Spring 2027

Seminar in Political Geography

Seminar surveying recent and classic works in political geography.

offering recorded2–3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Jenna Loyd2.3/5

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Past student reviews · Robert Kaiser

The student rated the difficulty as 4 out of 5 and stated they could do the readings on their own.

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GEOG 918

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Raw average: 1.61/5 from 44 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ROBERT KAISER is recorded teaching in Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2015, Fall 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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SEM 001Classroom Instruction0 / 160

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Past student reviews · Robert Kaiser

A 2009 student found the course readings engaging but described a specific classroom incident as humiliating, stating the experience was not worth the distress.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2015: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2016: 3.88 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Robert Kaiser

The student rated the difficulty as 4 out of 5 and stated they could do the readings on their own.

Past student reviews · Robert Kaiser

While the student initially liked the course content, they reported feeling humiliated by Professor Robert Kaiser in front of peers, which significantly detracted from their overall experience.

Topics

  • Recent and classic works in political geography

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GEOG 918 · Spring 2027

Seminar in Political Geography

Recorded 2026-10-14
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