Geography, Associate in Arts for Transfer (AA-T)

Program Overview

The Geography Program at Santa Barbara City College offers an Associate in Arts for Transfer degree, preparing students for careers in business, government, environmental consulting, and teaching. The program emphasizes Geographic Information Systems (GIS), a rapidly growing field that utilizes spatial data analysis. Students who complete the AA-T degree are guaranteed admission to a CSU campus in a similar major.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Geography Program at Santa Barbara City College provides a liberal education and prepares one for positions in business, government, environmental consulting, resource management, service in foreign areas and teaching. Many geography courses satisfy General Education requirements and appeal to the major and non-major alike. Coursework in geography, which includes Geographic Information Systems (GIS), prepares students for a wide range of jobs that employ computers to gather, manipulate, analyze and report spatial data. There is rapid growth in the use of GIS in natural resource management, urban planning, marketing, real estate, criminology, emergency services, public health, scientific research and many other areas. The Associate in Arts for Transfer degree in Geography provides students with the foundational knowledge necessary to make a successful transition into a Baccalaureate Degree at any of the CSU campuses. The Associate Degree for Transfer (AA-T or AS-T) is a special degree offered at California Community Colleges. Students who earn an AA-T or AS-T degree are guaranteed admission to a campus within the California State University (CSU) system in a similar major, although not necessarily to a specific campus. Students who complete an AA-T or AS-T are given priority consideration when applying to a particular program that is similar to the student’s community college major and will be given a special GPA advantage when applying to CSU impacted campuses or majors. Students who are planning to pursue an AA-T or AS-T are strongly advised to meet with a counselor for additional information about this transfer program. Visit https://adegreewithaguarantee.com/ for more information about these degrees.

Outline:

Required Core Courses

• ERTH 141/GEOG 101 Physical Geography (3 units)
• ERTH 141L/GEOG 101L Physical Geography Laboratory (1 unit)
• GEOG 102 Human Geography (3 units)

List A - Complete two to three courses from the following:

(6-7 units)

• ERTH/GEOG 152 Weather and Climate
• GEOG 104 World Regional Geography
• ERTH 171 & ERTH 172 Introduction To Geographic Information Systems And Maps and Geographic Information Systems: Software Applications
• or GEOG 171 & GEOG 172 Introduction To Geographic Information Systems And Maps and Geographic Information Systems: Software Applications

List B - Complete two courses from the following:

(6-10 units)

• Any List A course not selected above
• ANTH 101 Physical Anthropology
• or ANTH 101H Physical Anthropology, Honors
• ANTH 102 Introduction To Archaeology
• or ANTH 102H Introduction to Archaeology, Honors
• ANTH 103 Introduction To Cultural Anthropology
• BIOL 140 & BIOL 141 Principles of Biology and Biology Laboratory
• or BIOL 100 Concepts Of Biology
• BIOL 101 Plant Biology
• BIOL 102 Animal Biology
• BIOL 103 Cell and Molecular Biology
• BOT 121 Plant Diversity
• CHEM 101 Introductory Chemistry
• CHEM 155 General Chemistry I
• CHEM 156 General Chemistry II
• COMM 235 Argumentation and Debate
• CS 105 Theory and Practice I
• CS 106 Theory and Practice II
• CS 140 Object-Oriented Programming Using C++
• ECON 101 Microeconomics
• or ECON 101H Microeconomics, Honors
• ECON 102 Macroeconomics
• or ECON 102H Macroeconomics, Honors
• EH 102 Soils And Plant Nutrients
• ENG 111 Critical Thinking and Composition Through Literature
• or ENG 111H Critical Thinking and Composition Through Literature, Honors
• ENVS 110 Humans And The Biological Environment
• ENVS/ERTH 115 Environmental Geology
• ERTH 111 Dynamic Earth - Physical Geology
• or ERTH 111H Dynamic Earth - Physical Geology, Honors
• ERTH 126 Petrology and Rock-Forming Minerals
• ERTH 142/GEOG 105 Economic Geography
• ERTH 151 Introductory Physical Oceanography
• MATH 130 Calculus for Biological Sciences, Social Sciences and Business I
• MATH 131 Calculus For Biological Sciences, Social Sciences And Business II
• MATH 137 College Algebra
• MATH 138 Precalculus - College Algebra and Trigonometry
• MATH 150 Calculus with Analytic Geometry I
• PHIL 111 Critical Thinking And Writing In Philosophy
• PHYS 102 Introductory Physics For Science Majors
• PHYS 105 General Physics
• or PHYS 110 Introductory Physics
• PHYS 106 General Physics
• POLS 101 American Government And Politics
• POLS 121 International Politics
• or POLS 121H International Politics, Honors
• PSY 150 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
• or MATH 117 Elementary Statistics
• ZOOL 122 Animal Diversity