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George Hurtt GEOG140 Anonymous 03/13/2024	Average on 1st exam is 63% at the time of writing this. You can read the textbook, review the slides, look at the GLE's, practice the flashcards, and still get destroyed. He picked the most minor, minuscule details from a 300 page textbook and over 200 slides, that no sane person will remember. The only way to have gotten an A on this exam was to have reviewed daily with 15+ hours plus of studying a few days before the exam. This is a 100 level general education course. The professor's attitude is incredibly condescending if you ask him a question. His TA's specifically told us not to worry about specific details during lecture review. Speaking of lecture review, we were additionally given no study guide or practice exam. I spent less time studying for my discrete mathematics course and got a higher grade. The sad thing is, I highly doubt he'll even care about the low scores. Hopefully I'm wrong.
George Hurtt GEOG140 Anonymous 03/13/2024	Just walked out of the exam. As the reviews mentioned, Hurtt decided to host the exam in-person for "reliable internet connection." If so, why did a lot of students struggle to connect to Eduroam? Good thing—the TAs prepared for this and had a few printed exams, HOWEVER, that was not enough to keep up with demand. They ran out and had to go print more. Some students took the exam on their phones. An absolute mess. The average for the first exam came out to be a grand total of 63% give or take, median was 64%. He reads right off his slides, so don't bother going to lecture and just read the textbook. Also, memorize every small detail because it might be on your exam. Based on the grade data, around 50% of students got an A-/A in previous semesters, which is respectable. This semester is a different story. This class should not have been changed.
George Hurtt GEOG140 Expecting a W Anonymous 03/13/2024	DO NOT TAKE!! Test questions look like they were pulled straight from a 400 level class. Questions are on complete minusha. Hurtt is a terrible lecturer and has no idea what's happening in his own class. We didn't know whether the exam was in-person until two days before the exam, as he said it's "strongly recommended" to take it in person, and then decided that somehow meant required. The head TA Robyn is extremely demeaning to both students and the other TAs.
George Hurtt GEOG140 Expecting an A Anonymous 03/13/2024	Quite shocked to find that his rating was so low. Hurtt mainly keeps lecture to reviewing material in the textbook with some current events. Attending lecture isn't at all mandatory and if you read the textbook, you should be fine. Pretty easy gen ed class but still very interesting. Kinda like having a slightly harder 8th grade Earth sciences class. Lectures are super laid back for those who chose to attend, and he clearly cares about what he's teaching. To the people who said this class was difficult or harder than expected, consider dropping out. Homework graded for completion literally makes up 25% of your grade. The final project is only 5 pages long. And to the person who said he changed the format of the lecture last minute, no he did not. You just weren't paying attention as the test was always going to be in person / hybrid with exception given if you had a schedule conflict. If you are looking for an easy but engaging Gen-ed, I would recommend this professor's course.
George Hurtt GEOG140 Anonymous 03/12/2024	This professor absolutely sucks do not take him. Lectures are extremely boring and class is made harder than it should be. Took for Easy gen ed and ended up being super hard.
George Hurtt GEOG140 Expecting a W Anonymous 03/12/2024	Class is simply a joke. Horrible instruction and awful TA's. Took as an easy gen ed but is becoming stressful and a waste of time. DO NOT RECOMMEND!
George Hurtt GEOG140 Anonymous 03/10/2024	Class is boring, and not helpful at all.
George Hurtt GEOG140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 03/10/2024	Horrible professor. He changed the exam from remote online to in-person two weeks before the first midterm. The lectures are honestly extremely boring and do not help at all. Read the textbook and memorize all the minutiae cause you will probably be tested on those. Current events were good but only added to more work. Do not take this class with this professor. The course itself is easy but the professor made it so much harder.
