I had Professor Goodwin-White for GEOG 158 Population Geography in Fall 2021. As an aspiring Demographer, I really enjoyed taking this class with her! I thought her midterm and final were very manageable but some people in the class seemed to have found them very confusing and challenging. There is a very short research paper due near the end of the quarter, and I thought it was very fun. I think the prof graded only like 10-15% of the papers submitted, and the TA graded the rest. I got mine graded by the professor, and I think she did so in a very thoughtful and generous way as she gave me a 100 out of 100 with a nice feedback. Overall, I do not think this class is hard at all. You do need to watch the lectures and read the textbook every week but that's pretty much all you need to do. 100% recommended.

The lectures for this class are so long and boring, it took me so long to take notes for this class and the topics went super into detail so if you're not interested in this subject, don't take the class. The midterm and final were both 50 question multiple choice tests with a few extra credit questions about weekly articles the prof posted. The exams were not that challenging but you definitely have to study. The thing that took the most time was taking notes on the lectures, because she talks so fast and includes so much information that I had to pause the video every 5 seconds to write something down. There is also a 5-8 page research paper due at the end of the quarter. This professor did not have good communication with the TA because the TA graded this paper a lot nicer than the prof did. The TA read over my paper and gave me nothing but positive feedback before I turned it in, but when the professor graded my paper she gave me a C. Her feedback was very vague and seemingly just docked off points randomly with no explanation. She was unwilling to regrade my paper even though I explained that the TA told me my paper was good. Honestly this was a very annoying class that I dreaded doing the work for every week, but everyone's experience is different.

Always late, study guides are not relevant to tests, midterm and final are basically guessing games, hard grader for no reason, do not take. Very hard for what should be an easy class.

The class itself is not that difficult. There are a handful of very straightforward pop quizzes with 2-3 questions based on the readings, a midterm and final that also contend with the readings, and a research paper. The midterm and final were pretty straightforward as long as you did the readings or paid attention to what the professor said about them in lecture. We were also allowed a notecard cheatsheet for both exams. The research paper was also pretty simple, although the prompt is very loose so the rigor and depth expected were unclear. Not a difficult class by any means, but required a bit more effort than you would expect. The professor herself was not a very interesting lecturer, most classes were very boring and dry and she's somewhat ramble-y, and overall I don't feel that I've learned much from this class. I would not recommend this class.

I took Social Geog in winter 2023 but it was labelled as GEOG 140, so I think they changed the class number. Goodwin-White was such an amazing and very sweet professor-- and she is extremely knowledgeable about the topics. I thought the class would be less about injustice and inequality, but that is the main focus of the course. The textbook is absolutely necessary to perform well on the tests, though it was boring at times. Her tests are like 5 multiple choice and then a few long and short essay questions. She allows a cheat sheet so I literally wrote in MINUSCULE print and nearly broke my hand the night before exams. Her essay questions are often specific and require you to write about specific instances or examples, so the cheat sheet is a life-saver. We also have to write a short review about research articles, create our own research proposal In the social geog field, and also read articles she provides (that are on the exams). The class focuses extensively on the US and the UK for some reason -- sometimes too Canada and AUS/NZ. A manageable and sometimes interesting upper div -- made much better by Goodwin-White's charm.

professor was injured so the class was online. it consisted of a midterm, a 6-8 page paper due week 9, and a final. midterm and final consisted of 3 questions to be answered in a paraphrase and 1 question to be answered in 2-3 paragraphs with an extra credit question. professor is helpful though the material is dense. lots of information to cover so learn to take good notes

To start off, it’s currently the day grades are due and she has not put in our final grade, which was a multiple choice online test due to TA protests. Her lectures are boring and she gives conflicting information on what is on the tests. The tests also have many errors and questions that have multiple possible answers but she only accepts the “best” one. Also some of her info conflicts with information found online. Class only consists of a research paper, a midterm and final so that was nice I guess. Exams are unfair in my opinion.

The course of the material is very interesting as it is a demography class and Goodwin is a trained demographer. The class consists of 1 midterm, 1 research paper and 1in-class final. Both the midterm and final are multiple choice but the test is almost entirely concept application and her questions require memorizing case examples in comparison to one another verses just knowing a concept. She does have 5 extra credit questions in each exam which serves as a good cushion.

She is very approachable and helpful in office hours! I thought she was really good but advice, do not more than one of her classes at a time! Dates are the exact same and the papers are VERY tedious.

Tests were HARD, involving extreme specificity and memorization of population details in different countries. There was no section, which some may see as a plus, but I felt made it easy to fall behind. Professor Goodwin-White was nice and approachable, but somewhat disorganized, with the syllabus constantly disappearing off of the website, slides going missing/being uploaded late, etc. The lectures weren't very engaging or helpful, and the slides usually just consisted of screenshots of graphs, tables, etc. I felt sometimes like I was better off reading the textbook than going to class. I would take another class if you could.

Not a hard class at all. Tests are all multiple choice and Goodwin-White prepares you well in advance for all of them. The tests are curved and have a hefty portion of extra credit questions. The paper is as easy or as hard as you make it and is pretty open-ended in terms of topic choice. Goodwin-White is fine, she's nice enough and her lectures are fairly engaging but I wouldn't say she's a stand out for the department.