Physical Geography (GEOG 1)
Course Number: GEOG 1
Units: 3
Class: 3 hours lecture (GR)
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
Description: Basic elements of the earth’s physical systems and processes: Earth-sun relations, weather, climate, water, plate tectonics, landforms, soils, and ecosystems and their interrelationships and global distribution patterns. 2206.00
AA/AS area 1 CS area B1, D5 IGETC area 5A
Physical Geography Laboratory (GEOG 1L)
Course Description: GEOG 1L
Unit: 1
Class: 3 hours laboratory (GR)
Prerequisite or corequisite: GEOG 1
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
Description: Practical application of basic concepts and principles of physical geography: Earth-sun relationships, weather, climate, geologic processes, landforms, and eld observation. 2206.00
CS area B3 IGETC area 5C
Cultural Geography (GEOG 2)
Course Number: GEOG 2
Units: 3
Class: 3 hours lecture (GR)
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
Description: Basic elements of cultural geography Interrelationship of people and the land, including study of populations, cultural origins, migration, language and religion, ethnicity, systems of agriculture, urbanization, political units, economic organi ation and resource exploitation 2206.00
AA/AS area 2; CSU area D5; IGETC area 4E
World Regional Geography (GEOG 3)
Class Number: GEOG 3
Units: 3
Class: 3 hours lecture (GR)
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
Description: Introduction to the world’s major geographic regions: Interconnections between regions, cultural and economic development, political organi ation, land uses, and the environment. 2206.00
AA/AS area 2; CSU area D5; IGETC area 4E (C-ID: GEOG 125)
Introduction to Mapping (GEOG 6)
Class Number: GEOG 6
Units: 3
Class: 3 hours lecture (GR)
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
Description: Introduction to mapping: Interpretation of topographic maps, map scale, map projections, symbols, grid systems, eld methods, and analysis of remote-sensing images. 2206.00
California Geography (GEOG 18)
Class Number: Geog 18
Units: 3
Class: 3 hours lecture
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
Description: Introduction to the bio-geography, climatic biomes, geology, economy, human culture, and social history of the state of California.
Climate Change (GEOG 19)
Class Number: Geog 19
Units: 3
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
Description: Overview of past, present, and future climate changes: Analysis of climatological events and latest research discoveries; emphasis on the role humans play in warming the planet.
Introduction to Geology (GEOL 10)
Class Number: Geol 10
Units: 3
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
Description: Survey of the structure and materials that compose the earth’s surface and geologic processes responsible for shaping the earth: Nature and role of rocks and minerals, environmental processes and problems, dynamics of volcanism, earthquakes, plate tectonics, metamorphism, running water, ground water, glaciation, weathering and erosion,
