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Park Williams

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Easiness 4.6 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Workload 4.7 / 5 How light the workload is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Clarity 5.0 / 5 How clear the professor is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Helpfulness 4.9 / 5 How helpful the professor is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Dec. 5, 2023
Quarter: Spring 2023
Grade: A

I love Professor Williams! Hands down one of my favorite physical geography classes I have ever taken at UCLA. He is very passionate about what he is teaching. The figures on the slides are mostly made by himself, which makes it even more impressive. I have learned much about climate science and gained more appreciation for it. Even though I was trained to be a more human geographer, this class is A MUST if you are a geography major. The workload is reasonable with weekly lab questions (4-5 questions based on the lectures), a midterm, and a final. The exams are reasonable, and lab questions help you understand and learn the materials better. The textbook is helpful but unnecessary since it will cover everything in the slides anyway, but exploring more within the topics is good. The lecture attendance is not mandatory, but it is vital to fully understand the materials since the slides can be very bare bones. During my quarter, he also recorded the lecture, but it is not guaranteed that the video might be of good quality. The order of the lecture topics makes a lot of sense, building on one another and expanding my knowledge of this discipline. Overall, I enjoyed the class a lot and would recommend it to anyone interested in this field, especially to those majoring in geography, of course!

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March 22, 2024
Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: A

Amazing class! Not a single complaint. Professor Williams is super passionate about what he teaches and incorporates his own research into the lectures. When preparing for the tests, make sure to go over all the slides and know how to respond to each question in blue font. Some of the exam questions were tricky.

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March 21, 2024
Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: A

The former reviews are all accurate. This class is very straightforward and the lectures are very clear. If you need a lab GE, choose this class when you see it opens.

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March 11, 2024
Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: A

This is one of my favorite classes I have ever taken and much of that stems from how great of a professor Mr. Williams is. His passion for the Earth's atmospheric and oceanic systems makes this class engaging and incredibly entertaining. Great teacher, great class!

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Feb. 27, 2024
Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: A

This class was a very easy GE. There were only 4 assignments, which we mostly did in discussion, a midterm, and a final. Lectures were recorded and the textbook was not necessary. Discussion attendance was part of your grade. The midterm and final were multiple choice and if you just reviewed your notes/the slides you'd do well. Professor Williams was super engaging, fun, and effective at explaining the material. Overall, this was a great class and I'd definitely recommend.

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Dec. 16, 2023
Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: A

All the above reviews are pretty accurate. This is a very easy and interesting (you learn a lot) class. Class lectures are very organized and Professor Williams posts lecture slides (very useful when reviewing) on BruinLearn. I am a humanities major taking this class for my science lab GE and this was just so easy of a class. The class says it has a "lab" component so I thought we would have to spend a lot of times doing lab works outside of the twice-weekly lectures, because after all, I assumed a lab science GE would require more work than a non-lab science GE. However this was not the case at all as we only had short discussion sections that required no additional work. Speaking of those discussion sections, they are very short, useful, and productive. TAs essentially review class concepts and go over some HW problems with you.

Regarding grading, I swear this class has one of the easiest—if not the easiest—syllabus at UCLA. HW (4 total, 12% each) is worth literally 48% of your overall grade. Those HW are very, very short problem sets that you can easily answer from reviewing class lecture slides or Googling. Midterm is only worth 15% and the final is only worth 25%. Discussion sections are attendance based; each section is worth 1.5% of your grade and you get the point for just going to them. Also, if you go to all 8 weeks (I believe you can miss one; I am not too sure though) you get 1.5% extra credit.

I can't speak for geography majors, but if you're a humanities major who is not strong at science, then just take this class as your lab GE when you see it offered. This class is not only very easy, it also teaches you a lot of very interesting & relevant concepts about...well, geography I guess? An easy class that is engaging and not at all a waste of time—oh also, Professor Williams is a very knowledgeable professor; he makes lectures interesting, so I suggest you go to them.

MC for both the midterm and the final. Also the class rounds your grade (e.g., 89.5 is an A-, 92.5 is an A, etc.).

