Ventura Geoscience Department

Geography/Geology/Geographic Information Systems

 

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Steve Palladino


Class Schedule and Office Hours   Geography/GIS at VC


I am one of three full-tme faculty teaching the "Geo" courses at Ventura. The others are Luke Hall and our newest faculty member, Bill Budke.  A number of part-time faculty, also help teach the courses in Geography/Geology/GIS. I currently teach Physical Geography, World Regional Geography, and the Geographic Information Systems courses.

This is my eigth year at Ventura college.  All through the 1990s, I taught or helped teach a number of different courses at Santa Barbara City College and UCSB.  These including Cultural Geography, Economic Geography, Physical Geography, Physical Geography Lab, Environmental Studies: The Physical Earth; Solar Energy and the Environment, Introduction to Mapping and GIS, and GIS: Software Applications.

I worked for the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) from 1991-1999 primarily as the Education Projects Manager.

paper and ink graphicEducation
B.A. Environmental Studies and Geography, UCSB, 1985
Teaching Credential, UCSB, 1986 (taught for 4 years at Mayfair High School in Lakewood, CA)
M.A. Geography , UCSB, 1994
Post-Graduate work, NCGIA, UCSB, 1994-1999


My office is in the Science Building (SCI 111) in the southeast portion of campus (map)

My Class Schedule Fall 2006
Course  Section  Days  Times  Room 
Physical Geography (Geog 1) 70536 MWF  10:30-11:20  SCI 116
Physical Geography (Geog 1) 70543 MWF 11:30-12:20 SCI 116
Physical Geography (Geog 1) 79572 MWF 12:30-1:20 SCI 116
Fundamentals of Mapping and GIS (Geog 22) 71072 MW 5:00-6:50pm (until Nov. 13) SCI 113
Introduction to GIS Software (Geog 26) 74450 MW 7:00-8:50pm (until Oct. 16) SCI 113
World Regional Geography (Geog 8) 70268 TTh 12:00-1:15 SCI 114
Office Hours Fall 2006
Days  Times  Room 
M-F 1:30-2:30 SCI 111
E-mail hyperlink image spalladino@vcccd.edu
Phone: 805-654-6400 x1365
Fax: 805-654-6374

Resources:
Metadata Education Notes
CIRGIS Regional GIS Data Sharing


Last updated Aug. 30, 2006
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