The Associate in Arts for Transfer Degree in Geography focuses on the world’s physical and social processes.  Geography is one of the most broad and applicable disciplines in academia because it includes both the social and physical sciences.  Students learn about the most contemporary and pressing issues facing the world today including global warming and climate change, natural disasters, health of ecosystems, renewable and non-renewable resources, immigration, global conflicts and terrorism, forms of power, inequality and justice, local and global politics and economics, urban development, and processes of race, class, gender, sexuality, and religion.  While Geography majors may go on to specialize in a specific area of Geography, the AAT provides students with a foundational understanding of the main systems and processes that interact to produce and maintain our physical and social world as well as the tools to study them, including GIS (Geographic Information Systems).  Students will be prepared to complete a baccalaureate degree in Geography and, subsequently, pursue an exceptionally wide range of careers in education, research, planning, environmental consulting, GIS, international relations, and government.

Program Level Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

1. Describe the locations and distributions of major surface features, both human and natural/physical.
2. Explain the spatial and causal relationships among human and natural phenomena.
3. Apply the tools and techniques of geography to examine Earth's human and physical processes.

Associate Degree for Transfer Graduation Requirements

Associate Degrees for Transfer require students to meet the following requirements:

• Completion of 60 semester units or 90 quarter units of degree-applicable courses,
• Minimum overall grade point average of 2.0,
• Minimum grade of “C” (or “P”) for each course in the major, and
• Completion of Cal-GETC.

Students should consult a GWC counselor in order to select the best pathway to meet their educational goals. For students who intend to transfer, the choice of general education will be specific to both their major and transfer institution.

Course List Units

Course	Title	Units
Required Courses		6-7
GEOG G180	Physical Geography	3
or
GEOG G180 & G180L	Physical Geography and Physical Geography Laboratory	4
GEOG G185	Human Geography	3
or GEOG G100	World Regional Geography
List A
Select two to three courses NOT already taken above:		6-7
GEOG G130	Introduction to Weather and Climate	3
GEOG G180L	Physical Geography Laboratory	1
GEOG G190	Digital Mapping: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems	3
List B
Select two of the following:		6-11
Any course from List A not already used
ANTH G100	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	3
BIOL G100	Introduction to Biology	4
CHEM G180	General Chemistry A	5
CS G153	Java Programming 1	3
ECON G170	Principles of Microeconomics	3
GEOG G120	Critical Geographies of Race/Ethnicity in the United States	3
or ETHS G120	Critical Geographies of Race/Ethnicity in the United States
GEOL G105	General Geology	3
PHYS G120	Algebra Based Physics: Mechanics	4
STAT G160	Introduction to Statistics	4-6
or STAT G160S	Introduction to Statistics
or SOC G125	Introduction to Statistics in Sociology
or ECON G160	Statistics for Business and Economics
or PSYC G140	Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
POLS G180	American Government and Politics	3
Major Total		18-25
GE Pattern (Cal-GETC)		34
Transferable Electives (as needed to reach 60 units)
Total Units		60