The Department of Geography and Environment offers undergraduate concentrations in human geography, in physical geography, in environmental science, and in environmental analysis and policy.
Students who concentrate in geography receive basic training in a core group of courses followed by a choice of course sequences focusing on the specific concentration. The core courses build a foundation in traditional branches of the discipline, quantitative...
Geography is a specialized field of study and is basic to a liberal arts education. The Geography Track is concerned with the reality of the human habitat in regional environments; with the ways space is organized for economic, social and political purposes; with the manner in which natural resources are utilized and developed and their uses; and with the relationships between these considerations and public policy....
The Digital Arts program focuses on creative expression using digital technology. Students are encouraged to investigate aesthetic and perceptual possibilities as they engage in alternative art discourses. Digital Arts courses investigate theoretical, aesthetic, and technical information while providing hands-on-experience with state-of-the-art equipment. The courses merge the technical and aesthetic aspects of Digital Arts.
The Geography program is designed around the department's focus on the spatial analysis of regional change and development. In this context, the concept of a "region" is defined as a spatial unit that may include both urban and rural areas. Within the department's focus, the primary emphasis is on applied human geographic dimensions of resources, land use, population, and socio-economic analysis. Spatial analysis techniques of computer mapping, GIS,...
A major or minor in geography can provide a student with a way to examine the world with objectivity. Students can be trained to analyze the water-use and land-use opportunities in their communities, to understand the interrelated systems that keep the land and sea resources in balance, and to appreciate the varied ways in which people all over the world use those resources. Bridgewater State College graduates have found employment as planners, environmental...
This program uses technological tools to solve a variety of geographic problems in fields such as urban planning, retailing, scientific research, and environmental management. The U.S. Department of Labor recently identified GIS as one of the top three careers poised for explosive growth in the future. In the GIS program, students learn a variety of technical skills currently in demand in the job market, but it also focuses on the fundamental principles...
The field of geography, unlike the world it studies, has no boundaries. Just as others study the dynamics of change in society, culture, politics, economy, or landscapes over time, geographers add the crucial dimension of space. Geography studies the ways people shape and give meaning to their environments and are shaped by them. Human geography (a social science) is concerned especially with the political, economic, social, and cultural processes...
The field of video production, for television as well as for corporate and educational uses, is expanding rapidly and there is much demand by employers for people with these skills. Other programs and courses at Cal State East Bay feature documentary and news production (COMM); stage acting (THEA); fiction writing for the printed page and the Internet (ENGL). This program introduces a new dimension to each of these areas: fictional or creative video....
Geography is the study of the spatial distributions and spatial relations within the human-environment system. Attention is focused on historic and contemporary human activities within the context of the physical-biotic and cultural environment, and on humanity as one of the major agents of change of the earth's surface. A curriculum in Geography helps students understand the world's landscape and how it has been transformed or altered by either the...
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