George Hurtt GEOG140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/31/2024	Lectures were pretty boring and 99% of the information could be found in the textbook. The worst though, were that the exams were on very tiny meaningless facts ("how many people died in Hurricane Katrina), and the answers were specifically from the textbook. So while studying you couldn't google "How many people died in Hurricane Katrina" because actual estimates vary a lot and you need the specific and likely inaccurate answer from the textbook. It made the class weirdly difficult, because not everyone can memorize every associated fact with every natural disaster, especially very arbitrary numbers like that. Also, I went to talk to this professor in person and he was incredibly rude and condescending--there was a miscommunication early in the conversation and whenever I tried to clear it up he would just get angrier at me and imply I was stupid for miscommunicating in the first place.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/13/2023	Professor Yearwood is quite the entertainer and his lectures were enjoyable. Unfortunately, he is not the greatest when it comes to exam prep. He will tell you during lectures what will be on the exam, which is nice. However, when the time comes, some of the questions are confusing with similar answers or there is a question about something he never taught, but they're still manageable enough to earn a passing grade. The nice thing is he never gives a heavy workload, so there's never a big reason to stress over his class. I would recommend taking his class as an easy I-series, just be aware of the exam content.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting an A+ menoce69 12/11/2023	Greatest professor ever! I love this man so much. He is a very nice professor. He makes very funny jokes. He is deeply in love with Daryll J. Pines, he wanted us to kiss Pines for him. Even if only 10 people show up to lecture, he tries to entertain them to the end. He made jokes all throughout the semester, even on the very last day. His teaching is kinda mid and boring tho. His tests are really easy, just make sure to memorize the slideshow/test review, and you will pass.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 11/29/2023	Professor Yearwood was entertaining and a simple class. There are a few graded assignments usually just simple questions based on a video. He posts what will be on the exams, there are three that are not cumulative and count as midterm/final. Plus he doesn't have class on Fridays, despite the course saying MWF. I suggest this course if looking for an easy gened!
George Hurtt GEOG140 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/21/2023	Hurtt is a pretty nice guy and not a bad lecturer. The content is quite interesting and he incorporates current, relevant natural disasters into the curriculum. Lectures are not mandatory, and most information can be gleaned from the online E-Book and slideshows, which are posted on ELMS. Class is 25% online homework, which is automatically full points if you just do it - you don't lose points for wrong answers, and it ended up amounting to <20 minutes per week. 25% each for a midterm and the final exam, which were 40-something multiple choice question ELMS quizzes. He gave the option to take them remotely, which was cool of him, and the exams themselves felt perfectly fair (B average). Last 25% is two parts: a 1 page summary assignment about a natural disaster and a 5 page paper elaborating on the summary that were both graded very kindly (median grades were 20 out of 20 and 88 out of 90). A lot of people stopped coming to lectures because you can honestly skip most of them and get an A, so he offered extra credit assignments for people who attended, which was sweet. Overall, solid gen-ed if you want a good grade without a lot of effort, but the class is really quite fascinating if you do.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/09/2023	This professor is a great guy, he's funny and cares for students. This is probably the only gen-ed I genuinely enjoyed. I strongly encourage anyone looking for an easy/ enjoyable class to take this one.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/30/2023	The professor is entertaining and tries to make jokes during the lectures and makes classes interesting. One thing he did that students should be aware of is a lot of the time he directly tells students what is on the tests. He also is repetitive on important information. Overall the tests are also pretty easy as well but there are only a few grades total.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/08/2023	Interesting lectures, but all slides and necessary materials are uploaded to elms along with study guides for each of the exams so as long as you study the exact information you need to know from the guides for the tests it is super easy to get an A without much effort and is not a big deal if you miss lectures. your entire grade is 3 tests and a project that are each 25% of your grade, but they are all pretty simple so apart from being a little bit stressful they are only a little bit stressful because they're easy.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/21/2022	Funny and cares about his students. As long as you study using the study guide he gives you and do the one project exactly as he tells you to, it is almost impossible not to get an A. you do not have to attend his lectures but it helps and he is a good lecturer. Even gave everyone an extra 0.7 points at the end for no reason.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/20/2022	Dr. Yearwood is one of the most engaging lecturers I’ve ever had. Despite what some people may say, I would highly recommend going to class because he’s really funny and tells you exactly what you need to know for the exams. I also appreciated that there was no homework except for a single project. Overall I’d definitely recommend his class; any negative reviews on here are from the rough patch when classes went virtual.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting an A jackmanch 12/13/2022	Insanely easy class. Do not need to show up, just do the exam review. Also a fun lecturer who is funny
