**[California University of Pennsylvania -- BA in Geography with
Geographic Information Sciences and Emergency Management
Concentration]{.underline}**

California University of Pennsylvania is offering a Bachelor of Arts in
Geography with a Concentration in Geographic Information Sciences (GIS)
and Emergency Management. The GIS and Emergency Management concentration
will prepare students for continued studies in graduate school or
employment in governmental and private sector emergency management
positions, with disaster relief organizations or with the Department of
Homeland Security. The program is designed to give students the basic
information in emergency management concepts and techniques and is
supplemented by courses combining geographic knowledge with advanced
technological information in remote sensing, hazards research, and
advanced geographic information systems.

[Program Objectives:]{.underline}

-   Hands-on field experience in the laboratory and other appropriate
    settings.

-   A basic knowledge of the equipment and tools necessary in this field

-   Applications of essential GIS and emergency management concepts and
    techniques.

[GIS and Emergency Management curriculum:]{.underline}

Introduction to Geography

Climatology

Geographic Information Systems

Geographic Information Systems 2

Crime Mapping and Spatial Analysis

Impacts and Sustainability of Tourism

Demographic Analysis

Natural Hazards

Emergency Management

Disaster Vulnerability Assessment

Developing the Master Plan

2 Elective Courses (Internship Recommended)

California University of Pennsylvania Earth Sciences department is a
clearinghouse of economic and population information for southwestern
Pennsylvania. With access to information based on the 2000 federal
census, the facility will provide faculty, students, and local
communities with information for use in the classroom, research, and
economic development. The department has recently developed the Crime
Mapping Lab, a state of-the-art facility that includes high end
computers with cutting edge GIS and remote sensing, HAZUS and CAMEO
software, providing students with technological skills that are
currently in high demand. Students will participate in research projects
and laboratory work thus gaining experience not available in the
standard lecture/discussion instruction.

California University is accredited by the Commission on Higher
Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

For more information:

> Contact: Jamie D. Mitchem, Ph.D.
>
> California University of Pennsylvania
>
> Department of Earth Sciences
>
> 250 University Avenue (Box 55)
>
> California, PA 15419-1394
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> Ph: (724) 938-5969
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> Fax: - (724) 938-5780
>
> Email: <Mitchem@cup.edu>
>
> Or
>
> Thomas R. Mueller, Ph.D.
>
> California University of Pennsylvania
>
> Department of Earth Sciences
>
> 250 University Avenue
>
> California, PA 15419-1394
>
> Ph: (724) 938-4255
>
> Fax: (724) 938-5780
>
> Email: <mueller@cup.edu>
>
>  
>
> Additional Information:
>  <http://www.cup.edu/eberly/earthsciences/geoscien_main.html>
>
>  
>
> Additional Phone: (724) 928-4180
>
>  
>
> Updated: 01/12/07

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