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Matthew Hansen GEOG172 Anonymous 07/15/2022	Professor never lectured... or when he did he just read straight from PPT. He had guest lecturers over Zoom who were really hard to understand. The final was horrific and even those with As were brought to a C. Do not recommend.
Matthew Hansen GEOG172 Expecting a B- Anonymous 05/25/2022	This is a super easy class, just half-listen to the lectures and you'll easily get a c, if not a b or a. The professor doesn't really care about that class, he just teaches it so he can work with UMD for his own projects, but the TA's are nice and they all know A LOT of stuff. Overall, it's a good gen-ed to take.
Matthew Hansen GEOG172 Anonymous 05/22/2022	Pros: - You will learn a lot in this class if you put the smallest bit of effort into it. - The professor is a good guy, and he seems to want students to succeed and grasp the material. Pros or cons depending on your preferences: - There are a LOT of guest lecturers, some are amazing some are not. - The exams have massive curves (15-20%+ curves). - When lecturing, the professor talks like he’s speaking to colleagues instead of undergrads. It’s extremely overwhelming at first, but when you start to understand the vocabulary you’ll learn a lot more because of it. Cons: - The professor doesn’t respond to emails consistently, and he doesn’t meet with students without going through a long difficult scheduling process. - You are graded on very few things with the final exam being 35% of your grade. - Grading policies can be unclear, and that can cause a lot of stress.
Matthew Hansen GEOG172 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/17/2022	If you want an easy A this is it. There was 3 very easy discussion posts, 2 quizzes, a project and a final. All very easy. I never had to worry about this class at all. Quizzes were curved like crazy. I think I got a 60% on one and it became a 100%. Dr. Hansen is a nice guy and clearly likes the material but is not a good teacher and you can tell he doesn't want to even be teaching the class. That being said, he doesn't want anyone to fail just wants to share some stuff about satellites.