Fall 2026

Eye in the Sky: Monitoring the Earth by Satellite

GEOSCI 118 teaches the fundamentals of satellite imagery and remote sensing for earth sciences, covering image interpretation, multitemporal data, and satellite technology.

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Summary

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Historical reviews of Kurt Feigl: Grading is curved and described as fair, though one review notes limited in-class TopHat time can lead to point losses.

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Prerequisites

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GEOSCI 118

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Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical reviews of Kurt Feigl: Kurt Feigl’s teaching receives polarized reviews. Some students find his lectures informative and appreciate his fair grading and problem-solving focus, while others describe him as an awful lecturer who goes off-topic or displays a negative attitude. Reviewers disagree on whether the course is engaging or merely a filler.

KURT FEIGL is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews of Kurt Feigl: Reviews for Kurt Feigl are polarized, ranging from calls to avoid the course due to poor lecturing and political rants to praise for fair grading and engaging material.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.09 GPA, 48.0% A/AB (n=50 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.11 GPA, 51.1% A/AB (n=47 letter grades); Spring 2026: 2.64 GPA, 34.4% A/AB (n=32 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Kurt Feigl: Grading is curved and described as fair, though one review notes limited in-class TopHat time can lead to point losses.

Historical reviews of Kurt Feigl: Students report that lecture material is informative but delivery varies from stuttering to boring. Some find the course a filler while others appreciate problem-solving tools over rote memorization.

Topics

  • Satellite imagery in earth sciences
  • Image interpretation
  • Multitemporal data
  • Resolution and uncertainty
  • Existing and emerging remote sensing technologies
  • Satellite orbits and wavelengths
  • Socio-economic impact of remote sensing

Skills

  • Image interpretation
  • Satellite imagery analysis
  • Multitemporal data analysis
  • Understanding resolution and uncertainty
  • Evaluation of existing and emerging remote sensing technologies
  • Understanding satellite orbits and wavelengths
  • Assessing socio-economic impacts of remote sensing

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About this comparison

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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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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  "requirements_status": "valid",
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