Department of Geography/Geology

Welcome!

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Geography/Geology Department, in support of the mission of Normandale Community College, recognizes the department's responsibility to stand at the center of a strong liberal education for our students. Our emphasis on spatial perspective, regional synthesis, and scientific method cultivates critical thinking as students acquire, analyze and evaluate knowledge in a holistic context across social/cultural and natural systems. We are committed to providing both general and discipline-specific knowledge required to further students' education as they proceed to four-year college and graduate programs, as well as meeting the needs of life-long learners within our community.

Links of interest--
http://www.usgs.gov/, http://www.geosociety.org/, http://www.ncge.org/, http://www.nationalgeographic.com/, http://www.tc.umn.edu/~smith213/index.htm, http://www.geo.umn.edu, http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/index.html, www.mss-caving.org, http://www.geog.umn.edu/, http://www.mnsu.edu/geog/index.html