Professor
Bo Zhou
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Spring 2023 - Technically I took GEOG 415, which is similar to the one listed here. I didn't have what should have been a predecessor under my belt, GEOG 411 Spatial Imaging, so a chunk of the content was hard for me to understand. I think this is the only course that uses Google Earth Engine, which I loved. It's a lot of coding, so brush up on your coding and also on understanding new syntax - that was the key part of GEE, knowing how to find and understand the weird syntax in this program. The content itself was interesting, the workload was harder than I anticipated, but what was most helpful was attending office hours and asking for help! Bo was a very responsive professor and helpful with my questions at all hours of the day. Having discussions with him on the content was incredibly helpful in understanding what we were doing each week. He also offers plenty of opportunities for extra credit. Cool but hard class overall, looking forward to exploring GEE further in the future.
Spring 2023 - Technically I took GEOG 415, which is similar to the one listed here. I didn't have what should have been a predecessor under my belt, GEOG 411 Spatial Imaging, so a chunk of the content was hard for me to understand. I think this is the only course that uses Google Earth Engine, which I loved. It's a lot of coding, so brush up on your coding and also on understanding new syntax - that was the key part of GEE, knowing how to find and understand the weird syntax in this program. The content itself was interesting, the workload was harder than I anticipated, but what was most helpful was attending office hours and asking for help! Bo was a very responsive professor and helpful with my questions at all hours of the day. Having discussions with him on the content was incredibly helpful in understanding what we were doing each week. He also offers plenty of opportunities for extra credit. Cool but hard class overall, looking forward to exploring GEE further in the future.
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Winter 2024 - This class was not as easy as I expected; there was a tough learning curve. It felt as if only the first two assignments were meant for people trying to learn the software for the first time... however, I did enjoy the class. Prof Bo and TA Chen are very supportive, and I often found myself in their office hours. Expect to put more than 8 hours of weekly work into the class (especially if you are unfamiliar with GEE). I would recommend the class though. GEE is very useful and practical, more so than ENVI oftentimes. Professor Bo is very passionate about remote sensing and helping his students because he understands the class may be difficult.
Winter 2024 - This class was not as easy as I expected; there was a tough learning curve. It felt as if only the first two assignments were meant for people trying to learn the software for the first time... however, I did enjoy the class. Prof Bo and TA Chen are very supportive, and I often found myself in their office hours. Expect to put more than 8 hours of weekly work into the class (especially if you are unfamiliar with GEE). I would recommend the class though. GEE is very useful and practical, more so than ENVI oftentimes. Professor Bo is very passionate about remote sensing and helping his students because he understands the class may be difficult.
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Spring 2024 - Dr Zhou is a very knowledgeable and enthusiastic professor. He is passionate about the material and conveys as much in his classes. He also makes himself available to help with any questions, alleviate roadblocks you may encounter, or just discuss the topic at hand. He provides plenty of bonus exercises. But Dr Zhou is not just a lecturer. He provides plenty of examples of programming code demonstrating his knowledge and command of the material. He also provides programming code examples for advanced topics should you care to delve deeper than just the presented material. I really enjoyed the course and hope to apply much of what I have learned to my Capstone project!
Spring 2024 - Dr Zhou is a very knowledgeable and enthusiastic professor. He is passionate about the material and conveys as much in his classes. He also makes himself available to help with any questions, alleviate roadblocks you may encounter, or just discuss the topic at hand. He provides plenty of bonus exercises. But Dr Zhou is not just a lecturer. He provides plenty of examples of programming code demonstrating his knowledge and command of the material. He also provides programming code examples for advanced topics should you care to delve deeper than just the presented material. I really enjoyed the course and hope to apply much of what I have learned to my Capstone project!
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