Geography and Environmental Studies (BS)
California State University, Northridge
Description
CSUN's Geography and Environmental Studies (GES) Program prepares students to understand the environment around us and to interpret the patterns found across the Earth’s surface. Comprised of 48 units, the GES major allows flexibility in course selection, while providing a solid background in human, physical and regional aspects of the discipline. Students receiving a Bachelor of Science in Geography and Environmental Studies will be able to: -Demonstrate a foundation of knowledge characteristic of the learned individual, especially as it pertains to geography and environmental studies. -Demonstrate skills necessary to effectively acquire and synthesize new facts in a fashion characteristic of lifelong learners. -Demonstrate abilities as effective evaluators and critical analyzers of information and ideas; creatively and/or productively apply analytical skills to a problem or an argument relevant to geography and environmental studies. -Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively using textual, oral, graphic, or numeric media, especially as pertains to mapping and cartography. Practice sound ethical approaches in the study of geography and the environment. -Demonstrate productive civic and global citizenship, and awareness of and respect for human and environmental diversity.