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Feb. 28, 2023
Quarter: Fall 2022
Grade: A

Park Williams was amazing as a professor for this class. S. Feldblum was an amazing TA too. I loveee this type of material and this class single-handedly made me decide to add Geography/Enviro Studies as my second major. The class goes over geology, atmospheric studies, oceanography, meteorology, ecology, etc. It is sooo so interesting and quite easy if you take good notes on the lectures slides and review them adequately before the exams. The problem sets were also easy and the TAs and even the prof himself were helpful if you had any questions.

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Feb. 28, 2023
Quarter: Fall 2022
Grade: A+

This class was fantastic and even helped me decide on my Major. Professor Williams is an amazing lecturer and is accommodating by providing PowerPoint prior to his lectures for those who would like to get a head start on some of the material that would be covered in the lecture that day. In his lectures, the Big Idea Questions are highlighted in blue font and all of the key terms to know for the quarter were in red font. This made it extremely easy to study for midterms and finals which were both multiple-choice. On top of this, professor Williams is especially interested during his lectures because he uses his own data collected in the field and by running model algorithms. These figures scattered throughout the lecture provided an immense amount of detail and insight into what we were covering that day in the lecture and added to my overall enjoyment of the class. Outside of class, professor Williams is helpful and was happy to answer many of the questions that I had about the course. If you have the opportunity to take this class with professor Williams JUST DO IT.

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April 20, 2024
Quarter: Fall 2022
Grade: A

Professor Williams was by far the best professor I’ve had at UCLA. He was extremely engaging every lecture and made learning intro material so much fun! He is also extremely willing to help students find opportunities outside of school.

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Feb. 17, 2023
Quarter: Fall 2022
Grade: A

This class is very straightforward. The professor's lecture was helpful and he had clear powerpoint slides. He highlighted the important terms in red and possible exam questions in blue. Multiple choice questions for midterm and final. Just rewatch recorded lectures, focus on the highlighted points on the slides and it is an easy A. Textbook is not useful tho.

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GEOG 119
Quarter: Spring 2023
Grade: A
Dec. 5, 2023

I love Professor Williams! Hands down one of my favorite physical geography classes I have ever taken at UCLA. He is very passionate about what he is teaching. The figures on the slides are mostly made by himself, which makes it even more impressive. I have learned much about climate science and gained more appreciation for it. Even though I was trained to be a more human geographer, this class is A MUST if you are a geography major. The workload is reasonable with weekly lab questions (4-5 questions based on the lectures), a midterm, and a final. The exams are reasonable, and lab questions help you understand and learn the materials better. The textbook is helpful but unnecessary since it will cover everything in the slides anyway, but exploring more within the topics is good. The lecture attendance is not mandatory, but it is vital to fully understand the materials since the slides can be very bare bones. During my quarter, he also recorded the lecture, but it is not guaranteed that the video might be of good quality. The order of the lecture topics makes a lot of sense, building on one another and expanding my knowledge of this discipline. Overall, I enjoyed the class a lot and would recommend it to anyone interested in this field, especially to those majoring in geography, of course!

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GEOG 1
Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: A
March 22, 2024

Amazing class! Not a single complaint. Professor Williams is super passionate about what he teaches and incorporates his own research into the lectures. When preparing for the tests, make sure to go over all the slides and know how to respond to each question in blue font. Some of the exam questions were tricky.

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GEOG 1
Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: A
March 21, 2024

The former reviews are all accurate. This class is very straightforward and the lectures are very clear. If you need a lab GE, choose this class when you see it opens.

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GEOG 1
Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: A
March 11, 2024

This is one of my favorite classes I have ever taken and much of that stems from how great of a professor Mr. Williams is. His passion for the Earth's atmospheric and oceanic systems makes this class engaging and incredibly entertaining. Great teacher, great class!

