Very hard professor, but so very worth it. He is incredibly friendly and SO very amazing. You need to take this class (even though I studied way too hard to pass)

Professor Zackey is a great professor!! He's great at lecturing and keeping students' attention. He is a busy guy so office hours are very short but he's always helpful during them. The content is really easy and Professor Zackey makes it really easy to learn and do well in.
There's 1 midterm and 1 final and the rest are weekly responses to readings- and 20% of the 20% participation is showing up to discussion... Discussion doesn't add much but it's easy to be there and do the work for. Overall, great, easy, worthy GE class and professor

Geography 2 is an easy science GE. Zachey is a great professor who is passionate about his work. For me, the material was a little dry, but just go to lecture and take good notes (he doesn't post his slides online so students have to go to class) for an easy A. There is a midterm, final, and one project.

He's awesome!!!
I got poor grade on mid-term, but I was good on final so that I got B on final. do your best!! you'll definitely get A!!
He knows what he is talking about
Take him if you are interested in Geography. midterm 40% and final 60%.

Professor Zackey is good. He teaches in a very straight forward manner which is refreshing when you take into consideration the teaching styles of other professors here at UCLA!! However... this is a crucial piece of information..IF YOU GET LILIA ILLES AS A T.A.... it is best to switch to a different lab and if that is not possible just drop the course altogether because this woman is rude, condescending and extremely unhelpful. All she does is complain about Panda bears and how much she hates them and BLAH BLAH BLAH!!! But Geography 2 is easy, take notes, pay attention to the things he emphasizes and study them, he also post a review sheet for the midterm as well.

Zackey is a great professor. He truly cares about all of his students. Lectures consist of power points and they are not posted online so you need to go to class and take notes. Basically you need to write down whatever is written on the slide. The material is interesting and very straight forward. There was no textbook for the class, instead he posted different articles on the course webpage. There was never more than 30 pages of reading a week. Although the course counts as a lab, the lab is really just a discussion. Each week in discussions you have to turn in a 500 word typed summary/thoughts on the weekly reading. The class is based on a midterm and a final (each worth 40%) and discussion participation (20%). The material on the midterms and final came directly from lectures and the readings. Although I would not consider the material hard, it was a class that needed a lot of memorization since it was based on facts and theories. The final was NOT cumulative which was amazing and it was also during 10th week. He is a very fair grader and only curves up. I got a 95% in participation, 92% on the midterm and 89% on the final and ended up with an A in the class. TAKE ZACKEY! You will enjoy his class!

Professor Zackey is one of the most concerned, and most effective professors I have had at UCLA so far. I was not even interested in Geography before entering the course and after he had me considering a minor. He loves to get to know his students. Whenever I went into office hours he would take care of whatever I needed and then just asked me questions about myself and my interests. I only went in a couple times but he remembered me after only the first time I went in. The best part about Zackey is that he really does everything he can to make sure his students do well and he does not leave your grade completely in the t.a.'s hands (a common and annoying mistake made by many professors).

Zackey is such a great professor! I definitely recommend him! He is not only crystal clear about the material, he actually makes it interesting in so many ways. I went into this class thinking it was going to be one boring science class, and I was completely mistaken! His class made me thinking about our global environment for so many different reasons. His tests are not hard at all, as long as you listened and took notes during class. He's also really nice, friendly, funny and curves the class in the end. ( even though his tests aren't hard) I took him winter 2010 and I'm gonna take him again this summer, for geography 2 - that's how much I enjoyed his class!

Professor Zackey is a great person and lecturer. He is very personable and intelligent. He is one of those rare professors who can make you feel like you're having a one-on-one conversation despite being in a class of over 100 students (bacuae everyone wants I take his classes!). I highly recommend Zackey's class to anyone, whether you're in the field of Geography or not. You will not be disappointed and you will walk away with a lot of very ingesting and insightful information. He's the best!

Professor Zackey is a great professor overall. He is passionate about his field and in education as he flies all over the world for research and teaches students in every corner of the planet. He keeps his class engaged and lifts the class spirit up with his jokes all the time. He does a good job in explaining course material clearly and supports his points with real life examples. Professor Zackey is also very approachable after class as a friend and as a professor in his office hours and he tries to accommodate the needs of his students.