GEOG 2
Biodiversity in a Changing World
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Biogeographic exploration of plant and animal diversity and conservation issues on continents and islands around world. Study of physical, biotic, and human factors responsible for evolution, persistence, and extinction of species and ecological communities. Analysis of effects of human activity. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Spring 2019 - If your're looking for an easy Lab GE, take GEOG 5, it's a better experience (with less work). I took GEOG 2 online and never interacted with the professor, she does record audio for the power points though. The labs are in person with a TA. The lectures were a little cluttered and the exams were very fact-based (at times they felt like trivia). The textbook is not essential - I skimmed even though I didn't really need to. I did well and enjoyed this class mainly because I love biogeography -- it's kind of my thing. Breakdown: Lab -30% Discussion posts - 10% Barrier Quizzes (you take them till you get 100%) - 10% Midterm -25% Final (not cumulative) - 25%
Spring 2019 - If your're looking for an easy Lab GE, take GEOG 5, it's a better experience (with less work). I took GEOG 2 online and never interacted with the professor, she does record audio for the power points though. The labs are in person with a TA. The lectures were a little cluttered and the exams were very fact-based (at times they felt like trivia). The textbook is not essential - I skimmed even though I didn't really need to. I did well and enjoyed this class mainly because I love biogeography -- it's kind of my thing. Breakdown: Lab -30% Discussion posts - 10% Barrier Quizzes (you take them till you get 100%) - 10% Midterm -25% Final (not cumulative) - 25%
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wow... do take a class with him, go to his office hours, talk to him and get to know him, he is THE most awesome prof you'll ever get to know here. totally cool, really great sense of humor, wonderful and very relevant stories relate to lecture and readings, love the exclamation marks!! loved the sloths and the coati and the porcupine and the fennic fox! i would probably never have had the chance to see them up close and personal like that if it weren't for his class. WOW! take as many of his classes as you can, easy reading, good lectures, covers everything you need to know, really flexible with students and totally accessible and easy to talk to, lab's a breeze, if you're in love with Hawaii and the tropics and every cool place on the planet this is the class & prof for you! like he says, as long as you go to lecture and you don't have a nasty heroine addiction there's NO way you can't get an A in his class. ccccccoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllll!!!
wow... do take a class with him, go to his office hours, talk to him and get to know him, he is THE most awesome prof you'll ever get to know here. totally cool, really great sense of humor, wonderful and very relevant stories relate to lecture and readings, love the exclamation marks!! loved the sloths and the coati and the porcupine and the fennic fox! i would probably never have had the chance to see them up close and personal like that if it weren't for his class. WOW! take as many of his classes as you can, easy reading, good lectures, covers everything you need to know, really flexible with students and totally accessible and easy to talk to, lab's a breeze, if you're in love with Hawaii and the tropics and every cool place on the planet this is the class & prof for you! like he says, as long as you go to lecture and you don't have a nasty heroine addiction there's NO way you can't get an A in his class. ccccccoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllll!!!
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Fall 2024 - Not the most engaging class, there is a of variety of topics - no textbook makes the class a bit hard to follow. Feels like we cover a wide variety of topics and the connection between them is unclear. Besides that the labs are very manageable and the workload outside of class is very small/
Fall 2024 - Not the most engaging class, there is a of variety of topics - no textbook makes the class a bit hard to follow. Feels like we cover a wide variety of topics and the connection between them is unclear. Besides that the labs are very manageable and the workload outside of class is very small/
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Fall 2015 - SELLING: Biogeography: Time, Space and Life, which you need for this class. Text me at ********** for more details! Book is in brand new condition. Overall this class isn't exactly easy, as you do need to know your stuff for the midterm and final. The information he tests you on is based on the a) his class slides and b) his book, so you need to have a very STRONG understanding for both of these. He will test you on details; he particularly likes asking you to label and fill out his graphs. Prof McDonald is a very nice and charismatic professor, and after one lecture you can immediately tell how passionate he is about the subject. Ask any question related/ not related to what he's discussing, and he'll be glad to answer it in great detail. He uploads his slides so don't worry about not catching something; but he doesn't go to fast so it should be okay. Labs take up 40% of your grade, so make sure you put effort into them! Consult your TA as they would most probably guide you in how to answer the questions. Also there's a report in which you write about any plant/animal, which shouldn't be too hard if you have enough resources i.e. use books and websites so it's kind of a freebie. Overall I wouldn't say this is an easy class, as I didn't do too well for the midterm and freaked out, so I studied really hard for the final, and got an A- in the end.
Fall 2015 - SELLING: Biogeography: Time, Space and Life, which you need for this class. Text me at ********** for more details! Book is in brand new condition. Overall this class isn't exactly easy, as you do need to know your stuff for the midterm and final. The information he tests you on is based on the a) his class slides and b) his book, so you need to have a very STRONG understanding for both of these. He will test you on details; he particularly likes asking you to label and fill out his graphs. Prof McDonald is a very nice and charismatic professor, and after one lecture you can immediately tell how passionate he is about the subject. Ask any question related/ not related to what he's discussing, and he'll be glad to answer it in great detail. He uploads his slides so don't worry about not catching something; but he doesn't go to fast so it should be okay. Labs take up 40% of your grade, so make sure you put effort into them! Consult your TA as they would most probably guide you in how to answer the questions. Also there's a report in which you write about any plant/animal, which shouldn't be too hard if you have enough resources i.e. use books and websites so it's kind of a freebie. Overall I wouldn't say this is an easy class, as I didn't do too well for the midterm and freaked out, so I studied really hard for the final, and got an A- in the end.
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DONT TAKE THIS CLASS. dont take it if youre a geography major, dont take it for a GE, dont take it because it sounds interesting. the prof. is a NICE person. truly he is. but he is possibly the worst lecturer/professor on campus. he doesnt know how to lecture in an organized way and his tests are unrelated to any class material. .... that is all i have to say.
DONT TAKE THIS CLASS. dont take it if youre a geography major, dont take it for a GE, dont take it because it sounds interesting. the prof. is a NICE person. truly he is. but he is possibly the worst lecturer/professor on campus. he doesnt know how to lecture in an organized way and his tests are unrelated to any class material. .... that is all i have to say.
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Professor Zackey is the man. He is the best professor I've had at UCLA so far. I didn't take geography 2 with him, but I had to put it sinc there was no option for the class I took. I had his GE Seminar for the environment cluster and loved it. He made the material very interesting and was always concerned with student learning. He is very approachable and easy to talk to. I highly recommend taking any of class he teaches!
Professor Zackey is the man. He is the best professor I've had at UCLA so far. I didn't take geography 2 with him, but I had to put it sinc there was no option for the class I took. I had his GE Seminar for the environment cluster and loved it. He made the material very interesting and was always concerned with student learning. He is very approachable and easy to talk to. I highly recommend taking any of class he teaches!
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