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/13/2022	Pretty fun and probably the easiest class I've taken. There are 3 exams (including the non-cumulative final), and he sends out a study guide stating exactly what's on the exam. The exams don't cover that much content, and he tells you in class what you need to write down and what you should just listen to. I found the content interesting plus Yearwood is funny and entertaining, and we'd get let out of lecture early pretty consistently. Some lectures we'd just watch a documentary. There is no homework in the class besides a pretty easy project that took a few hours to complete, and a couple required documentary viewings (only like 3 or 4). Each exam is 25% of our grade plus 25% for the project. Even if you struggle with exams/memorization you'll probably still be fine, the study guides are super detailed and there's not a ton of content on each exam. Fun class, easy I-Series/gened.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/31/2022	To be honest, I think this wasn't too bad of a class compared to what others have been saying. There is no homework, exams are worth 75%, and there is no final cumulative exam. He also did boost everyone's grade by around 3% which I did appreciate. I would say that it is pretty easy to attain an A in this class without attending a single lecture. However, there are a couple of caveats. He will post an exam review for the topics and sample questions that he may ask so you need to go through each of those. It is also important to take notes through every slide packet he puts on the elms website, and lastly, if he tells you to watch a video and answer some questions make sure to watch the documentaries and answer the questions because they will 100% be on the exam. Those questions are super free, so don't miss the opportunity, and the documentaries (3 required this semester) range from 30-90 minutes. Another problem with the exams is that there may be questions that may not be covered on the slide packets and exam review, so this is where it's helpful to go to lecture as he draws diagrams or specifically says things that may show up on the exams. These questions only make up about 10% of the exam though, and if you are solid at MC exams, then you don't have to worry about this. Yearwood lets us go early sometimes and is a chill professor at the end of the day.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/21/2022	This class is an easy class. If you are good at memorization, then this class should be a breeze. If you are not good at memorization, I would not take this class. Exams and discussions are all weighted 25% which I really hate. He gives out study guide questions that we should know before taking the exam. We had three in class presentations in our discussions that we had to present. They were really easy. I also had a good TA. I heard discussions are getting removed in this class, but I am not too sure about that. Our class average is around a (83-84). The professor also curved our grade. Also, his exam questions were not coherent. Lecture can get very boring at times, but he knows how to make jokes. I honestly skipped class a lot since this class isn't a priority for me and I still did well. He doesn't give homework.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/05/2022	Great teacher kept his discussions interesting and was funny. Geog140 is a very easy class if you show up to class or put a little bit of effort in before the exams. Almost all of the hate he gets is from when he was teaching online so if you have him in person he's great.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting a B Anonymous 04/11/2022	Don't take this class with Dr. Yearwood. I took this class for an easy A and it is nothing like that because the exams are hard and annoying and they make up 75% your grade. He claims to be straightforward and not trick you on the exam, but then puts random information you haven't learned on it which makes it difficult. I regret taking this class. The exams are no notes, in person, and contain information that we just didn't go over. His exams are also horribly designed; he loves to make every option choice extremely similar and uses a lot of all of the above. His exams are tricky and if you don't put down exactly the answer he wants then you are wrong. His lectures are useless because he goes off on random tangents all the time and his slides most of the time are either pictures or lots of words. You definitely can pass this class, but it is just annoying and if you can avoid then please do in my opinion.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/25/2022	Dr. Yearwood was my favorite professor last semester. He knew his lecture could get boring at times so he often made hilarious remarks to keep us engaged. The curriculum was not difficult and he told us the questions he was going to ask on the all multiple choice exams. He assigned 0 hw and only gave us 3 non-cumulative exams throughout the entire semester. If you study what he tells you will be on the test you should get an A/A+
