Geography

I took the class because I needed a science distribution requirement and benefitted a lot from the fact that it was being taught as a CW. Had there been in-person exams instead, I would have had a much more difficult time due to the sheer volume of content we were expected to know and understand. In spite of this being an introductory course, it did feel like we were expected to have substantial prior knowledge. Jeff is a great guy and a considerate professor, but the course's expectations of students should probably be tempered.

I took the class because I needed a science distribution requirement and benefitted a lot from the fact that it was being taught as a CW. Had there been in-person exams instead, I would have had a much more difficult time due to the sheer volume of content we were expected to know and understand. In spite of this being an introductor …Read more

Professor Nelson was clearly very interested and involved in Rural Geography, and his enthusiasm made me excited about the topic. There were 2 research papers, a project, and a final essay/research brief - all of which were fairly graded. There were usually 1-2 readings every night, but they were not meant to be read in-depth, as the topics were discussed during the lectures. Overall, a relaxed and enjoyable class that was very interesting.

Professor Nelson was clearly very interested and involved in Rural Geography, and his enthusiasm made me excited about the topic. There were 2 research papers, a project, and a final essay/research brief - all of which were fairly graded. There were usually 1-2 readings every night, but they were not meant to be read in-depth, as the …Read more

I think poor Joe Holler had a rough go of it this semester, overstressed, overworked, under-appreciated. My experience is symptomatically steeped in this unfortunate circumstances. He's very sweet, lots of sociopolitically relevant readings (that were otherwise sort of a reach for class). Exams were lowk tricky. Labs were fine. I was a bit bored...