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Keith Yearwood GEOG441 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/28/2025	This class was surprisingly fun and like the previous review said, very easy to do well in. I also agree with the other reviews that its a disorganized class and emails take forever to get a response but the difficulty of the class is not high enough for it to really make anything hard. Grading: We had 4 main grading components, 3 in class quizzes (20%) 3 video review essays (20%), final paper (30%), and group project (30%). Although those weights may seem high, the class was not hard at all. He doesn't grade attendance. The 3 in-class quizzes were open note and we would review them immediately after, meaning it was a guaranteed 100%. Additionally if you missed class the day of a quiz, you had an opportunity to submit it later online. The 3 video review essays was supposed to be 5 however we only got around to doing 3. I would say most people in the class got the full percentage in this category and it was not difficult. The group project was assigned by subject and it was done on the last day of classes. It was supposed to be around an 8 minute presentation with 4 other group members and it was not stressful at all. You could've done the presentation the day before presenting and it would've been fine. Additionally he said the day before and the day of that everyone would get a 100% on it. Lastly the final paper was the hardest part of the class but we had so much time to complete it, there was no stress. It was a 10+ page paper, including pictures and citations about a topic of your choice that he approved. Regarding the class content, I felt like I learned a lot. The class might be long but professor yearwood makes the content easy to follow and interesting. He's also just a fun guy and is super interesting and his random sidebars and stories make him such a likeable prof.
Keith Yearwood GEOG441 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/08/2025	This class was extremely easy to do well in but I agree with all the reviews that say he's disorganized, doesn't respond to emails, a mid communicator -- but I will say if you don't really care and need an easy higher elective this might be what you need. He genuinely wants everyone to do well and is passionate about what he teaches. He knows what he's talking about and makes the information easily digestable. Overall I'd recommend but be aware of the downsides lol
Keith Yearwood GEOG441 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 03/27/2024	As a CS major minoring in sustainability this class was perfect because the workload is very light and the class is only once a week. Just have a few quizzes which are open notes and a few reaction to video posts. There is a final paper which is 10 pages long but you have plenty of time to do and a final group project. Overall would definitely recommend.
Keith Yearwood GEOG441 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/08/2023	Very nice and very interesting man! He made the lectures engaging and had many funny stories. The reason I wouldn't take him as a teacher again is that he is very disorganized. The syllabus does not accurately reflect what we actually do and the dates that assignments are due are also always changing. He would tell us the day of if we had a quiz. He also has only graded 2 assignments so far so I honestly have no clue what my overall grade will be. He is very lax on the assignments that we do and there is very little structure to our final paper or group project. That allows us to have a lot of freedom on the assignment but with no rubric, if I did it wrong then I will have no idea until after. He was a very nice grader and a very nice person but the class is kind of all over the place and I prefer a more structured class!

Keith Yearwood
GEOG441

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/28/2025

This class was surprisingly fun and like the previous review said, very easy to do well in. I also agree with the other reviews that its a disorganized class and emails take forever to get a response but the difficulty of the class is not high enough for it to really make anything hard. Grading: We had 4 main grading components, 3 in class quizzes (20%) 3 video review essays (20%), final paper (30%), and group project (30%). Although those weights may seem high, the class was not hard at all. He doesn't grade attendance. The 3 in-class quizzes were open note and we would review them immediately after, meaning it was a guaranteed 100%. Additionally if you missed class the day of a quiz, you had an opportunity to submit it later online. The 3 video review essays was supposed to be 5 however we only got around to doing 3. I would say most people in the class got the full percentage in this category and it was not difficult. The group project was assigned by subject and it was done on the last day of classes. It was supposed to be around an 8 minute presentation with 4 other group members and it was not stressful at all. You could've done the presentation the day before presenting and it would've been fine. Additionally he said the day before and the day of that everyone would get a 100% on it. Lastly the final paper was the hardest part of the class but we had so much time to complete it, there was no stress. It was a 10+ page paper, including pictures and citations about a topic of your choice that he approved. Regarding the class content, I felt like I learned a lot. The class might be long but professor yearwood makes the content easy to follow and interesting. He's also just a fun guy and is super interesting and his random sidebars and stories make him such a likeable prof.

Keith Yearwood
GEOG441

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/08/2025

This class was extremely easy to do well in but I agree with all the reviews that say he's disorganized, doesn't respond to emails, a mid communicator -- but I will say if you don't really care and need an easy higher elective this might be what you need. He genuinely wants everyone to do well and is passionate about what he teaches. He knows what he's talking about and makes the information easily digestable. Overall I'd recommend but be aware of the downsides lol

Keith Yearwood
GEOG441

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
03/27/2024

As a CS major minoring in sustainability this class was perfect because the workload is very light and the class is only once a week. Just have a few quizzes which are open notes and a few reaction to video posts. There is a final paper which is 10 pages long but you have plenty of time to do and a final group project. Overall would definitely recommend.

Keith Yearwood
GEOG441

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/08/2023

Very nice and very interesting man! He made the lectures engaging and had many funny stories. The reason I wouldn't take him as a teacher again is that he is very disorganized. The syllabus does not accurately reflect what we actually do and the dates that assignments are due are also always changing. He would tell us the day of if we had a quiz. He also has only graded 2 assignments so far so I honestly have no clue what my overall grade will be. He is very lax on the assignments that we do and there is very little structure to our final paper or group project. That allows us to have a lot of freedom on the assignment but with no rubric, if I did it wrong then I will have no idea until after. He was a very nice grader and a very nice person but the class is kind of all over the place and I prefer a more structured class!

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