Focus Area Courses for the GIS Certificate Program, Foothill College

Student must select a focus area from the list below. A minimum of six (6) units of course work from the list of classes below must be complete to fulfill the focus area requirement for the GIS Certificate of Achievement and the Certificate of Advanced Achievement. If desired focus area is not on the list below, and the student has course work in the desired area from another institution, the student may petition to have the work considered in lieu of the listed courses below.

Agriculture/Ornamental Horticulture, Anthropology, Biology, Business, Economics, Geography, Geology, History, Political Science, Psychology, Real Estate, Sociology, Travel Careers.

Agriculture/Ornamental Horticulture 6 or more units from the following list:

OH 50A Orientation to ornamental horticulture (3.5 units)

OH 54 Soils and fertilizers (4 units)

OH 57 Field studies in native vascular plants of the central California region (4 units)

OH 58A Plant protection and pest and insect management: Diseases and weeds (3 units)

OH 58B Plant protection and pest management: Insects (3 units)

OH 59A Irrigation systems management (3 units)

OH 59B Landscape Irrigation Design (2 units)

Anthropology 6 or more units from the following list:

ANTH 1 Introduction to physical anthropology (4 units)

ANTH 2 Cultural anthropology (4 units)

ANTH 2B Patterns of culture (4 units)

ANTH 8 Introduction to archaeology (4 units)

ANTH 11 Archaeological field methods (4 units)

ANTH 11B Archaeology survey (2 units)

Biology 6 or more units from the following list:

BIOL 1C Evolution Systematics & Ecology (5 units)

BIOL 13 Marine biology (5 units)

BIOL 11 Humans and the environment (4 units)

BIOL 15 Ecology/Natural history (5 units)

BIOL 16 Ornithology (5 units)

BIOL 20 Environmental science (5 units)

Business 6 or more units from the following list:

BUSI 22 Principles of business (4 units)

BUSI 53 Survey of international business (4 units)

BUSI 57 Principles of advertising (4 units)

BUSI 58 Survey of international marketing (4 units)

BUSI 59 Principles of marketing (4 units)

Economics 6 or more units from the following list:

ECON 1A, B Principles of Economics (5 units)

ECON 9 Political Economy (4 units)

ECON 12 Economic History of Western Civilization (4 units)

ECON 36, X, Y, Z Special Projects in Economics (1-4 units)

Macro

Geography 6 or more units from the following list:

GEOG 1 Physical geography (4 units)

GEOG 2 Human geography (4 units)

GEOG 5 Introduction to economic geography (4 units)

GEOG 10 World regional geography (4 units)

Geology 6 or more units from the following list:

GEOL 3 Geology of the national park (4 units)

GEOL 10 Introductory geoscience (5 units)

GEOL 36 Special Projects (1 units)

GEOL 45A, B, C, D, E, GEOL 49A Field trips (1-3 units)

History 6 or more units from the following list:

HIST 4A History of western civilization (4 units)

HIST 4B History of western civilization (4 units)

HIST 4C History of western civilization (4 units)

HIST 8 History of Latin America (4 units)

HIST 9 History of contemporary Europe (4 units)

HIST 10 History of California (4 units)

HIST 15 History of Mexico (4 units)

HIST 16 History of Rome (4 units)

HIST 17A History of the United States to 1877 (5 units)

HIST 17B History of the United States from 1877 (5 units)

HIST 18 Introduction to middle eastern civilization (4 units)

HIST 19 History of Asia: China/Japan (4 units)

HIST 20 History of Russia and the Soviet Union (4 units)

HIST 23A Africa (4 units)

Political Science 6 or more units from the following list:

POLI 1 Political science: Introduction to American government and politics (5 units)

POLI 2 Comparative government and politics (4 units)

POLI 5 Russian and east European politics (4 units)

POLI 7 American government and politics from a black perspective (5 units)

POLI 8 Post world war II Germany (4 units)

POLI 15 International relations/World politics

POLI 24 20th Century American foreign policy (4 units)

Psychology 6 or more units from the following list:

PSYC 1 General psychology (5 units)

PSYC 10 Introduction to social research (4 units)

PSYC 30 Social psychology (4 units)

Real Estate 6 or more units from the following list:

RE 50 Real estate principles (4 units)

RE 51 Real estate practices (4 units)

RE 51B Advanced real estate practices (4 units)

Sociology 6 or more units from the following list:

SOC 1 Introduction to sociology (5 units)

SOC 10 Introduction to social research (4 units)

SOC 20 Major social problems (4 units)

Travel Careers 6 or more units from the following list:

TC 50 Introduction to travel careers (2 units)

TC 51 Tourism in north America (4 units)

TC 52 Tourist centers of Europe (4 units)

TC 53 International tourism (4 units)

TC 70 Special destinations (3 units)

For more information on Geographic Information Systems or the Foothill GIS program, please contact Allison Lenkeit Meezan by email or phone (650-949-7166)