2022-23 Unit Plan
Geography

Mission Statement

Housed in the Sociocultural Studies Department, Geography promotes student success, completion and transfer. 该计划旨在培养终身学习者，他们理解并欣赏文化和人类与自然环境互动的重要性，这是他们生活和地球健康的主要因素.

Program Description

地理转学位副学士(AA-T地理学)为计划在加州州立大学完成四年制学位的学生提供了一个转学位的途径. 完成地理专业的AA-T学位课程后，学生将具备必要的基础知识以及随后完成学士学位所需的实践技能.

副学士转学学位(AA-T或as - t)要求完成加州州立大学通识教育(CSU GE)或跨部门通识教育转学课程(IGETC)以及特定的AA-T或as - t专业学位要求并获得认证. 获得AA-T或AS-T成绩的学生不需要满足比特学院的额外毕业要求(包括体育和多元文化能力)。. 学生应与辅导员一起确定可用于完成CSU GE或IGETC类别的主要课程.

To obtain an Associate's degree, 学生必须完成本目录中列出的专业要求和毕业要求.

请注意，有些课程有先决条件(P)，共修条件(C)，或两者都有(P/C)。. 先决条件和必备条件列在该目录中的每个课程描述中.

被指定为AA-T或as - t的转学专业是为转学到未指定的科罗拉多州立大学的类似专业而设计的. 

被指定为AA或as的转学专业是为了在特定的科罗拉多州立大学转学到相应的专业而设计的，并且基于衔接. See a counselor for more information. 在本目录的转学部分的开头阅读这些类型的学位之间的区别.

成功完成地理课程后，学生将能够:

1. 识别自然地理和文化地理的基本概念.
2. 识别与世界、区域和地方地理相关的概念和理论模型.
3. 应用与各种专题地图相关的应用程序以及使用地理计算机建模.

构成AA-T学位的课程也适用于Butte和transfer通识教育. With 34 sections offered each school year, 地理服务于大量的学生，并满足一系列重要的通识教育和转学要求. 大多数地理课程都致力于理解文化过程，因为它们与自然环境的相互作用有关. 其中一门课程，GEOG 2自然地理学，侧重于物理/自然现象.

现有专任教师1人，副教师4人. 2019年春季，68%的地理课程由副教授教授.

Student Learning/Administrative Unit Outcomes

Student Learning Outcomes - GEOG

学生成就标准/目标(教学部)

Table of FTES for GEOG


随着AAT项目的实施和相应导学路径的发展, GEOG是一门学科，已经失去了许多部分，因为课程没有在特定的AAT项目中结束，学生们被指导为特定的课程学习. GEOG将需要开发方法来增加学生的入学率，这些学生对他们的通识教育要求有一些选择. 将尝试各种营销方法，例如在学术展示会上进行演示.


 


Graph of retention and success rates in GEOG


从2016年开始，成功率和留存率开始改善. Beginning in 2018, both success and retention began to falter, likely because of events occurring outside of the classroom. The Camp Fire, subsequent power outages, 2019冠状病毒病的爆发造成了保持连续性的局面，这是主要挑战. 在成功率下降的同时，保留率开始上升. 

Standards/Goals for Student Achievement (All Other Departments)


        

        
        
        
Strategic Direction

        
地理系通过以下方式支持学院实现其战略方向和优先主题:


    

  1. 加强完成和实现目标的文化-学院正在努力提供尽可能多的免费课程, open-source textbooks, thereby reducing costs for students.
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  2. Supporting Student, Faculty, 和员工的成功-提高SLO参与:为副教授提供“深度潜水”津贴.' 
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  3. 满足现金娱乐网注册目标-提供各种营销方法，以增加GEOG课程的入学率, 比如制作人类学学科的短视频，在大学服务区向高中辅导员展示.
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  4. 满足学生的成就目标——学生的成功仍然是一个问题. 关于人类学低成功率的根本原因还需要更多的信息, 在任何提高这些比率的尝试之前都是有意义的.
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Program Review

        
2. 我们建议认真考虑聘请一名额外的全职地理学家, bringing the number of full-time faculty up to two. By historic standards, 这一数字仍低于15年前在巴特任教的3名全职地理学家. 第二个全职教师也是必要的，以实现我们的建议，GIS程序恢复. It is the committee’s considered judgment that a vibrant, up-to-date GIS program, 为其他CTE学位提供专业课程，并提供独立的结业证书, cannot be developed, maintained, 而且没有专业地理学家的全职参与和监督. 


