2012-2013 Catalog (all pages) - Ohlone College

9 ANNOUNCEMENT OF COURSES 189
WS-150
GEOG-101
GEOG-102
GEOG-104
GEOG-105
Women’s Health Issues
54.00 hrs lecture
Units: 3.00
Cross-referenced Course: HLTH-150
Advisory: Eligible for ENGL-101A
Accepted For Credit: CSU & UC
This course is a study of the contemporary issues affecting
women’s health at home and at work from biological,
psychological, and sociological perspectives. Explore such
topics as mental health, sexuality, parenting, nutrition, exercise,
rape and battery, aging, occupational health, and cultural
diversity, and the effects on women in American culture. (GC)
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GEOGRAPHY
Division: Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
Physical Geography
54.00 hrs lecture, 54.00 hrs lab
Units: 4.00
Accepted For Credit: CSU & UC
This course will focus on the interaction between humans and
their physical environment emphasizing the natural features of
weather and climate, land forms, soil, vegetation, earthquakes,
and volcanism, water quality and environmental management,
and pollution. (GC)
Cultural Geography
54.00 hrs lecture
Units: 3.00
Advisory: Eligible for ENGL-151B and ENGL-163
Accepted For Credit: CSU & UC
This course will focus on the study of the origin, spread, and
regional differences of human cultures as they relate to the use
of the earth and how they relate to their physical
environments. The course explores how different people use
and/or abuse or otherwise change the earth as the home of
humanity. (GC)
The World’s Nations
54.00 hrs lecture
Units: 3.00
Advisory: Eligible for ENGL-151B and ENGL-163
Accepted For Credit: CSU & UC
This course deals with the regional variations of the world and
its effects of human modification of the physical environment.
The factors contributing to landscape change such as
settlement patterns, transportation networks, types of
agriculture, and the various types of land tenure systems;
current world problems and environmental issues are also
discussed. (GC)
California Geography
54.00 hrs lecture
Units: 3.00
Accepted For Credit: CSU & UC
This course investigates California’s physical, cultural, and
economic environments; analyzing changes resulting from
both natural and human interaction. The emphasis is on
cultural diversity, human alteration of the landscape, and
contemporary problems resulting from accelerated
competition for natural, financial, and human resources. (GC)
GEOG-120
GEOG-121
GEOG-122
GEOG-123
GEOL-101
GEOL-102
Introduction to Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
9.00 hrs lecture, 27.00 hrs lab
Units: 1.00
Advisory: GEOG-101
This course focuses primarily on the science and application of
Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. Students receive
hands-on experience with space-based radio navigation
systems. The course will examine current and future GPS
applications, explore basic navigation, illustrate map
coordinate systems, and then integrate this knowledge with
the GPS satellite navigation system. (GR)
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
(GIS)
18.00 hrs lecture, 54.00 hrs lab
Units: 2.00
Accepted For Credit: CSU
The objective of this introductory course is to gain basic
knowledge of GIS concepts, techniques, and applications. The
emphasis of this course is to provide hands-on instruction on
the functionality of GIS as an effective tool for modeling and
analyzing complex spatial relationships. (GR)
Environmental GIS
18.00 hrs lecture, 54.00 hrs lab
Units: 2.00
Cross-referenced Course: ENVS-122
Prerequisite: GEOG-121
Accepted For Credit: CSU
This course will apply skills and techniques that were
introduced in Geography 121, Introduction to GIS. The course
will allow the student to gain a further understanding of GIS
concepts, technical issues, and applications using ArcView GIS
to study various environmental themes. (GC)
GIS Projects
54.00 hrs lab
Units: 1.00
Prerequisite: GEOG-121
Accepted For Credit: CSU
This course enables students to manage GIS projects using
knowledge acquired in GEOG-121 and GEOG-122. Repeatable
= 1 time (GC)
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GEOLOGY
Division: Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
Introduction to Geology
54.00 hrs lecture, 54.00 hrs lab
Units: 4.00
Accepted For Credit: CSU & UC
Geological processes that shape the earth and its history.
Special attention is given to the global geological phenomena
(earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics), the concept of
“deep” time, natural resources, and the interaction between
humans and their environment. (GC) C-ID GEOL 101
Introduction to Oceanography
54.00 hrs lecture
Units: 3.00
Advisory: Eligible for ENGL-151B and ENGL-163
Accepted For Credit: CSU & UC
The study of the marine realm from the physical, biological,
and cultural perspective including the origin of the oceans,
plate tectonics, waves, tides, marine life, and human impact on
the marine environment. Field trip includes a Bay cruise. (GC)
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