Program Overview

Geography Associate in Arts Degree for Transfer

Related Degrees & Certificates

• AA Associate in Arts Degree Program
  • Geography | 60 units

Career Opportunities

The broad, interdisciplinary field of Geography prepares students for a wide variety of careers related to spatial analysis, including careers in urban planning, community development, emergency management, environmental studies, marketing, transportation management, map-making, real estate appraisal, demography, foreign service, library/information science, park interpretation, and teaching. Expertise with Geographic Information System (GIS) will further enhance employability in any of these fields. Additionally, analytical and research skills gained through a Geography major provide a strong foundation for graduate study in law, urban planning, or architecture.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

• Analyze social science concepts and theories
• Evaluate diverse viewpoints related to the human population
• Produce evidence-based arguments

Program Overview

Geography provides insights about the earth as the human habitat. It is a way of looking at the earth, not an inventory of its contents. This viewpoint rests on fundamental interlocking concepts. The cultural appraisal of the earth, the regional concept, areal coherence, human ecology, spatial interaction, study of landscape, and the concept of change are all ways the geographer tries to better understand the environment.

Geographers are curious about what they see around them. They study the processes that shape the landscape, including those that build up the Earth's surface (earthquakes and volcanoes) and those that wear it down (weather, water, ice, wind, and waves). In addition to the physical landscape, geographers study the cultural landscape. They study populations, their cultural origins, and the spread of cultural features (language, religion, technology, etc). Interestingly, geographers are also interested in how the physical and cultural landscapes interact, how humans alter the environment and how the physical environment affects populations and cultures.

Requirements

AA-T Degree Requirements Major: Core and Selective Requirements

• Required Core Courses (6 units)
  • GEOG 100 | Physical Geography | 3 units
  • GEOG 110 | Cultural Geography | 3 units

Selective Courses, choose a minimum of 12 units from the following:

• List A: (6 units)
  • GEOG 150 | World Regional Geography | 3 units METE 100 | Meteorology - Weather and Climate | 3 units
• List B: (6 units) ANTH 110 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 units GEOL 100 | Introduction to Geology | 3 units

Total Required Major Units: 18

General Education

• certified completion of one of the following:
  • California State University General Education-Breadth pattern (CSU GE Breadth)
  • Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC/CSU) pattern

Elective courses

• If applicable, additional courses to meet the minimum 60 CSU transferable units requirement.

Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) Requirements

• Please refer to Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) Requirements for more information.