GEOG 167
Cartography
Description: Lecture, two hours; laboratory, four hours. Enforced requisite: course 7. Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of field of cartography. Theory and construction of map projections, compilation procedures, principles of generalization, symbolization, terrain representation, lettering, drafting and scribing, and map reproduction methods. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2018 - Professor Burkhart is probably one of the most engaging/helpful professors I've had all throughout UCLA (just graduated); part of the reason why is because he actually loves what he teaches (he's like a rare Pokemon), and he structures his class to where you actually start liking what he teaches as well. That isn't to say that this class is an easy one. You definitely need to put at least 10-14 hours (depends on how badly you procrastinate) a week if you want to get a good grade. The assignments are worth way more than the final project, so make sure you don't put those off. In addition, He's also an extremely fair grader: we had an incident in the quarter where we had an undergrad TA that was grading quite harshly, and after a couple of us emailed him, he announced that he would now personally grade all our assignments and gave back points to those who deserved them. I wouldn't say he's an easy grader, but it's just because there are a lot of things he puts on the rubric and a lot of people do the projects last minute and forget to include all the specified guidelines. I got an A despite doing most if not all my projects last minute, and it included turning in an response assignment late and thus getting a 0. But that's because I just made sure all my maps included the guidelines he specified, and I also did more than expected to create more engaging and creative presentations. So just make sure you do really well on the assignments, and the quizzes & map critiques won't really matter. Burkhart truly wants his students to enjoy learning about his subjects, and it doesn't matter if you're not into GIS. I certainly wasn't, until I took this class, and I realized these things were actually pretty stinking cool and useful in real life.
Fall 2018 - Professor Burkhart is probably one of the most engaging/helpful professors I've had all throughout UCLA (just graduated); part of the reason why is because he actually loves what he teaches (he's like a rare Pokemon), and he structures his class to where you actually start liking what he teaches as well. That isn't to say that this class is an easy one. You definitely need to put at least 10-14 hours (depends on how badly you procrastinate) a week if you want to get a good grade. The assignments are worth way more than the final project, so make sure you don't put those off. In addition, He's also an extremely fair grader: we had an incident in the quarter where we had an undergrad TA that was grading quite harshly, and after a couple of us emailed him, he announced that he would now personally grade all our assignments and gave back points to those who deserved them. I wouldn't say he's an easy grader, but it's just because there are a lot of things he puts on the rubric and a lot of people do the projects last minute and forget to include all the specified guidelines. I got an A despite doing most if not all my projects last minute, and it included turning in an response assignment late and thus getting a 0. But that's because I just made sure all my maps included the guidelines he specified, and I also did more than expected to create more engaging and creative presentations. So just make sure you do really well on the assignments, and the quizzes & map critiques won't really matter. Burkhart truly wants his students to enjoy learning about his subjects, and it doesn't matter if you're not into GIS. I certainly wasn't, until I took this class, and I realized these things were actually pretty stinking cool and useful in real life.
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I was glad to meet a great professor at UCLA. I really enjoyed attending his computer class. Even though I did not know about programming at all, he always helped me closely. Always I could see how he cared and considered of students' learning. At the same time, he always encouraged students. I had a great time to attend his lecture because I learned 'compute programming' a lot!!!! I really want to say "thank you" to him. In addition, I really recommend to take his class. YOU WILL ENJOY CREATING YOUR OWN PROGRAMMING AND YOU WILL LEARN A LOT!!! When I get a chance, I definately will continue studying of computer with his lecture^^\305B
I was glad to meet a great professor at UCLA. I really enjoyed attending his computer class. Even though I did not know about programming at all, he always helped me closely. Always I could see how he cared and considered of students' learning. At the same time, he always encouraged students. I had a great time to attend his lecture because I learned 'compute programming' a lot!!!! I really want to say "thank you" to him. In addition, I really recommend to take his class. YOU WILL ENJOY CREATING YOUR OWN PROGRAMMING AND YOU WILL LEARN A LOT!!! When I get a chance, I definately will continue studying of computer with his lecture^^\305B
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Winter 2023 - This is the class that requires you a lot of time and mental energy spending to craft your maps. Like other gis classes, this class made me feel so exhausted yet satisfied at the same time. All the structure is the same as other online gis classes: recorded lectures and discussion posts. The only differences are that the quizzes and projects are due bi-weekly (every other week). Even though you had extra time to do the project, the workload was no better—it required A LOT of time, so starting early is a great plan. To give you a rough idea, I spent at least 7-10 hours on each project, not including the videos and other things yet. I spent almost 40 hours in total for my final project (4-week project/ 2 unit time). The workload was a lot, but the final result was rewarding. The key to success for the project is to drop in office hours with at least halfway done or almost finished ones, then ask for the TA's opinions or suggestions. The only concern in this class was the harsh grading schemes. The TA and the prof were stringent in their grading. I went to office hours and discovered that my map selection needed to be changed, even though they did not explicitly specify in the instruction to me not to do so. The TA was not very helpful with clarifying how long it takes to hear the answer back from the professor, and the assignment needed to be submitted in a few days. I ended up redoing everything for my map, spending the whole next day redoing the new base map, but then I did not use it at the end. The taste for the map design is, of course, subjective, so I don't think the class has been a fair game since the beginning. So if you can do nothing, you need to get ahead and win this game. If you plan to take this class because of your gis minor, please be physically and mentally prepared for the workload. And hope that they will not grade as harshly as they did during my quarter. (I have heard almost everyone I know who was taking the class complain at least once about this class during my quarter, so I think almost everyone felt the same about the grading and the workload).
Winter 2023 - This is the class that requires you a lot of time and mental energy spending to craft your maps. Like other gis classes, this class made me feel so exhausted yet satisfied at the same time. All the structure is the same as other online gis classes: recorded lectures and discussion posts. The only differences are that the quizzes and projects are due bi-weekly (every other week). Even though you had extra time to do the project, the workload was no better—it required A LOT of time, so starting early is a great plan. To give you a rough idea, I spent at least 7-10 hours on each project, not including the videos and other things yet. I spent almost 40 hours in total for my final project (4-week project/ 2 unit time). The workload was a lot, but the final result was rewarding. The key to success for the project is to drop in office hours with at least halfway done or almost finished ones, then ask for the TA's opinions or suggestions. The only concern in this class was the harsh grading schemes. The TA and the prof were stringent in their grading. I went to office hours and discovered that my map selection needed to be changed, even though they did not explicitly specify in the instruction to me not to do so. The TA was not very helpful with clarifying how long it takes to hear the answer back from the professor, and the assignment needed to be submitted in a few days. I ended up redoing everything for my map, spending the whole next day redoing the new base map, but then I did not use it at the end. The taste for the map design is, of course, subjective, so I don't think the class has been a fair game since the beginning. So if you can do nothing, you need to get ahead and win this game. If you plan to take this class because of your gis minor, please be physically and mentally prepared for the workload. And hope that they will not grade as harshly as they did during my quarter. (I have heard almost everyone I know who was taking the class complain at least once about this class during my quarter, so I think almost everyone felt the same about the grading and the workload).
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