History & Geography Department
Dept Chair: Wen-Xian Xu
email: wenxian.xu@wvm.edu
tel: 408-855-5273
Counseling: 408-855-5030
History
The study of history contributes to cultural literacy and develops critical thinking and other useful skills while helping students understand today and plan for tomorrow.
Career Options:
- Administrator
- Archivist
- Business Consultant
- Foreign Service
- Government Service
- Historian
- Museum Curator
- Attourney
- Researcher/Research Analyst
- State Park Historian
- Educator
- Writer
Some career options may require more than two years of college study. Classes beyond the Associate Degree level may be required to fulfill some career options or for preparation for transfer to a university program.
Highlights
- Overview of Western Civilization and American History, Asian, African-American History, Women in American History.
- Faculty includes widely traveled scholars, authors and active historians.
Catalog Information
Full History catalog information and course offerings.
Geography
The study of geography investigates the spatial variation in natural and human phenomena such as climate, landforms, vegetation, cultural diversity, and resource utilization. Geographers use this understanding to explain the character of regions; to ascertain the ways in which humans, historical and contemporary, have utilized and shaped the earth's surface; and to predict future patterns and interaction between humans and the natural environment. The Mission College program is particularly concerned (a) the Pacific Rim; (b) the non-industrial world; (c) the physical and cultural diversity of California, and their mutual interactions in an era of increasing mental limitations.
Career Options:
- Cartographer
- Climatologist
- Demographer
- Educator
- Environmental Research Specialist
- G.I.S. Analyst
- Industrial Development Specialist
- Intelligence Analyst
- International Development
- Marketing Area Analyst
- Natural Resources Management (Park/Forest Ranger)
- Real Estate Forecasting and Consulting
- Travel Industry Agent/Consultant
- Urban and Rural Planning
Some career options may require more than two years of college study. Classes beyond the Associate Degree level may be required to fulfill some career options or for preparation for transfer to a university program.
Highlights
- Field trips
- Courses fulfill CSU multicultural requirement.
Catalog Information
Full Geography catalog information and course offerings.