地理学仍然需要另一个全职职位，它不仅与上面概述的地理信息系统计划有关, but also to Recommendation #3. 大多数教地理的副教师都是退休的个人，他们可能会也可能不会继续任教很长时间. Also, the associate faculty hiring pool was frequently filled by CSU Chico master’s program graduates; however, 科罗拉多州立大学奇科地理系不再保留硕士课程. 目前，皇冠新现金网地理专业的招聘池几乎不存在. Qualified individuals have been siphoned off by CSU Chico, 而另一些人则只是为了兼职教学而不愿意搬到这个地区. Finally, 地理扩展到地理信息系统的课程将进一步给单一的全职教师带来压力. 地理学最新的项目审查建议增加一个全职教师职位，以使该部门专注于地理信息系统.


3. 研究小组建议系里考虑将地理3(自然地理实验室)的教学与地理2(自然地理)的教学紧密结合起来，这样课程就能互补，同时选修这两门课程的学生就能获得一致的学习体验.


系里想把地理二和地理三更好地结合起来, as it would be most beneficial to the student, 它也将更好地使皇冠新现金网与奇科州立大学和系统中的其他csu保持一致. However, this would require another full-time position. 一个专门的空间，因为目前的房间不是为实验室设置的，也将是一个好处.

        

        
        
        
Department Goals

        

        



        
Future Development Strategies

        

                    
Strategy 1 - Promotion Of the Program

                    

                        
每学期至少举办一次活动，以便更好地将地理学生与Butte老师联系起来, the Chico State program and instructors, and/or each other.

                        

                   
                            Initiatives
                            

                            
    
                                    
  • Enhancing a Culture of Completion and Goal Achievement
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  • Supporting Student, Faculty and Staff Success
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  • Maximizing Resources to Support Student Learning
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  • Enhancing a Culture of Equity and Inclusiveness
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                        Supporting Rationale

                        
全职地理讲师是奇科州立地理和规划咨询委员会的成员, 谁的主要任务是帮助招收地理或规划专业的学生.  This is supported by attendance at high school career fairs, events held at the Chico State campus, and Butte College, 在奇科中心或主校区举办的课堂上，奇科州立大学的地理讲师会出现.  这种支持策略成功地增加了奇科州立大学地理与规划系的专业数量.

                        

                    
                    
                        Supporting Rationale Alignment


                        Supports the College's Strategic Direction and Priorities: Yes

                        Supports Program Review Recommendations: No

                        Supports Course level SLOs: No

                        Supports PLOs: No

                        Supports ILO - Think Critically: No

                        Supports ILO - Communicate Competently: No

                        Supports ILO - Engage Collaboratively: No

                        Supports ILO - Work Effectively: No

                        Supports Meeting Vision for Success Goal - Credentials: No

                        Supports Meeting Vision for Success Goal - Transfer: No

                        Supports Meeting Vision for Success Goal - Time to Degree: No

                        支持满足愿景的成功目标-就业领域的研究:否

                        支持满足成功的愿景目标-减少公平差距:否




    
                        
                    

                    
Strategy 2 - Promote GIS Certificate Program

                    

                        
A curriculum of four Geographic Information System (GIS) courses, that comprise a certificate program, 最终，学生不仅有机会获得结业证书, 而且也有机会通过软件公司的考试来认证.