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GEOG 1
Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: A
Feb. 27, 2024

This class was a very easy GE. There were only 4 assignments, which we mostly did in discussion, a midterm, and a final. Lectures were recorded and the textbook was not necessary. Discussion attendance was part of your grade. The midterm and final were multiple choice and if you just reviewed your notes/the slides you'd do well. Professor Williams was super engaging, fun, and effective at explaining the material. Overall, this was a great class and I'd definitely recommend.

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GEOG 1
Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: A
Dec. 16, 2023

All the above reviews are pretty accurate. This is a very easy and interesting (you learn a lot) class. Class lectures are very organized and Professor Williams posts lecture slides (very useful when reviewing) on BruinLearn. I am a humanities major taking this class for my science lab GE and this was just so easy of a class. The class says it has a "lab" component so I thought we would have to spend a lot of times doing lab works outside of the twice-weekly lectures, because after all, I assumed a lab science GE would require more work than a non-lab science GE. However this was not the case at all as we only had short discussion sections that required no additional work. Speaking of those discussion sections, they are very short, useful, and productive. TAs essentially review class concepts and go over some HW problems with you.

Regarding grading, I swear this class has one of the easiest—if not the easiest—syllabus at UCLA. HW (4 total, 12% each) is worth literally 48% of your overall grade. Those HW are very, very short problem sets that you can easily answer from reviewing class lecture slides or Googling. Midterm is only worth 15% and the final is only worth 25%. Discussion sections are attendance based; each section is worth 1.5% of your grade and you get the point for just going to them. Also, if you go to all 8 weeks (I believe you can miss one; I am not too sure though) you get 1.5% extra credit.

I can't speak for geography majors, but if you're a humanities major who is not strong at science, then just take this class as your lab GE when you see it offered. This class is not only very easy, it also teaches you a lot of very interesting & relevant concepts about...well, geography I guess? An easy class that is engaging and not at all a waste of time—oh also, Professor Williams is a very knowledgeable professor; he makes lectures interesting, so I suggest you go to them.

MC for both the midterm and the final. Also the class rounds your grade (e.g., 89.5 is an A-, 92.5 is an A, etc.).

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GEOG 1
Quarter: Fall 2022
Grade: A
Feb. 28, 2023

Park Williams was amazing as a professor for this class. S. Feldblum was an amazing TA too. I loveee this type of material and this class single-handedly made me decide to add Geography/Enviro Studies as my second major. The class goes over geology, atmospheric studies, oceanography, meteorology, ecology, etc. It is sooo so interesting and quite easy if you take good notes on the lectures slides and review them adequately before the exams. The problem sets were also easy and the TAs and even the prof himself were helpful if you had any questions.

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GEOG 1
Quarter: Fall 2022
Grade: A+
Feb. 28, 2023

This class was fantastic and even helped me decide on my Major. Professor Williams is an amazing lecturer and is accommodating by providing PowerPoint prior to his lectures for those who would like to get a head start on some of the material that would be covered in the lecture that day. In his lectures, the Big Idea Questions are highlighted in blue font and all of the key terms to know for the quarter were in red font. This made it extremely easy to study for midterms and finals which were both multiple-choice. On top of this, professor Williams is especially interested during his lectures because he uses his own data collected in the field and by running model algorithms. These figures scattered throughout the lecture provided an immense amount of detail and insight into what we were covering that day in the lecture and added to my overall enjoyment of the class. Outside of class, professor Williams is helpful and was happy to answer many of the questions that I had about the course. If you have the opportunity to take this class with professor Williams JUST DO IT.

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GEOG 1
Quarter: Fall 2022
Grade: A
April 20, 2024

Professor Williams was by far the best professor I’ve had at UCLA. He was extremely engaging every lecture and made learning intro material so much fun! He is also extremely willing to help students find opportunities outside of school.

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GEOG 1
Quarter: Fall 2022
Grade: A
Feb. 17, 2023

This class is very straightforward. The professor's lecture was helpful and he had clear powerpoint slides. He highlighted the important terms in red and possible exam questions in blue. Multiple choice questions for midterm and final. Just rewatch recorded lectures, focus on the highlighted points on the slides and it is an easy A. Textbook is not useful tho.

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