Geospatial Techniques
This concentration is designed for students interested in geographic information science, and its application in resource management, land-use planning and land-change science.
These classes prepare students to find entry-level positions as geographic-information and/or remote-sensing technicians and analysts. Students will be able to apply their skills in a range of career areas, including urban and rural planning, parks and recreation, resource management, agriculture and even marketing. Visit the Jobs in Geography page for more ideas.
Students who follow this concentration will:
1. Understand how computer-based geospatial technology and procedures can be used for geographic inquiry and analysis.
2. Understand alternative data models used to represent discrete and continuous geographic phenomena in a digital environment, and evaluate tradeoffs between resolution, accuracy, error and cost.
3. Understanding geospatial technology principles and procedures used in the computer laboratory and field
4. Develop solutions to complex geographic questions that integrate relevant geospatial and statistical concepts and technologies
5. Design professional quality maps that effectively communicate spatial information
The Curriculum
- GEOG 203: Cultural Geography (3 units)
- GEOG 204: Global Environmental Systems (4 units)
- GEOG 205: Map Reading and Interpretation (1 unit)
- The Biophysical Environment (4 units)
- GEOG 360: Geomorphology (4)
- GEOG 365: Biogeography & Landscape Ecology (4)
- GEOG 370: Weather and Climate (4)
- GEOG 372: Global Climate Change: Past, Present, Future (4)
- GEOG 375: Natural Hazards (4)
- Human Geography (4 units)
- GEOG 320: Geopolitics (4)
- GEOG 322: Geog Perspectives on Intrntl Econ. Dvlpmnt (4)
- GEOG 335: Global Agricultural Systems and Issues (4)
- GEOG 340: Conservation of Natural Resources (4)
- GEOG 345: Resource Wars (4)
- GEOG 350: Urban Geography (4)
- Regional Synthesis (4 units)
- GEOG 392: Latin America: Culture and Environment (4)
- GEOG 393: South Asia (4)
- GEOG 394: Africa, South of the Sahara (4)
- GEOG 396: Special Topics in Area Studies (4)
- Field Courses and Internship (1-2 units)
- GEOG 314AB: Field Experience, Northern California (1-2)
- GEOG 314C: Field Experience Beyond Northern California (2)
- GEOG 314D: Field Experience Abroad (2-3)
- GEOG 499AB: Internship (2-4 units)
- Geographic Research and Synthesis (4 units)
- GEOG 490: Senior Seminar (4)
- GEOG 315: Field Methods in Geography (2)
- GEOG 380: Remote Sensing and Image Processing (4)
- GEOG 385: Cartographic Visualization (3-4)
- GEOG 387: Introduction to GIS (4)
- GEOG 487: Advanced GIS (3)
- MATH 165: Elementary Statistics (4)
- CS 101: Introduction to Computers and Computing (3)
- CS 115: Programming I (4)