                        

                   
                            Initiatives
                            

                            
    
                                    
  • Modeling Sustainability
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  • Enhancing a Culture of Completion and Goal Achievement
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  • Supporting Student, Faculty and Staff Success
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  • Maximizing Resources to Support Student Learning
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  • Enhancing a Culture of Equity and Inclusiveness
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                        Supporting Rationale

                        
地理信息系统(GIS)是一种收集地理信息的计算机程序, stores, manages, analyzes, and displays locational data, 通常伴随着充满事实和数据的相关数据库. 这种地理空间数据对广泛的就业类别至关重要, from health care to marketing, natural resource management to urban design, and climate science to engineering, and GIS is critical to this rapidly expanding field. 在从目录中删除前一系列课程之后，创建了一个GIS证书课程. 该系列课程的重新开发现在以证书的形式进行, but enrollment in the courses remain low. Promotion of the GIS certificate is imperative if the program is to continue. 

                        

                    
                    
                        Supporting Rationale Alignment


                        Supports the College's Strategic Direction and Priorities: Yes

                        Supports Program Review Recommendations: No

                        Supports Course level SLOs: No

                        Supports PLOs: No

                        Supports ILO - Think Critically: Yes

                        Supports ILO - Communicate Competently: No

                        Supports ILO - Engage Collaboratively: No

                        Supports ILO - Work Effectively: No

                        Supports Meeting Vision for Success Goal - Credentials: Yes

                        Supports Meeting Vision for Success Goal - Transfer: No

                        Supports Meeting Vision for Success Goal - Time to Degree: No

                        支持满足愿景的成功目标-就业领域的研究:是的

                        支持满足成功的愿景目标-减少公平差距:否




    
                        
                    

                    
Strategy 3 - Successful Students

                    

                        
To align with the College's current success rate and 5-year goal, 提高学生在每门课程的每一部分的成绩是必要的.  虽然地理课程的成功率并不比大学范围内的成功率低多少，但改进是必不可少的.


 

                        

                   
                            Initiatives
                            

                            
    
                                    
  • Enhancing a Culture of Completion and Goal Achievement
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  • Supporting Student, Faculty and Staff Success
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  • Using Data-Informed Processes for Continuous Improvement
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  • Maximizing Resources to Support Student Learning
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  • Enhancing a Culture of Equity and Inclusiveness
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                        Supporting Rationale

                        
支持这一战略的方法是包容所有教师. 数据显示，有些课程的成功率一直较低. The current faculty has taught nearly every course offered, 这就提供了一个机会，让大家了解课程的内容和教学方式. Course outlines are currently going through review, which provides an opportunity to discuss SLOs, course content and even texts used. 一个时间表将被构建，以方便所有教师的输入，因为课程经过审查，导致对地理项目的审查.


Additionally, the department will stage professional development sessions focused on the effective use of Canvas to support student accountability (attendance; assignment completion) in the hope of increasing course success.

                        

                    
                    
                        Supporting Rationale Alignment


                        Supports the College's Strategic Direction and Priorities: Yes

                        Supports Program Review Recommendations: No

                        Supports Course level SLOs: Yes

                        Supports PLOs: No

                        Supports ILO - Think Critically: No

                        Supports ILO - Communicate Competently: No

                        Supports ILO - Engage Collaboratively: No

                        Supports ILO - Work Effectively: No

                        Supports Meeting Vision for Success Goal - Credentials: No

                        Supports Meeting Vision for Success Goal - Transfer: No

                        Supports Meeting Vision for Success Goal - Time to Degree: No

                        支持满足愿景的成功目标-就业领域的研究:否

                        支持满足成功的愿景目标-减少公平差距:否




    
                        
                    


        
    
    
    
        
Requested Non-Financial Resources

        

            
地理3，自然地理实验室，目前位于LRC 112. This classroom is not designed for such a lab, 尤其是没有可以处理土壤实验残留物的水槽, for example. 目前，实验室讲师每学期与物理科学或生物教职员工安排在实验室环境中举行两到三个实验室.  在需要这样的设施的时候，一个更永久的安排将有利于学生和教师的适当的实验室设置.

            
        

    


        
Current Financial Resources

        

            
        
    
    
    
    
    

    

    
    





 8/2/23