GEOG 1 Physical Geography

Units: 3
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Grade Options: Letter Grade
General Education: Delta Area 2; CSU Area B1; IGETC Area 5A
Advisories: Successful completion of Beginning Algebra or appropriate placement as determined by the college’s multiple measures assessment process.
This course is a spatial study of the Earth’s dynamic physical systems and processes. Topics include: Earth-sun geometry, weather, climate, water, landforms, soil, and the biosphere. Emphasis is on the interrelationships among environmental and human systems and processes and their resulting patterns and distributions. Tools of geographic inquiry are also briefly covered; they may include: maps, remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS). (HBCU, UC, CSU, C-ID GEOG 110)