GEOG 122
Wildlife Conservation in Eastern and Southern Africa
Description: Lecture, three hours; reading period, one hour. Requisite: course 5. Designed for juniors/seniors. Analysis of tropical ecosystems of eastern Africa, including wildlife communities, vegetation, climate, and human impact. Discussion of national park systems and their natural and anthropogenic ecological dynamics. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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I've already rated the professor, so I'm just rating the course. I definitely recommend it. I learned SO much about Eastern and Sub-Saharan Africa. There are a plethora of issues going on in these areas that I knew nothing about and I felt very enlightened about world issues by the end of 10 weeks. She has spent a lot of time in African countries, so it's cool to hear her two cents about certain regions as well. For example, during her lecture on elephants when she was talking about how people often treat them like horses when it comes to riding them she said rather nonchalantly that the only time she's ever ridden an elephant was in Nepal to get across rapids. I got an A in the class and didn't feel like it was an overwhelming effort. I definitely recommend it to Environmental Studies and IDS majors.
I've already rated the professor, so I'm just rating the course. I definitely recommend it. I learned SO much about Eastern and Sub-Saharan Africa. There are a plethora of issues going on in these areas that I knew nothing about and I felt very enlightened about world issues by the end of 10 weeks. She has spent a lot of time in African countries, so it's cool to hear her two cents about certain regions as well. For example, during her lecture on elephants when she was talking about how people often treat them like horses when it comes to riding them she said rather nonchalantly that the only time she's ever ridden an elephant was in Nepal to get across rapids. I got an A in the class and didn't feel like it was an overwhelming effort. I definitely recommend it to Environmental Studies and IDS majors.
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This was a pretty cool class. Walter is really interested in African ecology and he goes very in-depth. He can meander in his lectures though, and this can become confusing come test time when you find there's a lot of material to know. He likes specific questions on tests so there's a lot of memorization, but overall its not too bad. Mostly its memorizing animals, climate patterns, and location names. There are also identification questions where you match things to pictures. If you're really interested in African environments then take this class.
This was a pretty cool class. Walter is really interested in African ecology and he goes very in-depth. He can meander in his lectures though, and this can become confusing come test time when you find there's a lot of material to know. He likes specific questions on tests so there's a lot of memorization, but overall its not too bad. Mostly its memorizing animals, climate patterns, and location names. There are also identification questions where you match things to pictures. If you're really interested in African environments then take this class.
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