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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 worlds. Thus, geographers have always been comfortable applying multidisciplinary approaches to solve real-world problems.

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The Department of Geography at California State University, Long Beach, has developed three areas of active research and curricular development:

* Geotechniques
  • Geographical Information Science
  • Remote Sensing
  • Cartography
  • Spatial Statistics
  • Field Methods
  • Qualitative Methods
  • Responsible faculty: Drs. Del Casino, Gossette, Laris, Lee, Rodrigue, Splansky, Tyner, and Wechsler
* Human Geography, Emphasizing Urban Geography
  • Urban cultural geography
  • Urban social geography
  • Urban economic geography
  • Medical geography
  • GIS applications in urban geography
  • Responsible faculty: Drs. Curtis, Del Casino, Gossette, Karabenick, and Sidorov
* Environmental Geography
  • Hazards
  • Water policy
  • Hydrology
  • Biogeography
  • Climatology
  • GIS and remote sensing applications in environmental geography
  • Responsible faculty: Drs. Azary, Laris, Lee, Rodrigue, and Wechsler

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 Arts Program
* Extension Courses
including a GIS Certificate offered through University College and Extension Services
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Revised: 08/09/02
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