Geography Associate in Arts Degree for Transfer

Geography provides insights about the earth as the human habitat. It is a way of looking at the earth, not an inventory of its contents. This viewpoint rests on fundamental interlocking concepts. The cultural appraisal of the earth, the regional concept, areal coherence, human ecology, spatial interaction, study of landscape, and the concept of change are all ways the geographer tries to better understand the environment.

Geographers are curious about what they see around them. They study the processes that shape the landscape, including those that build up the Earth's surface (earthquakes and volcanoes) and those that wear it down (weather, water, ice, wind, and waves). In addition to the physical landscape, geographers study the cultural landscape. They study populations, their cultural origins, and the spread of cultural features (language, religion, technology, etc). Interestingly, geographers are also interested in how the physical and cultural landscapes interact, how humans alter the environment and how the physical environment affects populations and cultures.