Program Map
Geography - Associate in Arts
- Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics & Environment
This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.
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- Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
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- Use DegreeWorks, an online student education planning tool, to track your progress toward graduation www.chabotcollege.edu/admissions/degreeworks
The field of Geography examines features and processes that occur on Earth’s surface. This discipline has three main specializations;
(1) Physical/Environmental Geography: The study of Earth’s physical environment which focuses on the origin and impact of storms, climate change, natural disasters, land forms, volcanoes, river systems, oceans, glaciers, wind systems, plant types, and animals.
(2) Human Geography: The study of human societies and their relationship to the land. This includes their history, language, religion, politics, culture, development and how they have been influenced by the physical surroundings of their society such as land forms, water access and other local natural resources.
(3) GIS/Cartography: The study and use of modern technologies that collect and store data on the features and processes that exist on Earth’s surface. These technologies also allow for analysis and visualization of the results creating data driven and interactive maps and graphics that quickly tell a story. These technologies are widely used in a variety of different fields both locally and globally. Examples of technologies that students learn to use include Geographic Information Systems, Global Positioning Systems, and remote sensing.
Geography graduates are equipped to move in several career directions including:
- Land administration: Public Works, Surveying, Urban/Rural Planning;
- Public Safety: Emergency Management, Wildfire Management, Environmental Monitoring, Disaster Relief and Recovery;
- Natural Resources: Agriculture, Archeology, Climate Change, Forestry, Heritage Sites, Marine and Coastal, Water Resources, Sustainability;
- Transportation and Infrastructure: Highways, Logistics, Ports and Maritime, Public Transportation, Railways, Wastewater treatment, Recycling;
- Academic: Educator, researcher, consultant;
- Health: Environmental Health Specialist, Toxicologist, Health and Safety Officer;
- Regional Analyst: Socio-cultural analysis, Human rights, Geospatial analysis, Communications;
- Tourism, Intelligence.
Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education
Select one course from the following list