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Glen MacDonald
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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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Winter 2023 - Took the course as an elective and enjoyed it. I had no prior knowledge/interest in geography but got an A. It was asynchronous online, but he was very communicative and his lectures were interesting and he was pretty funny imo. 5 modules, 1 short paper assignment, and 2 short essays for the final.
Winter 2023 - Took the course as an elective and enjoyed it. I had no prior knowledge/interest in geography but got an A. It was asynchronous online, but he was very communicative and his lectures were interesting and he was pretty funny imo. 5 modules, 1 short paper assignment, and 2 short essays for the final.
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Spring 2024 - Prof MacDonald was very engaging and passionate despite video length given my course's asynchronous format (not preferred if you have the option to be in front of this top notch professor). Weekly 10-point TIMED quizzes were the vast majority of grade which I found surprisingly tricky in some cases (fill in blank, multi word fill in sentence). Quizzes were based on key learnings in slides and a multitude of examples provided in lectures so pay close attention. The timed final was based on cumulative and similar to quizzes but longer. My biggest complaint was that Prof MacDonald did not always share quiz result specifics so I did not know what I got right or wrong which was especially frustrating going into the final. I also never got a response to my email requesting results to quiz results which all my other UCLA classes provided.
Spring 2024 - Prof MacDonald was very engaging and passionate despite video length given my course's asynchronous format (not preferred if you have the option to be in front of this top notch professor). Weekly 10-point TIMED quizzes were the vast majority of grade which I found surprisingly tricky in some cases (fill in blank, multi word fill in sentence). Quizzes were based on key learnings in slides and a multitude of examples provided in lectures so pay close attention. The timed final was based on cumulative and similar to quizzes but longer. My biggest complaint was that Prof MacDonald did not always share quiz result specifics so I did not know what I got right or wrong which was especially frustrating going into the final. I also never got a response to my email requesting results to quiz results which all my other UCLA classes provided.
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