GEO 5

About this course

An exploration of California's diverse physical landscapes (land forms, climate, soil and resources) and analyzes its cultural landscapes created by human transformation of the environment through economic activities such as agriculture, mining, trade, industry and urbanization. Examines the remarkable physical and cultural regional differences within California. A study in the wealth of diversity of California's peoples while investigating the more disturbing aspects of discrimination and exploitation of various groups based on race, ethnicity, class and gender.

No section is scheduled at De Anza College for Fall 2026. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Prerequisites

The De Anza catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Advisory: “ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.”

Transfer pathways that use GEO 5

ASSIST maps GEO 5 to a requirement in 11 published pathways from De Anza College.

• Social Science B.A. - Specialization Studies OptionDe Anza → CSU Chico
• CSU General EducationDe Anza → CSU Stanislaus
• Environmental Economics and PolicyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Microbial BiologyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Environmental SciencesDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• ArchitectureDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Nutrition & Metabolic BiologyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Landscape ArchitectureDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Society and EnvironmentDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Molecular Environmental BiologyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Genetics and Plant BiologyDe Anza → UC Berkeley

The other FHDA college

The district declares these courses cross-listed with GEO 5. That is a district equivalence, recorded in the colleges’ own course data — it is not an ASSIST articulation, and whether it satisfies a particular transfer requirement is a separate question shown on the pathway pages.

• GEOG 9