GEOG 3 Geography of California

Units: 3
This course is a thematic approach to the state’s issues, processes and topics relevant to geography including climate, landforms, natural vegetation, water resources, cultural landscape, ethnic diversity, urban and agricultural regions, and the economy. This course explores the physical, and human landscapes that have evolved as a result of the human-environment interface. The diversity of geographic regions will be analyzed together with human modifications of the landscape. Also, California’s changing demographics will be examined in light of cultural and ethnic distributions and influences. (UC, CSU, C-ID GEOG 140)