Geography Department ACC Geography Department Austin Community College Geography is the science that deals with the description, distribution, and interaction of the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth's surface. Human geography is concerned with the spatial aspects of human existence - how people and their activity are distributed in space, how they use and perceive space, and how they create and sustain the places that make up the earth's surface. Human geographers work in the fields of urban and regional planning, transportation, marketing, real estate, tourism, and international business.
Physical geographers study patterns of climates, land forms, vegetation, soils, and water.
They forecast the weather, manage land and water resources, and analyze and plan for forests, rangelands, and wetlands. The Associate of Arts degree in geography is intended to provide students with the first two years of geography and an introduction to field work in geography.