Social and physical science concepts manifested in the sport of surfing. Topics include wave generation and forecasting, economics of the surf industry, spatial search, strategic behavior under crowding, territorialism, and the generation/diffusion of regional surf cultures.

No Prerequisites

5

Units

Optional

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

None

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
GEs Area D
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SWEENEY S H
Stuart Sweeney
3.3
59 reviews
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3.3
GEO20 . Sweeney S H 25 Days Ago

If you're a surfer, take this class. Good and interesting GE, and he is super nice and knows his stuff. Do the honors program if you can, it's a fun little add-on, especially if you're a surfer and love the water. LOVED THIS CLASS.

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GEO20 . Sweeney S H 3 Months Ago

A huge amount of the test material is based on this one autobiography which I thought was weird but if you do that reading you should be fine. There's 3 midterms in this class which feels like a lot honestly for the amount of material actually covered. Sweeney is a cool guy and his lectures can be interesting. Overall the class wasn't bad at all.

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GEO20 . Sweeney S H 3 Months Ago

I recommend this class if you're looking for an interesting GE. There is a good amount of reading and it's not as easy as you would think a surfing class is. But as long as you do the assignments and readings the tests are fairly easy. Professor Sweeney is really nice and you can tell he's very knowledgable when it comes to anything surf related.

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GEO20 . Sweeney S H 3 Months Ago

Cool guy but the class is boring for the most part. Parts of the content are interesting but others feel like fillers and can get boring. Also, a good part of most of the tests are on a autobiography that seems unimportant and is kind of annoying and there's a lot of memorization required. Free points if you do the reading.

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GEO20 . Sweeney S H 4 Months Ago

Prof Sweeney was such a reasonable and kind prof. He did assign a lot of papers that were somewhat difficult but he was always available to answer questions/help. I recommend this class if you need to a GE!

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GEOG20 . Sweeney S H 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

Sweeney is my fav professor. Super cool surfer guy. 3 writing assignments at the start of the quarter. 2 midterms and a final. Content is super interesting but you def have to study. Honors section was the best part we just watched surf movies. If you can take this class, take it. He also rounded up my grade alot which I appreciate. Great dude. !!!

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