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Major: 3108
Catalog Year: 2023-2024
Effective Term: 2011 Fall
Last Admit Term: 2017 Summer
Award: AAS Total Credits: 60 CIP Code: 45.0701 |
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Initiating College: Mesa Community College
Program Availability: Not Found
Program Availability: College-Specific
Field of Interest: Not Found
Instructional Council: Geography (30) GPA: 2.00 |
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Program Prerequisites: None
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GCU102 Introduction to Human Geography (3) OR | Credits: 25-33 |
Restricted Electives | |||
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GPH+++++ Any GPH Physical Geography course(s) except courses used to satisfy Required Courses area. | Credits: 2-8 |
General Electives | |||
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General Education Requirements | |||
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General Education Requirement | Credits: 25-27 | ||
General Education Core | Credits: 15-17 | ||
First-Year Composition | Credits: 6 | ||
ENG101 First-Year Composition (3) OR
ENG107 First-Year Composition for ESL (3) AND ENG102 First-Year Composition (3) OR ENG108 First-Year Composition for ESL (3) | |||
Oral Communication | Credits: 3 | ||
Any approved general education course in the Oral Communication area. | |||
Critical Reading | Credits: 3 | ||
Any approved general education course in the Critical Reading area. | |||
Mathematics | Credits: 3-5 | ||
+Any approved general education course in the Mathematics area. | |||
General Education Distribution | Credits: 10 | ||
Humanities, Arts and Design | Credits: 3 | ||
Any approved general education course from the Humanities and Fine Arts area. | |||
Social-Behavioral Sciences | Credits: 3 | ||
Any approved general education course from the Social and Behavioral Sciences area. | |||
Natural Sciences | Credits: 4 | ||
Any approved general education course from the Natural Sciences area. | |||
Program Competencies | |||
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1. Identify the technology of geographic information systems, including system components, database concepts, applications, and implementation (GPH220)
2. Use desktop Geographic Information Systems technology using ArcView software. (GPH219) 3. Interpret various types of maps and map projections, and trace the history of mapping; describe other geographic technologies, including remote sensing, Global Positioning System, Geographic Information System, and statistical analysis (GPH270) 4. Explain computer information systems, computer concepts, microcomputer applications, and programming techniques. (CIS105) 5. Use the basic elements and components of the Microsoft Access program, and analyze common database management problems related to the program. (BPC/CIS117DM) 6. Write, debug, document, and run programs to solve a variety of business problems using Visual BASIC. (CIS159) 7. Demonstrate advanced techniques in Geographic Information Systems using ArcView, including 3-D Analyst, Network Analyst, Spatial Analyst, and Avenue Programming (GPH273) 8. Contribute to independent research related to uses of Geographic Information Systems. (GPH298++) 9. Explain concepts of problem solving, structured and object-oriented programming in Java, fundamental algorithms and techniques, and computer system concepts; identify and explain social and ethical responsibilities associated with the use of computerized information systems. (CSC110AB) 10. Explain the concepts of systematic definition of problems, solution formulation, and testing; use Visual BASIC programming language to solve problems in mathematics, science, and business. (CSC181AB) 11. Explain fundamental concepts of computer science, including software development, data organization, machine architecture, algorithmic machines, and ethics in computing; perform programming in Java (CSC200AB) 12. Perform the operation of differentiation and integration on functions of one variable. (MAT220) 13. Explain basic photogrammetric techniques for processing satellite imagery. (GPH275) 14. Identify the systematic study of human use of the earth (GCU102) 15. Describe spatial and functional relationships among climates, landforms, soils, water, and plants. (GPH111) 16.Identify and model spatial data within a relational database management system. (GPH230) | |||
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: November 23, 2010 |