GEOG 3
Cultural Geography
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Introduction to cultural geography of modern world, with examination of key concepts of space, place, and landscape as these have shaped and been shaped by connections between societies and their natural environments. Examples from variety of landscapes and places since 1800 and especially from Los Angeles region. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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This guy is so boring. All he did was post up slides during lecture and dim the lights. He was a nice guy, but his lectures were incredibly difficult to stay awake for. His exams where straightforward. And if you do take this class, hope that you have a good TA, cause that's what seems to make the bigger difference.
This guy is so boring. All he did was post up slides during lecture and dim the lights. He was a nice guy, but his lectures were incredibly difficult to stay awake for. His exams where straightforward. And if you do take this class, hope that you have a good TA, cause that's what seems to make the bigger difference.
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Fall 2023 - Like many people have already said, this class is very easy. You rarely have to do the readings because Professor Faier tells you everything you need to know about the texts and more during the lectures. As long as you pay attention during lecture and briefly review all of the different terms and authors you'll do well. Professor Faier is a good lecturer who provides an abundance of information and excellently summarizes all the readings. However, at the start of the course she seems like a sweet old lady, but then she slowly becomes passive aggressive. This class is also not super interesting... It's a lot more culture than geography, and most of the "culture" is about equality, equity, the environment, etc.
Fall 2023 - Like many people have already said, this class is very easy. You rarely have to do the readings because Professor Faier tells you everything you need to know about the texts and more during the lectures. As long as you pay attention during lecture and briefly review all of the different terms and authors you'll do well. Professor Faier is a good lecturer who provides an abundance of information and excellently summarizes all the readings. However, at the start of the course she seems like a sweet old lady, but then she slowly becomes passive aggressive. This class is also not super interesting... It's a lot more culture than geography, and most of the "culture" is about equality, equity, the environment, etc.
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Winter 2024 - Two words: easiest GE. Simply put, I attended the lectures for the first 3 weeks of the quarter and then didn't attend any until the very last one. The professor pretty much reads off the slides during lecture so there's not necessarily a point to going (don't be a slacker though). However, he does not record his lectures but he does release all his lecture slides. Discussion is mandatory and every other week (based on your last name), you have to write a short reflection paper (~300-400 words) on the readings for each week. Newsflash, I also did not do most of the readings, I skimmed through them. The midterm was in-person short answer and a couple longer form questions. The final was a take-home essay, 1 mandatory prompt and then choose 2 from 4 prompts, each response ~400-600 words. The prof was super chill and understanding. Just go to discussion and take notes there as the TA will usually sum up the key points of the lecture which you can reference again when you do your papers!
Winter 2024 - Two words: easiest GE. Simply put, I attended the lectures for the first 3 weeks of the quarter and then didn't attend any until the very last one. The professor pretty much reads off the slides during lecture so there's not necessarily a point to going (don't be a slacker though). However, he does not record his lectures but he does release all his lecture slides. Discussion is mandatory and every other week (based on your last name), you have to write a short reflection paper (~300-400 words) on the readings for each week. Newsflash, I also did not do most of the readings, I skimmed through them. The midterm was in-person short answer and a couple longer form questions. The final was a take-home essay, 1 mandatory prompt and then choose 2 from 4 prompts, each response ~400-600 words. The prof was super chill and understanding. Just go to discussion and take notes there as the TA will usually sum up the key points of the lecture which you can reference again when you do your papers!
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