Geography

Associate of Arts Course of Study
Recommended basic skills standards are

• ENG 090
• MAT 090
• REA 090

Geography means, from its Greek origin, “to describe the earth.”  It is the scientific description, analysis, and explanation of spatial variations of the earth, answering questions of location and place. Geography is divided into two major fields: physical and cultural. Physical geography describes all phenomena of land, sea, and air at the surface of the earth. It focuses on processes that influence surface events, involving energy systems and environmental subsystems and materials. Cultural geography is the scientific study of the human-land relationship. It explores how humans impact the land, sea, and air and how they are influenced by the same. A background in geography lends itself to many professional fields including cartography, natural resource conservation, remote sensing and satellite imagery, geology, GIS (Geographic Information Systems), economics, community planning, historic preservation and resource analysis, and meteorology.

Contact Information

Donna Arkowski
Geography Chair
Rampart Range Campus, W209
719-502-3351
donna.arkowski@ppcc.edu

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Last updated 5/27/2010