GEOG 4
Globalization: Regional Development and World Economy
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Economic geography explores spatial distribution of all forms of human productive activity at number of geographical scales -- local, regional, national, and global. Key theme is impact of increasingly powerful global economic forces on organization of production. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Spring 2022 - This class workload is mainly on three papers throughout the quarter. For the first paper, my TA graded it quite harshly, and the whole section got significantly fewer scores than the other TA's sections. I recommend you read the paper's instructions carefully and strictly follow them. There was an issue with the citation numbers that made a lot of people get points deducted, so I recommend you recheck with the professor. The lecture was not very engaging, but some parts were helpful. Unfortunately, the professor did not record all the lectures. Overall, I think it is an okay GE with a reasonable workload. I think you would enjoy it if you are interested in economic geography, economic history, globalization, and unequal development.
Spring 2022 - This class workload is mainly on three papers throughout the quarter. For the first paper, my TA graded it quite harshly, and the whole section got significantly fewer scores than the other TA's sections. I recommend you read the paper's instructions carefully and strictly follow them. There was an issue with the citation numbers that made a lot of people get points deducted, so I recommend you recheck with the professor. The lecture was not very engaging, but some parts were helpful. Unfortunately, the professor did not record all the lectures. Overall, I think it is an okay GE with a reasonable workload. I think you would enjoy it if you are interested in economic geography, economic history, globalization, and unequal development.
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Fall 2023 - This class has the potential to be an economics-related major elective. Recommended to Econ students in freshman and sophomore. I am a student who doesn’t know about classification and management of courses, but in my opinion, even though named “Geo 4”, it is mainly economics, some history, and a few geography. This course is helpful to introduce a student to some general and applicable ideas on the economic development of nations and the logic behind it. Easiness: If you are looking for an easy GE and are not really interested in economics and history, I don’t recommend you to take it since getting an A in this class involves engagement with course content and extension based on issues discussed(although not a very deep one). However, this course is a treasure to those who want to get an idea of and maybe delve into the history of human economic activities from feudalism to globalization, why countries trade and compete in the way it is in today, and how the future in an economic sense can be in face of different issues. Some knowledge of AP microeconomics and macroeconomics is surely helpful but not mandatory to succeed in this course. An A in midterm and final indicates that you clearly know the core concepts with their important details and can articulate them to answer related questions, and it is better if you can give examples from your own knowledge. The group project is based on the presentation of your own understanding of one week’s reading materials and lectures. As long as you provide a good summary and valuable perspectives, you will usually get an A on it. Workload: The workload is not low, but it can’t be considered as high in my perspective. There is no weekly homework or quizzes. All you need is to listen to lectures, read the materials, and think about the meaning and applications of the concepts. Besides a presentation, midterm, and final, there is just a 500-word writing response to summarize and provide insight on a week’s content. Some research on concepts you are interested in can help you to increase your scores on the presentations and exams as long as you show your understanding of them. Clarity: The courses’ content is relatively clear. The professor will go over all the concepts in PPT but sometimes he moves to lots of examples that are sometimes not apparently relevant. Still, if you do what is mentioned above, you should get a good understanding of what the professor wants to elaborate on. Helpfulness: Professor Agnew is quite a knowledgeable, kind, and enthusiastic professor. His office hours are after class so sometimes you can discuss with him about your thoughts right after the class is over. He is also willing to share his view on globalization and discuss the implications of this course. By the way, from related information on the internet, he seems to be a top expert in his field for many years.
Fall 2023 - This class has the potential to be an economics-related major elective. Recommended to Econ students in freshman and sophomore. I am a student who doesn’t know about classification and management of courses, but in my opinion, even though named “Geo 4”, it is mainly economics, some history, and a few geography. This course is helpful to introduce a student to some general and applicable ideas on the economic development of nations and the logic behind it. Easiness: If you are looking for an easy GE and are not really interested in economics and history, I don’t recommend you to take it since getting an A in this class involves engagement with course content and extension based on issues discussed(although not a very deep one). However, this course is a treasure to those who want to get an idea of and maybe delve into the history of human economic activities from feudalism to globalization, why countries trade and compete in the way it is in today, and how the future in an economic sense can be in face of different issues. Some knowledge of AP microeconomics and macroeconomics is surely helpful but not mandatory to succeed in this course. An A in midterm and final indicates that you clearly know the core concepts with their important details and can articulate them to answer related questions, and it is better if you can give examples from your own knowledge. The group project is based on the presentation of your own understanding of one week’s reading materials and lectures. As long as you provide a good summary and valuable perspectives, you will usually get an A on it. Workload: The workload is not low, but it can’t be considered as high in my perspective. There is no weekly homework or quizzes. All you need is to listen to lectures, read the materials, and think about the meaning and applications of the concepts. Besides a presentation, midterm, and final, there is just a 500-word writing response to summarize and provide insight on a week’s content. Some research on concepts you are interested in can help you to increase your scores on the presentations and exams as long as you show your understanding of them. Clarity: The courses’ content is relatively clear. The professor will go over all the concepts in PPT but sometimes he moves to lots of examples that are sometimes not apparently relevant. Still, if you do what is mentioned above, you should get a good understanding of what the professor wants to elaborate on. Helpfulness: Professor Agnew is quite a knowledgeable, kind, and enthusiastic professor. His office hours are after class so sometimes you can discuss with him about your thoughts right after the class is over. He is also willing to share his view on globalization and discuss the implications of this course. By the way, from related information on the internet, he seems to be a top expert in his field for many years.
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this was not a bad class at all, DO NOT BUY THE BOOK because you won't need it. however, you MUST GO TO EVERY SINGLE LECTURE OR GET THE NOTES FROM A CLASSMATE to get an A on the tests, you have to memorize the lecture notes (40 pages for the midterm) + (30 pages additional for the final) and also, read and highlight all of the discussion readings. it is like 10 definitions, 12 short answers for midterm , and 10 definitions, 12 short answers, and 2 long answers for the final. the thing is that once a week during discussion youll have tow rite a 2 page analysis of the discussion readings, which are a joke because u can completely BS it and get full credit. but make sure u read the discussion readings and understand them because they will pop up as short answers on the tests. I have around a 3.4 GPA and i got an A, but i studied pretty hard for the tests, maybe 3 days for 5-6 hours each day.
this was not a bad class at all, DO NOT BUY THE BOOK because you won't need it. however, you MUST GO TO EVERY SINGLE LECTURE OR GET THE NOTES FROM A CLASSMATE to get an A on the tests, you have to memorize the lecture notes (40 pages for the midterm) + (30 pages additional for the final) and also, read and highlight all of the discussion readings. it is like 10 definitions, 12 short answers for midterm , and 10 definitions, 12 short answers, and 2 long answers for the final. the thing is that once a week during discussion youll have tow rite a 2 page analysis of the discussion readings, which are a joke because u can completely BS it and get full credit. but make sure u read the discussion readings and understand them because they will pop up as short answers on the tests. I have around a 3.4 GPA and i got an A, but i studied pretty hard for the tests, maybe 3 days for 5-6 hours each day.
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