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  • 3.00 Credits

    Class hours: 48-54 lecture. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC. Geographic aspects of world cultures in relationship to land and sea. Dynamics of different societies and their impact on the natural world is traced through development, growth, settlement patterns, economic development, agricultural practices, commercial exploitation,
  • 2.00 Credits

    Class hours: 24-27 lecture; 24-27 laboratory Advisory: Completion of Computer Information Systems 4. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC credit limitations. Equivalent to the first half of GIS-1. Interdisciplinary course to explore the fundamentals and introduce the Geographic Information System (GIS) used for management, analysis, and communication of spatial data. Includes a brief introduction to basic cartographic principles, including maps, scales, coordinate systems, and map projections. Various applications of GIS technology used in environmental science, business, and government. Specific topics include GIS terminology, working with spatial data, and spatial analysis. Laboratory work reinforces lecture topics with hands-on experience using the ArcView software. May be taken twice. NOTE: Students who have completed GIS-1 twice may not take GIS-1A. 2206.10
  • 2.00 Credits

    Class hours: 24-27 lecture; 24-27 laboratory Prerequisite: Geographic Information Systems 1A. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC credit limitations. Equivalent to the second half of GIS-1. Interdisciplinary course to explore the fundamentals and introduce the Geographic Information System (GIS) used for management, analysis, and communication of spatial data. Includes a brief introduction to basic cartographic principles, including maps, scales, coordinate systems, and map projections. Various applications of GIS technology used in environmental science, business, and government. Specific topics include GIS terminology, working with spatial data, and spatial analysis. Laboratory work reinforces lecture topics with hands-on experience using the ArcView software. May be taken twice. NOTE: Students who have completed GIS-1 twice may not take GIS-1B. 2206.10
  • 3.00 Credits

    Class hours: 32-36 lecture; 48-54 laboratory Prerequisite: Geographic Information Systems 1, or 1A and 1B. Transfer Credit: CSU. Intermediate level course providing further study in ArcView, and an introduction to using its disciplinespecific applications in a GIS. Mapping and spatial analysis capabilities of ArcView and other GIS software. Introduction to GPS (Global Positioning Systems), including terminology, technology, data structures, use of metadata, and hands-on training using GPS remote sensing hardware and software. Use of GIS and geostatistical methods to establish criteria for multi-disciplinary applications analysis. May be taken three times. 2206.10
  • 3.00 Credits

    Class hours: 48-54 lecture. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC. A regional survey of California's natural and human resources, focusing on the influence of physical features, climate, water, and biogeography and their interactions with human population, migration, settlement, industries, economics, urban development, and social and cultural diversity. Examination of current issues and future challenges. 2206.00
  • 3.00 Credits

    Class hours: 48-54 lecture. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC. (CAN GEOG 2) The global physical world, its dynamics and spatial relationships. Physical environment presented as an integration of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and the biosphere. Processes and spatial relationships that created the global mosaic. Broad based course with an interdisciplinary outlook. 2206.00
  • 1.00 Credits

    Class hours: 16-18 lecture. Advisory: Completion of Computer Information Systems 4. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) using ArcView. Conceptual overview and basic functions. Use of ArcView GIS software and the Geographical User Interface to create, edit, query, and display geographical and tubular data. Course developed and taught by ESRI-certified Introduction to ArcView instructor. May be taken twice. 2206.10 demographics and political evolution through changing attitudes. 2206.00
  • 1.00 Credits

    Class hours: 48-54 laboratory. Corequisite: Geography 4 (may be taken previously). Transfer Credit: CSU; UC. Field observation and analysis of physical environments to accompany Geography 4. Laboratory is held in the field for on-site interpretation of climate, soils, landforms, plant, and animal distribution. 2206.00
  • 3.00 Credits

    Class hours: 48-54 lecture. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC. Global perspectives on environmental geography. Geographical approach to the biosphere: environmental principles, economics and environment, human impact, extinction and biodiversity, food/population crises, the social environment, global tampering, and contemporary values in global environmental issues. 2206.00
  • 3.00 Credits

    Limitation on Enrollment: Instructor signature is required for registration. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC credit limitations. See counselor. For the student who is capable and has the desire to explore and develop a problem in physical geography. Before registering, the student must sign an agreement with the instructor concerning subject and intended limits of the project. Individual inquiry, special techniques, and selected reading. 2206.00
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