LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Geography at Cypress College

Discover other people, other places! Explore your environment! Know yourself and your world better. Use the latest, most powerful computing technology at Cypress College. learn how weather and people relate. Find your locaqtion using powerful computers and satellite technology. get out into the mountains, the desert, the coast, and learn more about your impact on the environment. Discover ways to measure weather, climate, and human use of the planet. How does religion affect our world? Know more about others, and learn more about yourself in the process. How do we all relate to each other on this planet we call home? Cypress Geography lets you explore all these topics and more!

Connections

Transfer all of your Geography courses to colleges and universities throughout California and the U.S. as general education courses, or as a Geography Major. Cypress courses are fully transferable. cypress Geography is a leader in scientific and cultural exploration and study. Cypress Geography has been awarded several national and state research grants to explore Geography and Geographic education. Cypress Geography is implementing major research grants from the National Science Fooundation and the California State Chancellor's office to help other schools, including Universities, develop stronger programs. Cypress has the largest communit college Geography Department in California! You can study Geography at on of the leading Geography Departments in the United States.
Department of Geography
Cypress College


You can study with professional Geographers who are leaders in their field, and who continue to develop new methods of study, and innovative programs in Geography.

Faculty Include:


Nicholas Polizzi, Professor and Chair
Les Doak, Assistant Professor
Armando Mendoza, Assistant Professor
Willis Park, Professor Emeritus


These professors maintain a high level of professional involvement, including reasearch and writing, and are members of the following professional organizations:

  • Association of American Geographers
  • American Meteorlogical Association
  • Royal Geographica Society
  • Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
  • California Geographical Society
  • American Foreign Service Association

    They have presented professional reasearch papers, and commentary, for these assocations or conferences:

  • Association of American Geographers
  • California Geographical Society
  • Geographic Informations Systems/Land Information Systems
  • American Marketing Association
     
  • ESRI International Users Conference
  • Business Geographics
  • California Geographic Information Association
  • Ed Tech Conference

    Cypress Geography faculty have received awards for excellence in their methods of teaching science and technology.




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