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WILLIAM GARTNER

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Raw average: 3.78/5 from 27 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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GEO139 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Prof. Gartner is the greatest of all time. Super funny but also genuinely cares about the subject matter and loves to talk about it with you - go to his office hours! Tests can be challenging, but are open note and online, and he also hosts a comprehensive review session before each one. TAKE HIM!!
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ENVIRST/GEOG 139
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
What an amazing professor. The lectures were interesting. Gartner was very funny, and he made me want to stay focused throughout the entire lecture.
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GEO139 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
I had Dr. Gartner for Geography, a subject I didn't care much about at all, and i LOVED him. He really knows his stuff and delivers his lectures like a TEDtalk. I will say that even though the exams were all online and open book, they were the most random and impossible questions even the internet wouldn't be able to solve.
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ENVIRST/GEOG 139
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Professor Gartner's lectures were amazing; they are among the few that fully keep me engaged. The exams were easy, and the essays weren't too bad. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone who needs to take a humanities credit.
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Classes with WILLIAM GARTNER

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2026GEOG 101Human Geography: Space, Place, Society, and Politics
Spring 2026GEOG 370Introduction to Cartography
Spring 2026GEOG 565Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Spring 2026GEOG 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2026GEOG 699Directed Study
Fall 2025ENVIRST/GEOG 139Global Environmental Issues
Fall 2025GEOG 578GIS Applications
Fall 2025GEOG 681Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2025ENVIRST/GEOG 139Global Environmental Issues
Spring 2025GEOG 565Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Spring 2025GEOG 578GIS Applications
Spring 2025GEOG 682Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2024AMERIND/ENVIRST/GEOG 345Caring for Nature in Native North America
Fall 2024GEOG 370Introduction to Cartography
Fall 2024GEOG 681Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2024ENVIRST/GEOG 139Global Environmental Issues
Spring 2024GEOG 565Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Spring 2024GEOG 578GIS Applications
Fall 2023AMERIND/ENVIRST/GEOG 345Caring for Nature in Native North America
Fall 2023ENVIRST/GEOG 127Physical Systems of the Environment
Fall 2023GEOG 699Directed Study
Spring 2023ENVIRST/GEOG 139Global Environmental Issues
Spring 2023GEOG 578GIS Applications
Spring 2023GEOG 699Directed Study
Fall 2022GEOG 101Human Geography: Space, Place, Society, and Politics
Fall 2022GEOG 370Introduction to Cartography
Fall 2022GEOG 565Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Spring 2022ENVIRST/GEOG 139Global Environmental Issues
Spring 2022GEOG 370Introduction to Cartography
Spring 2022GEOG 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2022GEOG 699Directed Study
Fall 2021AMERIND/ENVIRST/GEOG 345Caring for Nature in Native North America
Fall 2021GEOG 565Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Fall 2021GEOG 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2020AMERIND/ENVIRST/GEOG 345Caring for Nature in Native North America
Fall 2020GEOG 565Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Spring 2020AMERIND/ENVIRST/GEOG 345Caring for Nature in Native North America
Spring 2020GEOG 370Introduction to Cartography
Spring 2020GEOG 699Directed Study
Fall 2019ENVIRST/GEOG 139Global Environmental Issues
Fall 2019GEOG 565Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Fall 2019GEOG 699Directed Study
Spring 2019AMERIND/ENVIRST/GEOG 345Caring for Nature in Native North America
Spring 2019GEOG 578GIS Applications
Spring 2019GEOG 699Directed Study
Fall 2018ENVIRST/GEOG 139Global Environmental Issues
Fall 2018GEOG 565Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Spring 2018ENVIRST/GEOG 139Global Environmental Issues
Spring 2018GEOG 578GIS Applications
Spring 2018GEOG 699Directed Study
Fall 2017ENVIRST/GEOG 139Global Environmental Issues
Fall 2017GEOG 565Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Fall 2017GEOG 699Directed Study
Spring 2017ENVIRST/GEOG 139Global Environmental Issues
Spring 2017GEOG 370Introduction to Cartography
Spring 2017GEOG 699Directed Study
Fall 2016GEOG 370Introduction to Cartography
Fall 2016GEOG 565Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Fall 2016GEOG 699Directed Study
Spring 2016ENVIRST/GEOG 139Global Environmental Issues
Spring 2016GEOG 578GIS Applications
Spring 2016GEOG 699Directed Study
Fall 2015GEOG 565Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Spring 2015ENVIRST/GEOG 139Global Environmental Issues
Spring 2015GEOG 342Geography of Wisconsin
Fall 2014GEOG 565Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Spring 2014ENVIRST/GEOG 139Global Environmental Issues
Spring 2014GEOG 170Our Digital Globe: an Overview of Giscience and Its Technology
Fall 2013GEOG 565Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Spring 2013GEOG 170Our Digital Globe: an Overview of Giscience and Its Technology
Spring 2013GEOG 342Geography of Wisconsin
Spring 2013GEOG 699Directed Study
Fall 2012GEOG 101Human Geography: Space, Place, Society, and Politics
Fall 2012GEOG 565Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Spring 2012GEOG 101Human Geography: Space, Place, Society, and Politics
Fall 2011GEOG 565Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Spring 2011ENVIRST/GEOG 120Introduction to the Earth System
Spring 2011GEOG 578GIS Applications
Fall 2010GEOG 565Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Spring 2010ENVIRST/GEOG 339Conservation and Climate Change - Local to International Strategies
Spring 2010GEOG 342Geography of Wisconsin
Fall 2009ENVIRST/GEOG 339Conservation and Climate Change - Local to International Strategies
Fall 2009GEOG 565Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Fall 2009GEOG 699Directed Study
Spring 2009ENVIRST/GEOG 139Global Environmental Issues
Spring 2009GEOG 565Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors
Fall 2008ENVIRST/GEOG 139Global Environmental Issues
Fall 2007ENVIRST/GEOG 139Global Environmental Issues
Fall 2007GEOG 342Geography of Wisconsin

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