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Survey of development and change in world regions, focusing on environment, society, history, economy, demographics, culture, politics, and future challenges.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.53 GPA, 79.1% A/AB (n=191 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.71 GPA, 82.5% A/AB (n=274 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.59 GPA, 79.3% A/AB (n=290 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Senior Honors Thesis provides individual mentored study for seniors completing theses for Honors in the Major, arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Individual mentored study for seniors completing theses for Honors in the Major, arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Senior Thesis provides individual mentored study for seniors completing theses as arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Directed Study is an independent study course arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Research and Thesis provides individual mentored study for completing theses, as arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
INDEPENDENT WORK is an independent study course arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Explores various urban empirical regularities and the theories which explain them.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.89 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2025–Fall 2025 · limited sampleDistinct courses recorded per term
Explore courses taught by this instructor →| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2027 | GEOG 340 | World Regions in Global Context |
| Spring 2027 | GEOG 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2027 | GEOG 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2027 | GEOG 692 | Senior Thesis |
| Spring 2027 | GEOG 699 | Directed Study |
| Spring 2027 | GEOG 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Spring 2027 | GEOG 999 | Independent Work |
| Spring 2027 | GEOG/URBRPL 505 | Urban Spatial Patterns and Theories |
| Fall 2026 | GEOG 302 | Economic Geography: Locational Behavior |
| Fall 2026 | GEOG 340 | World Regions in Global Context |
| Fall 2026 | GEOG 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | GEOG 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2026 | GEOG 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | GEOG 999 | Independent Work |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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