SELLING both COURSE READERS needed for GEOG 3. Intro to Cultural Geography Course Reader ($50) by the professor and the Policing Space: Territoriality and LA Police Department ($10) by Herbert. $60 for both. Contact me if interested, Nick **********.

Hi everyone I'm selling the two required course readings for this class (Faier's course reader and Policing Space) combined in good condition for $40 OBO. **********

Professsor Faier is a great professor who cares about her students and wants them to learn and do well. She is passionate about the subject and the lectures are pretty engaging. The films are good too. The only problem I had with this class were the TA's. They are the pickest most annoying bunch you'll ever come accross (at least mine was) and they grade super strict even on the paper assignments that are meant to be FUN. come on ladies its impossible to incorporate ALL the readings into one two page paper PLUS talk about how it relates to you. Be wary of the TAs, especially one who wouldn't stop making announcements during the midterm which was seriously pissing me off. Professor Faier is fair and straightforward in her exams, its the TAs that screw things over for you.

Pros:

Very informative and interesting topics
Very relevant, explains a lot of thought provoking problems

Cons:
Not an easy GE class. Hundreds of pages of reading. Midterms are graded with insane nit-pickery. Good luck seeing your test, as its literally kept in a vault and if you challenge your grade you'll receive a lower one. If you skip lecture, the powerpoints won't have all the information on the tests. The 2hr section is totally useless, although attendance is mandatory. Faier says one thing about grading to the students,and totally different things to the TAs. Not recommended if you're looking for a class to blow off.

"I loved some of the information that I learned from this class but my TA's d and their ridiculous grading ruined it for me. Despite the fact that I earned an A, the midterm and final are graded ridiculously. "

Yes exactly, just skip this class.

If you take it, and get your midterm back with a low score because your test was graded in a nit-picky manner, you can just blame yourself.

The grading went something like this:
Out of 3:
3
2.8
2.6
2.4
2.2
2
and so on..

Is this really necessary for a GE. A GE!?!?!?! I understand an upper division, but really a GE!?!?!?!

Thank you Professor Faier for killing my interest in geography with your stupidly graded midterms.

You have been warned.

For those who are good at critical thinking take this class. If you enjoy reading hundreds of pages take this class. If none of the stated above is your strenghts do not take this class.

This hands down the most informative class taken at UCLA.

Pros:

It explored so many interesting topics like how organic food became popular, and how that reasoning applies to stuff like gated communities and bottled water.

This class explores the meaning of space and place, and allows us students to have a taste of different experiences through the various readings. While they may not be super interesting, the ideas that they entail are.

Cons:

Having said that, this class is fairly content heavy. you'll be given review sheets with words that you'll need to know. and that fills a whole page.

Professor Faier's powerpoints are very summarized, so you'll have trouble deciphering what it is saying unless you took some notes on what she said in class.

Although SOME of the information taught in this class was very insightful, other areas were grey...especially because Faier's lectures include a lot of rhetorical questions which fail to explain anything.

The sections are basically recaps of the lectures and the 2hr discussions drag on forever. I loved some of the information that I learned from this class but my TA's d and their ridiculous grading ruined it for me. Despite the fact that I earned an A, the midterm and final are graded ridiculously. Students got partial points marked off because the grading is pretty subjective and there were rumors going on that TAs were taking points off for writing exact definitions. smh. Only a few students got As on the midterms and our TA blamed it on the fact that UCLA is letting in too many unintelligent /lazy students...He failed to recognize that it was probably be his boring and ineffective teaching style since it was the majority of the class that did bad.

This class had the potential to be amazing, but I feel like it's not what it used to be.

Seriously, one of the best classes that I have ever taken.

Professor Faier truly does care about her students and gives intriguing lectures. You get to learn about the LA riots, the LAPD, production markets, cultural differences, environmental issues, etc. It is highly recommended that you attend lectures because on the powerpoints that she posts up [whether she continues that or not], it does not include all of the important information that she goes over. I enjoyed this class very much because everything that I learned is applicable to everyday life. She teaches you about issues that are currently happening right now in this world and sheds light on those shadows.The readings are great and as long as you space them out over the week, it's totally manageable.

There is 1 midterm, 1 final, and biweekly reading responses [2 mages max]. The midterm consists of IDs, short responses, and 1 essay. The final is pretty much like the midterm, but a bit longer. The questions are fairly straight forward, so as long as you do all of the readings and understand the main concepts, you'll be fine. This class does not test your ability to regurgitate definitions, but rather tests your ability to apply those concepts. My TA was Ali, who was great! He is definitely very knowledgeable about the topics and tries hard to make sure his students understand the concepts. Ali makes the discussion section a welcoming place for students to voice their opinions and structures the class as a person-to-person interaction, not necessarily a teacher-to-student interaction... For example, we all sit in a circle, including him, as opposed to him standing in front of the class teaching us. This creates a setting that he would call a "safe place" for students to say what they have to say. He's very concerned about the students and will make time for help those who need it.

Overall, TAKE THIS COURSE! You'll learn SOO much about pressing issues going on in today's society and understand more on why people do the things they do in various cultures.

This course is quite insightful because it requires you to think everyday life from different perspectives. We even had a section about the LAPD.

Of course there are a lot of concepts and readings because it is a social science course but they do offer you some unique viewpoints.

I took this course with the TA Timur, and he is really knowledgable and amazing! His discussion was so much fun and really helpful to organize the main points in weekly readings. He is good at giving examples to help you understand every concept.

There will be maximum two pages reading responses every other week but it's just a tiny part of the grades.
The midterm and especially final matter more, but the questions are pretty straightforward.