Geography
1.0 - 3.0 units.
Acceptable for credit: Transfer CSU
C-ID Course Number: N/A
Course Offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer
Grading Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Courses for students capable of independent work who demonstrate the need or desire
for additional study beyond the regular curriculum. Enrollment allows students to
pursue activities such as directed field experience, research, or development of skills
and competencies under faculty advisement and supervision. Independent projects may
be earned in most disciplines. Students wishing to enroll in Independent Projects
should contact the appropriate instructor identified in the class schedule. If the
project proposed is acceptable to that instructor, a contract will be developed. All
contracts for these classes must be completed and submitted to the Records Office
no later than the end of the second week of the semester. Students may enroll for
any combination (unit value) of Independent Projects 189 and/or 389 for a total of
four semesters in a specific discipline. Units are awarded depending upon satisfactory
performance and the amount of time committed by the student to the course. Allowable
units vary according to discipline, and are based on the following formula: 1 unit
- 48 hours per semester 2 units - 96 hours per semester 3 units - 144 hours per semester