Fall 2026

Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors

GEOG 565 is an undergraduate colloquium that orients students to the geography discipline, covering its concepts, methods, and professional landscape.

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Historical reviews of William Gartner: William Gartner is an amazing and supportive professor who is incredibly passionate about the subject material.

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Geography or Cartography and Geographic Information Systems undergraduate programs

    • Declared in Geography
    • or Cartography and Geographic Information Systems undergraduate programs
    take one
GEOG 565

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  • Any of
    • Declared in Geography
    • or Cartography and Geographic Information Systems undergraduate programs

Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of William Gartner: William Gartner is described as an amazing and incredibly passionate professor who is supportive and flexible. Reviewers note his ability to change student perspectives and help with group topics, though one review indicates a high difficulty rating of 4.

WILLIAM GARTNER is recorded teaching in Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

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Historical reviews of William Gartner: William Gartner is an amazing and supportive professor who is incredibly passionate about the subject material.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.77 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.80 GPA, 91.5% A/AB (n=47 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.88 GPA, 94.9% A/AB (n=39 letter grades).

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Historical reviews of William Gartner: Gartner is flexible and understanding, helping students who may not initially be passionate about their major.

Topics

  • Development and essential concepts of geography
  • Methods of geographic investigation
  • Geographic institutions and professional trends

Skills

  • Understanding geography as a scholarly discipline
  • Knowledge of geographic methods of investigation
  • Awareness of professional opportunities and trends in geography

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1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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UW–Madison

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