Earth's natural environments, with emphasis on spatial characteristics, change over time, interactions between environmental components, and human-environment interactions. Physical processes, techniques, and tools by which Earth's climates, soils, vegetation, water resources, 土地形态与综合的全球格局相联系. 自然环境对人类活动的影响以及人类如何改变环境. Field trips may be included.

自然地理学的概念、技术、工具和材料的应用. Practical exercises, experiments, observations, data analyses, 以及增强对地理过程理解的计算机应用/模拟, interrelationships, spatial patterns and distributions. 使用地图，遥感图像和地理信息系统. Includes locational reference systems, time-space relationships, weather, climate, soils, vegetation, and landforms. Field trips/field projects may be included.

人口、文化特征和活动的空间分析. Emphasis on how diverse peoples, 通过他们的互动，通过他们对自然环境的感知和利用, create distinctive cultural landscapes. Social, political, 以及促进全球和区域文化格局演变的地理经济因素. Field trips may be included.

An introduction to the world’s major economic systems; their spatial distribution and characteristics; their relative contributions to regional development and global change; and related movements of people, goods, and ideas. 应用于人与环境相互作用的空间分析技术和工具, 强调与特定经济活动有关的生态问题. Field trips may be included.

世界各地区以及人类在这些地区的生活方式. 包括世界各地区的自然和文化特征, how they are similar and how they are different, economic patterns, agriculture, industrial development and population dynamics. 强调当代重大问题及其地理影响.

介绍天气和气候及其对人类活动的影响和改变. Emphasis on weather elements, events, and processes; climate controls; and the techniques, tools, and instruments of atmospheric science. Includes atmospheric optics, weather prediction, severe storms, air pollution, global/regional warming/cooling, ozone depletion, acid rain, El Niño, deforestation, desertification, 以及其他与日常经验和全球气候变化有关的话题. 实地考察和观察活动可能包括在内.

人类活动与不断变化的全球环境之间相互作用的基本概念, with emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach. Causes of environmental change, including ecosystem processes, 人口增长和对自然资源需求的历史, fossil fuel consumption, land use change, and pollution sources. 与环境的可持续性有关的经济和公共政策问题. 讨论参与和领导促进改善环境管理的动力.

加州的物质、文化和地域元素. The physical geographic base includes: location, geologic history, geomorphic provinces, natural hazards and resources, climate, water resources, vegetation, and soils. 历史上发展的文化主题包括:美洲原住民和西班牙裔起源, migration patterns, settlements, population growth, ethnic diversity, land use, economic activities, and Pacific Rim connections. 人与环境的相互作用和问题贯穿整个课程. Field trips may be included.

气候科学是一个快速发展的跨学科领域，专注于治理气候的原则, climate variability, 气候变化及其对社会的影响. Elements of the climate system, atmospheric events and processes; factors controlling Earth’s climate types, climate classification, 以及大气科学中使用的当代技术工具和仪器. 研究气候记录、古气候、气候模拟和预测. 通过观察对气候变化问题进行实际调查, prediction, data analysis, and critical thinking. 强调人类活动对气候变化的影响, trends in global and regional climate change, 以及空气污染的科学依据和政策影响, global warming, ozone depletion, acid rain, deforestation, and urbanization. The economic, social, 政治环境与日常经验和全球气候变化的潜在威胁相互作用. 实地考察和观察活动可能包括在内.

基于计算机的信息技术工具和技术，分析位置和物理属性之间的空间关系, cultural, and economic features. 地理关系的可视化，通过地图的互动联系来支持决策, databases, images, and charts. 介绍地理信息系统的理论、原理、概念、应用和操作. Field trips may be required.

地理信息系统通过矢量和栅格数据格式之间的交互联系，促进了空间关系和决策的可视化. Addresses real-world application of GIS principles, 行业标准的软件工具和定量技术，以多层次的专题数据. 学生将获得先进的GIS管理实践经验, editing, merging, intersecting, 统计分析来自不同来源的空间数据, 以及准备高质量的地图演示. Field trips may be required.

Practical, 实地考察地理信息系统的一些更先进的应用, integrating vector, grid, and digital image data formats. 强调GIS工业标准软件工具的环境应用，定量分析空间问题, including network analysis, watershed modeling, digital elevation modeling, digital image processing, 以及多层专题数据的数字化校正. 包括整合全球定位系统(GPS)的运作特点, collection and interfacing GPS data with GIS. Field trips may be required.