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Course Syllabi. An Archive of most recent syllabi of department course offerings: Geography 10AC: Worldings: Regions, Peoples and States – Fall 2019 – Kosek. Geography 20: Globalization – Spring 2024 – Chari.
Course Objectives. Objectives. Objective 1. Apply the concepts, methodologies and viewpoints of academic geography to the study of California. Objective 2. Identify major spatial patterns in both the state’s physical environment emphasizing topography, climate, biogeography and hydrology, and cultural environment emphasizing demography and ...
• Gain a critical understanding of major themes in historical and contemporary California through key concepts in geography, including environmental geography, regional differentiation, industrial clustering, the production of space, and cultural landscape studies;
California Geography explores the diverse physical and human landscape of the 31st state. The topics covered in this course include an examination of: the climate, landforms , vegetation, and water, mineral, and energy resources, agricultural diversity, the human imprint on the landscape over time, urban landscapes and the structure of cities ...
CSLO 1 - Identify California's major landforms and distribution. CSLO 2 - Assess California's varied water projects, their distribution, their ownership, the history, challenges and solutions based on land-use such as urban or agricultural.
Develop an understanding of those qualities including: California’s historic geographical remoteness, climatic and tectonic situation, highly specialized and productive agriculture, sustained and unparalleled population and economic
This course examines California’s physical & social diversity and explores contemporary issues & controversies in geographic context. You'll learn more about the state in which we live – where things are, why they are where they are, how natural and social patterns are interrelated, and why this matters.