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/22/2022	I took this class because of Reddit but I'm pretty sure there are easier classes you could take for GenEds. Dr. Yearwood's lectures are pretty boring but he tries to make them funny by telling jokes or going on tangents. 3 EXAMS MAKE UP 75% OF YOUR GRADE and the other 25% is participation from attending discussion. If you are a terrible test taker, DO NOT take this class because if you don't do well on the exams, there aren't any other assignments to boost your grade. That being said, the exams aren't bad because they're all multiple choice and he gives you a very thorough list of what you need to know. If you memorize all the answers to the exam review and know most of the slides, you can definitely pass.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Anonymous 12/21/2021	I liked Dr. Yearwood. His lectures were a little boring, but he made them more entertaining by his random tangents he would sometimes go on. There was like 0 homework which was nice, and he tells you exactly what's gonna be on the test (all MC). Pretty easy class. I took it for my major, but it'd be a good gen ed credit too.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Anonymous 12/20/2021	Dr. Yearwood isnt a bad teacher, but he also isnt a good teacher. His lectures were funny and I liked that the class itself wasnt really stressful, since we had basically no assignments or work outside of class. Depending on the TA, you might have some work but still nothing too unmanageable. Of course that brings us to the exams. It's pretty ridiculous that 3 exams make up 75% of our grade, and the exams are so short that if you get like 3 or 4 questions wrong, you're already at a B. On top of that, the questions in the exam are horribly designed - you could pick an answer that is technically correct but he will mark you wrong because its not the EXACT definition he said in class. Its almost worse when he adds more questions to the exam though, because the more questions he adds, the more random and ambiguous and weird the questions become. I would recommend going to lecture and just waiting for him to tell you when to write things down because that's what you will need to study. Also thoroughly study the exam reviews because his exams are entirely based on those questions. Honestly, I wouldnt take this class again, but it wasnt the worst thing ever, at least not in person.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting a C+ Anonymous 12/21/2020	Do NOT take a class with this professor. Not sure about in-person classes with him, but online was an absolute nightmare. No matter how much studying you do, you won't get full points on exams. Then, students complained to him and he got angry and sent passive-aggressive announcements to us saying that none of us study or retain any info from the slides. (He also added that regardless of the pandemic, we all have to cope, so that felt like a "basically, get over it") We complained to department heads about his grading and stuff and they said it was taken care of... but did my grade change? no. I am in my 3rd year of college. I have had many iffy professors, but nothing like this guy. I wish him the best, but please do not take his class.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/04/2020	god awful. harsh grader, doesnt do any form of lecture just sends out slides. The gpa for this class is fat but this guy is just not the teacher you want.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting a P Anonymous 09/26/2020	After the course went online, our exams went from simple multiple choice to essay responses. He graded them super harshly––if you didn't put exactly what he was looking for, you'd get like no points.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 09/13/2020	After the semester was moved online, the exams were changed to open response questions. A lot of students agreed that he graded the exams too strictly. He got angry with the class for writing detailed responses and sent out a passive-aggressive ELMS announcement.
Joshua Wayland GEOG140 Expecting an A Anonymous 08/23/2020	I took his class over the summer session 2. All of the lessons were pre recorded and expectations were extremely clear. The quizzes and essays were very fair.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/19/2020	After the switch to online classes, the online exams are 4-5 short question open responses but he grades them super strictly. He shows absolutely no leniency.
Keith Yearwood GEOG140 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/08/2020	great teacher to have
Melissa Kearney GEOG140 Expecting an A Anonymous 07/14/2010	Kearney's lectures are pointless to go to. He spent more than half the lecture talking about computer/technology complications. Discussion is a very easy part of the class with quizzes that you literally have to be retarded to fail. His tests are ALL multiple choice, but don't let that fool you. They are not that easy and his notes/ powerpoints contradict one another. Overall it was a minimal amount of work and I got a good grade because I studied. Don't buy the textbook, you don't use it.
