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Geography
Social Sciences
College of Social Sciences
Department of Geography
Stanley F. Norsworthy, Chair
Betsy Swift, Department Administrative
Assistant
Science Building, Room 182
(559) 278-2797
B.A. in Geography
M.A. in Geography*
Minor in Geography
Minor in Urban Studies
Subject Matter Preparation for
Single Subject Teaching Credential
in Social Sciences
2001-2002 California State University, Fresno General Catalog 431
A variety of facilities is available for student
use. Well-equipped laboratories are main-tained
for the conduct of research and
instruction in physical geography and the
technique fields — Geographic Informa-tion
Systems (GIS), cartography, air photo
interpretation and remote sensing, meteo-rological
instrumentation, and quantita-tive
analysis. The department also operates
a weather station.
The department has a computer laboratory
for mapping, Geographic Information Sys-tems
(GIS), and a variety of other applica-tions.
The department is also well-equipped
for fieldwork.
Career Opportunities
Geographers are employed in government
and the private sector. Their knowledge
and skills have applications in a variety of
fields including teaching, planning, car-tography,
GIS, locational analysis, intelli-gence
and security, land and resource man-agement,
policy research, transportation,
and industrial development.
Agencies of federal, state, and local govern-ments
are major employers of geographers.
At the federal level many agencies employ
geographers. At state and local levels most
geographers are involved in planning, land
and resource management, and community
development. Because many businesses and
Geography
Geography is an integrative discipline that
bridges the natural and social sciences. Its
distinctiveness is as much a product of its
unique approach to the study of the earth
and its human inhabitants as it is the sub-ject
matter itself. Thus, geography employs
a spatial framework for organizational pur-poses
analogous to the chronological frame-work
employed in history.
Central to geographic inquiry is a concern
with the human occupance of the earth,
the character of the human environment,
and the interrelationships that link hu-mans
and the physical world. In sum, geog-raphy
seeks to provide a broad understand-ing
of the world, its people, and its problems
and to provide applied specializations and
technical skills that can address economic,
social, and environmental problems at scales
that range from local to global.
Not surprisingly, the subject matter of
geography is diverse. Geographers exam-ine
and analyze patterns of rural and urban
settlement, resource exploitation, land use,
social and cultural phenomena. They are
concerned with the natural features and
processes of the earth’s surface, the ways in
which nature has conditioned the human
occupance of the earth, and the ways in
which people have modified natural land-scapes.
The department’s instructional programs
are designed to address several objectives.
First, for the larger number of our students,
we provide a greater understanding of the
world as an element of a liberal education.
Second, we conduct programs for majors
and minors in geography that assure a
depth of knowledge in subject matter and
technique. Third, we serve those students
in related disciplines who wish to strength-en
programs of study through a selection of
courses in geography.
Faculty and Facilities
Instruction at introductory, advanced, and
graduate levels is conducted by a faculty
whose teaching and research interests are
diverse. All major facets of the discipline
are represented as are a number of special-izations.
industries have important geographical di-mensions
to their operations, there is de-mand
for geographers in the private sector.
Geographers are employed in banking, trans-portation,
international trade, utilities,
wholesaling and retailing, and a number of
other fields. Finally, teaching is a major
occupation for individuals with training in
geography. The department welcomes in-quiries
about career opportunities.
* As of fall 1998, admission to the M.A. in
Geography has been suspended. Suspension is
not expected to exceed three years.
Object Description
| Title | 2001-02 General Catalog |
| Creator | California State University, Fresno |
| Format | PDF Document |
| Date of publication | 2001-05 |
| Subjects | California State University, Fresno. Curricula. Catalogs |
| Object type | Document |
| Location | Fresno, California |
| Language | eng |
Description
| Title | Page 431 |
| Full Text Search | Geography Social Sciences College of Social Sciences Department of Geography Stanley F. Norsworthy, Chair Betsy Swift, Department Administrative Assistant Science Building, Room 182 (559) 278-2797 B.A. in Geography M.A. in Geography* Minor in Geography Minor in Urban Studies Subject Matter Preparation for Single Subject Teaching Credential in Social Sciences 2001-2002 California State University, Fresno General Catalog 431 A variety of facilities is available for student use. Well-equipped laboratories are main-tained for the conduct of research and instruction in physical geography and the technique fields — Geographic Informa-tion Systems (GIS), cartography, air photo interpretation and remote sensing, meteo-rological instrumentation, and quantita-tive analysis. The department also operates a weather station. The department has a computer laboratory for mapping, Geographic Information Sys-tems (GIS), and a variety of other applica-tions. The department is also well-equipped for fieldwork. Career Opportunities Geographers are employed in government and the private sector. Their knowledge and skills have applications in a variety of fields including teaching, planning, car-tography, GIS, locational analysis, intelli-gence and security, land and resource man-agement, policy research, transportation, and industrial development. Agencies of federal, state, and local govern-ments are major employers of geographers. At the federal level many agencies employ geographers. At state and local levels most geographers are involved in planning, land and resource management, and community development. Because many businesses and Geography Geography is an integrative discipline that bridges the natural and social sciences. Its distinctiveness is as much a product of its unique approach to the study of the earth and its human inhabitants as it is the sub-ject matter itself. Thus, geography employs a spatial framework for organizational pur-poses analogous to the chronological frame-work employed in history. Central to geographic inquiry is a concern with the human occupance of the earth, the character of the human environment, and the interrelationships that link hu-mans and the physical world. In sum, geog-raphy seeks to provide a broad understand-ing of the world, its people, and its problems and to provide applied specializations and technical skills that can address economic, social, and environmental problems at scales that range from local to global. Not surprisingly, the subject matter of geography is diverse. Geographers exam-ine and analyze patterns of rural and urban settlement, resource exploitation, land use, social and cultural phenomena. They are concerned with the natural features and processes of the earth’s surface, the ways in which nature has conditioned the human occupance of the earth, and the ways in which people have modified natural land-scapes. The department’s instructional programs are designed to address several objectives. First, for the larger number of our students, we provide a greater understanding of the world as an element of a liberal education. Second, we conduct programs for majors and minors in geography that assure a depth of knowledge in subject matter and technique. Third, we serve those students in related disciplines who wish to strength-en programs of study through a selection of courses in geography. Faculty and Facilities Instruction at introductory, advanced, and graduate levels is conducted by a faculty whose teaching and research interests are diverse. All major facets of the discipline are represented as are a number of special-izations. industries have important geographical di-mensions to their operations, there is de-mand for geographers in the private sector. Geographers are employed in banking, trans-portation, international trade, utilities, wholesaling and retailing, and a number of other fields. Finally, teaching is a major occupation for individuals with training in geography. The department welcomes in-quiries about career opportunities. * As of fall 1998, admission to the M.A. in Geography has been suspended. Suspension is not expected to exceed three years. |
