Fall 2026

Space and Place: a Geography of Experience

GEOG 501 explores space and place through the lens of learning and everyday human experience.

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Summary

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Historical reviews of Keith Woodward: Students face a heavy weekly reading load of 120 to 160 pages, though the course typically requires only three papers with ample completion time.

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GEOG 501

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Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Robert Kaiser describe him as knowledgeable but rude, unfriendly, and short-tempered, with students reporting poor treatment if he dislikes them.

KEITH WOODWARD is recorded teaching in Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Fall 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ROBERT KAISER is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Spring 2009. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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Student experience

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Historical reviews describe this graduate-level course as exploring complex geography theories, demanding significant independent study.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2018: 3.85 GPA, 95.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Keith Woodward: Students face a heavy weekly reading load of 120 to 160 pages, though the course typically requires only three papers with ample completion time.

Historical reviews for Keith Woodward praise him as respectful and accommodating, though some find the political nature of the readings frustrating.

Topics

Space and place
Human needs and thinking

Grades

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Model & dataset provenance

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