Melissa Kearney GEOG140 Expecting a C Anonymous 12/17/2009	If you don't have to take this class, don't. Professor Kearney is not a good professor; he is boring, unorganized, and always seems to have technology problems. No one really attends lecture and for good reason. You aren't going to learn much about the subject of Coastal Environments because his lectures mostly don't pertain to the subject. The discussion sections have no correlation to lectures, so it's hard to keep up with the material if you don't understand Professor Kearney's lectures, which you probably won't. You also have to read 100+ page articles for discussion quizzes, but the TAs usually give you the answers before the quiz so you don't really have to read. I could go on, but I think you get the idea if you're reading this. This class sucks, don't take it if you don't have to.
Melissa Kearney GEOG140 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/10/2009	never take this class. it is awful. ARCH majors: I know this is an option to fill your science requirement, and I took this because it was the only one available at the time, but if you are in this situation, do yourself a favor, and put it off another semester in order to take one of the other course options. seriously, worst class ever: boring, useless, and difficult to do well in because exam questions are ridiculously worded and irrelevant to topics covered in class, not that you'd bother actually showing up to this class anyway.
Melissa Kearney GEOG140 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/01/2009	Terrible class. Kearney (The GEOG teacher) is a poor lecturer who tends to go on talking about nothing in particular. Posts slides with too much text to even try to write down, and doesn't even reference them in his incoherent ramblings. Worst part: A number of test questions aren't in any of the notes. He seems to think he taught things he never even mentioned. Nonetheless, still a manageable class. The Discussion section (worth 35% of your grade) is an absolute joke. You're given all the answers to the quizzes beforehand. No point in attending lectures, btw.
Melissa Kearney GEOG140 Expecting a C+ Anonymous 05/04/2009	Kearndy is a horrible professor. Had to take the class as an option for architecture requirements thinking the class would be interesting. Test are pretty difficult and based mostly on his lectures which nobody goes to because they are incredibly boring. Has a very negative out look on the world and talks about how the world's going to flood one day, killing all of us. Spends at least 10 minutes at the beginning of every class attempting to fix computer problems (which are pretty simple problems). The class description said there was going to be a trip to Ocean City which never happened. Overall horrible class and if you can avoid kearney do so at all costs.
Melissa Kearney GEOG140 Anonymous 10/27/2008	I urge you not to take this class. I took it thinking it would be an easy A, but the man is so boring. He spent 20 minutes at the beginning of every class talking about how macs are better than pcs. I'm not sure if he stopped after the second week because I stopped going and withdrew. The class average for the first test was a 69 after the curve. The TA was completely unhelpful. Don't take this class.
Melissa Kearney GEOG140 Expecting an A- Anonymous 04/25/2008	He's an incredibly boring professor. Virtually no one will attend lectures, and with good reason. You won't learn much, just that everything will be flooded and we're going to lose a lot of money. He seems bitter and angry. The only redeeming quality is he posts everything online. I took this thinking it would be an interesting elective- it wasn't.
Melissa Kearney GEOG140 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/20/2008	His lectures are boring and difficult to follow. Going to lecture is not mandatory but he occationally gives test questions. His exams are pretty fair but you never really know how well you are doing until the end of the class.
Melissa Kearney GEOG140 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/15/2007	I would say that if you don't have to take this class for any of your requirements, then don't. The subject is interesting, and is unfortunately made uninteresting by this man. He assumes that the class already knows a lot about geography (or he doesn't care about what the class knows), so he fails to fully explain some of the more basic details of the material. He does not encourage questions, and his discussion sessions are conducted complete and apart from lecture, so there is little opportunity there to reinforce the material (and the T.A.'s are generally not coastal geography experts so they can't help much on the topic either).
Melissa Kearney GEOG140 Anonymous 11/20/2007	This is a terrible class, with a terrible professor. He can't teach for beans -- you can't understand anything that he says or how it relates to the course. And after the really crappy lectures, he gives relatively hard exams. He really likes to go off on tangents and rants that have nothing to do with the class. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. If you're looking for a class on coastal environments, take something like the Chesapeake Bay class that's offered. It can't be worse, and I bet its better.