Geography at NCCC
Geography is the science of spatial differentiation or analysis. If this is unfamiliar to you, consider History as the science of temporal differentiation. History asks "when" whereas Geography asks "where" and "why".
The diagram below illustrates these concepts and shows that History and Geography are partners in understanding the world around us. Studying one without the other does not make any sense.
While NCCC does not offer a major in Geography, we do offer courses that will prepare you to enter a Geography program at the junior level when you transfer.
At NCCC you can choose four very different courses in Geography.
GEO-101 introduces students to the discipline of geography. Students learn how to think regionally (e.g., The Great Lakes Lowlands), systematically (e.g., glaciation), and thematically (e.g., urban sprawl). Students learn that all these geographic issues have solutions and focus upon those that deal with underdevelopment in the "third world."
In GEO-103 focuses on the World Environment from the perspective of the Physical Geographer. A wide variety of global issues are examined from climate change, the ice ages, and our warming oceans to the increase in natural disasters.
In GEO-111 focuses on the most common and powerful software of Geography: Geographic Information System (GIS). The software enables the user to map any type of data by location, collect data on a Global Positioning System(GPS), and engage in remote sensing (interpretation of satellite imagery).
In GEO-121 focuses on how to interpret and manipulate satellite imagery and aerial photographs with the latest remote sensing software.
In an era where we need to know more about other nations—there are 194—Geography is an essential part of every student's education. GEO-101, GEO-103, GEO-111, and GEO-211 all transfer to other four-year institutions.
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COURSE SEARCH (See GEO - Geography)
Careers in Geography
The demand for GIS technicians is explosive. US News and World report redlists GIS as "one of the twenty Top Hot Job Tracks for the next decade." GIS can be applied to many different subjects and problems and can lead to a number of GIS related occupations.
GIS technicians are in demand in the following fields:
- Geology, Geography & Oceanography
- Physical and Life Sciences
- Economics & Marketing Research Analysis
- City and Regional Planning
- Engineering and Transportation Management
- Property and Real Estate Management
- Communications and Utility Operations
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- Surveying and Mapping Services
- Landscape Architecture
- Real Estate Broker Appraisal
- Police, Fire & Ambulance Dispatch
- Environmental Planning
- Natural Resource Management
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Earlier this year, the US Department of Labor identified "geotechnology" as one of the three most important emerging and evolving fields, along with "nanotechnology" and "biotechnology".
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