Ventura College Geosciences
Ventura College offers a full suite of courses about
our interesting Earth and how it works.
This includes Geographic Information Systems (GIS) classes
(below
or see the GIS
home page)
VC Geoscience courses
GEOGRAPHY
- Physical Geography (Geog 1) - Course Web pages: Palladino,
Hall, Budke
-
Physical Geography Lab (Geog 1L)
-
Human Geography (Geog 2) (Updated
from Cultural Geography to Human Geography
as of Fall 2007)
-
Introduction to Weather and Climate (Geog 5)
- Geography of California (Geog 6)
-
World Regional Geography(Geog 8) Palladino ( Appropriate
for those considering
the field of teaching as well as anyone else interested in our world. Meets social science elective requirement.)
GEOLOGY
-
Physical Geology (Geol 2) - Course Web pages: Hall, Christensen
-
Physical Geology Lab (Geol 2L)
-
Geology of National Parks and Monuments (Geol 7)
-
Oceanography (Geol 11) - Course Web pages: Hall
-
Natural Hazards (Geol 21)
GEOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)
- Fundamentals of Mapping and GIS (GEOG/GIS
22) (3 units, 13 weeks)
- Introduction to GIS Software (GEOG/GIS
26) (2 units, 8-weeks)
(Note: While GEOG/GIS 22 is meant to precede GEOG/GIS 26, if
you have some basic knowledge of maps and computer use, you can take GEOG/GIS
26 first.)
- GIS Applications: Project Development (GEOG/GIS
28) (1.5
units, 8 weeks, starts mid-semester)
Prerequisite: GEOG/GIS 22 and/or GEOG/GIS 26 (If you
haven't had GEOG/GIS 26, you should be familiar with ArcGIS/ArcView).
Introduction to GPS (GEOG/GIS 24) (.5
units, Friday evening/two Saturdays, mid-semester) A weekend course on the
basic
use of handheld Global Positioning System receivers for navigation, work, and
research.
More information on the VC GIS
(activities and courses)
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT (ESRM)
(offered in conjunction
with Biology, Political Science, and Agriculture.) ESRM
web page
Contact Steve
Palladino for more
information.)
Core courses:
For information on the GEO courses at Ventura College
contact the full-time faculty:
Luke Hall, Geography/Geology/Oceanography
Instructor
and Geosciences Chair
Steve
Palladino, Geography/GIS/Environmental Science Instructor, GIS Program Director
Bill Budke, Agriculture/Geography/GPS/Environmental Science
Instructor and STEM grant director
Bill, Luke, and Steve
Current Part-time faculty members:
| Ryan Kittell |
Paul Van Zuyle
|
Connie Christensen
|
|
Cindy Lampe |
John Connor |
James Danza
|
|
Patti Ridenour
|
Rusty Brown
|
Geordie Armstrong
|
To
Find out more about GIS via the World Wide Web
Last updated August 19, 2009
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