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      Department of Geography
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California State University
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Geographers study the interaction between human societies and their environments, characterize the regions and localities that result, and analyze the spatial distributions and processes of particular natural and human phenomena. Being equally a natural science and a social science, geography forms a bridge between the physical and human environments. Thus, geographers have always been comfortable applying multidisciplinary approaches to solve real-world problems.
 
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Founding faculty, Dr. James N. Wilson
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The Department of Geography at California State University, Long Beach, has developed three areas of active research and curricular development:

* Geospatial Techniques
       =   Geographical Information Science
       =   Remote sensing
       =   Cartography
       =   Spatial Statistics
       =   Field methods
       =   Qualitative methods
       =   GPS
       =   Epistemology and ethics in geospatial methodologies
       =   Responsible faculty:
 
  Drs. Del Casino, Gossette, Laris, Lee, Rodrigue, Splansky, Tyner, and Wechsler, and Mr. Woods
* Environmental and Physical Geography
       =   Hazards
       =   Water resources
       =   Hydrology
       =   Biogeography
       =   Landscape restoration
       =   Climatology
       =   Palæoclimatology
       =   Arid environments
       =   GIS applications in environmental geography
       =   Environmental applications of remote sensing
       =   Responsible faculty:
 
  Drs. Laris, Lee, Porinchu, Rodrigue, and Wechsler, and Mr. Ludwig
with 2003-04 adjunct faculty Mr. Behrens and Ms. Wranic
* Human Geography (Urban and International)
       =   Urban cultural geography
       =   Urban social geography
       =   Urban economic geography
       =   Medical geography
       =   GIS applications in urban geography
       =   Geographies of tourism
       =   Responsible faculty:
 
  Drs. Curtis, Del Casino, Gossette, Sidorov, and Lassiter
with 2003-04 adjunct faculty Dr. Frazier; Messrs. Behrens, Carter, and Senn; and Ms. Wranic

The Department of Geography also maintains four areas of teaching service to the larger University community:

* Regional Geography
with courses covering all major regions of the world
* General Education
with lower division courses satisfying Natural Science and Social Science requirements and interdisciplinary Explorations and Capstone courses for the upper division General Education requirement
* Geographic Education
including a joint position with the College of Education and the Liberal Studies Program
* Extension Courses
including a GIS Certificate offered through University College and Extension Services
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Revised: 04/13/04
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