# Geography (GEOG) courses

Santa Ana College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 8 courses

Source: https://sac.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/36813/36822/36867

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Spring 2027.

### GEOG 100 — World Regional Geography

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 Lecture
- **C-ID:** GEOG 125
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/santa-ana-college/schedule/fall-2026/geog.md); Spring 2027, 3 sections (/c/santa-ana-college/schedule/spring-2027/geog.md)

The study of major world political and natural regions. Course study includes location of the regions on earth, the physical and cultural elements that lend the regions their identities, and ways in which these elements relate to the regions' inhabitants and economies.

### GEOG 100H — Honors World Regional Geography

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 Lecture
- **Prerequisite:** A college GPA or high school GPA for first term college students of 3.0 or higher
- **C-ID:** GEOG 125
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules

Enriched and intensive study, including seminar approach with individual written and oral presentations of major world political and natural regions. Course study includes location of the regions on earth, the physical and cultural elements which provide the regions with their identities, and ways in which these elements relate to the regions' inhabitants and economies.

### GEOG 101 — Introduction to the Natural Environment

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 Lecture
- **C-ID:** GEOG 110
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/santa-ana-college/schedule/fall-2026/geog.md); Spring 2027, 6 sections (/c/santa-ana-college/schedule/spring-2027/geog.md)

Introduction to the physical elements of geography: maps, earth/sun relationships, meteorology and climatology, natural vegetation, soils, and geomorphology.

### GEOG 101L — Introduction to the Natural Environment Laboratory

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** 54 Lab
- **Corequisite:** Completion of or concurrent enrollment in: GEOG 101
- **C-ID:** GEOG 111
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/santa-ana-college/schedule/fall-2026/geog.md); Spring 2027, 4 sections (/c/santa-ana-college/schedule/spring-2027/geog.md)

Laboratory exercises and experiments designed to explore and understand the primary areas of physical geography. Exercises and applications related to map scales and projections, stereoscopic, topographic and aerial photo interpretation, meteorological tools and models and weather prognostication, geomorphologic models and processes, and landform interpretation.

### GEOG 102 — Cultural Geography

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 Lecture
- **C-ID:** GEOG 120
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/santa-ana-college/schedule/fall-2026/geog.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/santa-ana-college/schedule/spring-2027/geog.md)

An introductory survey of the geography of culture, and the influences of the physical environment on culture, along with the impact of human activity on the environment, and the role of culture within societies and social groups. The course includes global patterns of population, migration, religion, language, agriculture, politics, customs, resources, and urban and rural settlement.

### GEOG 130 — Introduction to Weather and Climate

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 Lecture
- **C-ID:** GEOG 130
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/santa-ana-college/schedule/spring-2027/geog.md)

This course examines weather and climate patterns of the earth from a geographic perspective including atmospheric structure and composition, solar radiation and energy balances, temperature, seasonal changes, atmospheric moisture, clouds and fog, precipitation, air pressure, winds, air masses and fronts, cyclonic and anticyclonic systems, weather forecasting, adiabatics, climate, and climate change.

### GEOG 140 — California Geography

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 Lecture
- **C-ID:** GEOG 140
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/santa-ana-college/schedule/fall-2026/geog.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/santa-ana-college/schedule/spring-2027/geog.md)

A thematic approach to the state's issues, processes and topics relevant to the geography including climate, landforms, natural vegetation, water resources, cultural landscape, ethnic diversity, urban and agricultural regions, and the economy. This course explores the physical, and human landscapes that have evolved as a result of the human-environment interface.

### GEOG 155 — Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 Lecture
- **C-ID:** GEOG 155
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules

This course introduces basic scientific principles of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as they relate to working with data that have important spatial orientation and organization. Geometric and geographic concepts and theories are used to develop scientific methods for proper communication of the data and the solution of problems that have spatial relationships. Course covers basic concepts in mapping and orientation, the development of map scales and comparision of different coordinate systems and data error analysis.