I took this class for my major (and also got ge credit yay) and found it really interesting!! The lectures are all recorded so it’s easy to fall behind if, like me, you forget to do them lol but going to her zoom office hours made the class feel a lot more personal!! It’s also required that you go to two of them, but I recommend going to as many as you can! Professor Faier is so nice, and my TA Zachary Frial is also really great!!

There’s no tests at all, just a one page reading reflection due every other week, and the midterm and final are both just three short essay questions. Basically if you do the lectures and readings (which can be a lot so don’t get too behind) and participate in class then you’ll be fine! Also we didn’t have a textbook, just various readings from different sources.

I learned a lot from this class, and gained an interesting new perspective on how people interact with the world around them. Also it’s an easy A!! I definitely recommend this class :)

30% midterm essay
33% final essay
35% discussion section participation
2% go to 2 office hours sessions

This is more of a sociology class than a traditional geography class; the focus lies largely on relationships between people, groups of people, and their environments. If sociology is interesting to you, this is a good class, especially for a GE. There were only four assignments, which were each short (two page, double spaced) written responses to the reading. There is a decent amount of reading, but the main points are covered in lecture, so you can skate by without doing any of it, if you like to live life on the edge.
Professor Faier is clearly passionate about the subject matter and often referenced her own work during lectures. Lectures are never recorded, which means skipping class is very risky, especially if you don't do the reading. Lecture slides are posted afterwards, but are pretty useless without the spoken content because they mostly amount to a bunch of pictures interspersed with random quotes from the reading.
My TA, Richard, was excellent. He was very knowledgeable about the course material and super approachable. Discussions mostly amounted to reviews of lecture content to make sure you'd been paying attention, alongside supplemental videos and short "discuss with the person next to you."
Some reviewers for other classes have brought up Faier's responses (or lack thereof) to students making ignorant statements and overall handling of minority issues. While it wasn't present in every class, there were definitely some strange moments throughout the quarter, either with students making borderline xenophobic and stereotyping comments, or Professor Faier discussing transgender people in a way I can only describe as "weird for a professor who also teaches a 'Feminist' course." Although it didn't impact my appreciation for the course content, I would not take a class from her which focuses particularly on minority issues.

This class was relatively easy but the workload is kind of a hassle. There is a weekly discussion post that you need to do and discussion participation is mandatory (but basically just show up and it's fine). The midterm and final are three essays that you can take home, they take work and time. One of the TAs definitely marks harsher than the other. But if you arrange your time well it is an easy GE.

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.

This class was useful. No text book, lots of other readings and a few short papers to write. Take home midterm essays (3). The final was in class and rather lengthy: all essay or short answer questions. Be sure to know the authors and what their ideas are, and how they would respond to scenarios. If you can manage to keep up with the readings and memorize the authors, then you will do well! Lecture slides are posted, attendance isn't taken, except in discussion. Dr. Faier is very nice and approachable! There is music played at the beginning of each class and she will ask questions to engage students.

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