GEOG 6
World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Interdisciplinary and historical approach to modern peoples, their differences in wealth or poverty, and their local origins of food production. Brief introduction to physical geography and biogeography of each region. Discussion of each region's peoples, languages, foods, prehistories, and histories. Letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Professor Wilford's lectures are very, very dry and boring. However, his powerpoints are very organized and can be found on the course website. Although I didn't have an easy time staying the whole 3 hours for lecture, my bigger problem in the class was discussions. I had Alice as my TA. She was really nice and helpful as a person. Yet, I think there was about 50 pgs to read per week, and the discussions are 2 hours long. The thing is, you MUST be prepared to answer the questions about the readings every week. (The readings are not interesting at all - much about laissez-faire, econ stuff;no social-cultural stuff). There is 1 midterm exam, 1 paper, and 1 final exam. At first glance, the exams might not seem hard, but the TAs expect A LOT OF DETAILS on the exams. I ended up with a B- (and heck yeah, I was thankful because I got a D on my midterm). Don't take this class if you were looking for a SOCIAL/CULTURAL class as the description suggests. If you're interested in reading some economic aspects about the "western culture" and the "non-western culture" then take it. Definitely not an easy GE though.
Professor Wilford's lectures are very, very dry and boring. However, his powerpoints are very organized and can be found on the course website. Although I didn't have an easy time staying the whole 3 hours for lecture, my bigger problem in the class was discussions. I had Alice as my TA. She was really nice and helpful as a person. Yet, I think there was about 50 pgs to read per week, and the discussions are 2 hours long. The thing is, you MUST be prepared to answer the questions about the readings every week. (The readings are not interesting at all - much about laissez-faire, econ stuff;no social-cultural stuff). There is 1 midterm exam, 1 paper, and 1 final exam. At first glance, the exams might not seem hard, but the TAs expect A LOT OF DETAILS on the exams. I ended up with a B- (and heck yeah, I was thankful because I got a D on my midterm). Don't take this class if you were looking for a SOCIAL/CULTURAL class as the description suggests. If you're interested in reading some economic aspects about the "western culture" and the "non-western culture" then take it. Definitely not an easy GE though.
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