California Community Colleges System Courses

Geographic Information Systems for Business

This introductory course focuses on understanding and utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) solutions in business. It is not a substitute for the basic GIS course. Students will apply the use

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Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

GIS are computer-based systems used to collect, store and analyze geographic information. This course will present the concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) science and its applications to

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Geographic Information Systems for Law Enforcement

This introductory course will focus on understanding and utilizing GIS for law enforcement. Students will utilize ArcMap GIS software in a hands-on computer setting to identify and display crime data,

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Geographic Information Systems for Disaster Management

This course focuses on understanding and utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Disaster Management. Students will use ArcMap and other mapping information systems to mitigate, plan and res

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Intermediate Geographic Information Systems

This course emphasizes GIS principles and methodology used in both the private and public sectors. Hands-on applications using both raster and vector data and technology will expose students to more a

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Introduction to Cartography

This course provides a general introduction to Cartography, broadly defined as the art, science, and ethics of map making and map use. The emphases include map scale, map projection, reference and the

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Introduction to Remote Sensing

This course introduces students to the basic concepts of remote sensing, characteristics of remote sensors, and remote sensing applications in academic disciplines and professional industries. Emphase

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Applications in Geographic Information Systems

This course focuses on utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in real world applications such as disaster management, crime analysis, environmental sustainability analysis, and marketing. Stud

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Physical Geography

This course surveys the distribution and relationships of environmental elements in our atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere, including weather, climate, water resources, landforms, soil

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Introduction to Human Geography

This course is a study of humanity and its planetary home of distinctive places, spaces, landscapes, and environments. The course systematically considers geographic patterns, processes, and issues, b

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Weather and Climate

This course is a survey of the earth’s atmosphere, with special reference to the causes and regional distribution of weather and climate. The nature and causes of winds, clouds, precipitation, and sev

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Physical Geography with Lab

This course surveys the distribution and relationships of environmental elements in our atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere, including weather, climate, water resources, landforms, soil

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Introduction to Environmental Studies

This introductory course will use an interdisciplinary approach to provide students with a broad perspective on environmental problems and solutions. Students will be introduced to the strategies used

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Introduction to Urban Studies

This course introduces students to the multi-disciplinary study of urban society and space. Cities are examined both as complex social-economic groupings of people, and as material landscapes of build

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Climate Change

This course explores the geologic causes of climate change and explores how climate has varied in the geologic past. The course will investigate how the oceans and atmosphere regulate both climate and

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