Easy exams, technical but straight-forward labs. He seems like a sweetheart honestly. He had a few lectures that were pretty interactive which I liked. On the other hand, some lectures are like watching a black and white movie.

Great class! Lectures are easy to follow, two exams for the quarter which were both online and could be taken anytime in a 24hr window. There were labs mostly every week which were doable in during section. If you needed help on the lab or had any questions about material the T.A.'s and Prof McFadden were more than happy to speak with you.

He's a really nice professor but his lectures can be a bit boring because he just talks about the readings. Theres 2 assignments that are site reports (you'll have to go around sb at evaluate your site) that are very confusing and take alot of your time. The final is a synthesis essay on the data the class has collected.

McFadden is a super nice guy and his TA is just like him, super caring and easy to get along with! The course is graded on 4 field projects and that's it. Be sure to read the materials he provided and apply those terms in the projects. Highly recommended for GEOG and Non-GEOG students who need some upper division credits.

He's so nice! We had 4 field reports to do that weren't too bad. Def take!

This class is probably one of the best ones in the geog department. Class is just 3 site reports, no tests or midterms. You go out into SB and Goleta to evaluate sites and write about them. A really interesting class that makes you go out and about and explore areas outside of the school. Changed the way I viewed topics covered in class.

There are six labs, a midterm and a final. The labs can be difficult but as long as you finish them you'll probably get close to 100 on them. TA's were helpful. Midterm and final were somewhat hard but if you listen and take notes during lectures you should do fine.

This class is extremely interesting, McFadden is almost aggressively average. The human embodiment of white bread. Perfectly fine, clear lecturer, assigns interesting readings, but awkward, not particularly funny, just blasé. So, take him if you're passionate enough about the course's subject material to keep yourself interested, because he won't.

One of the best classes I have ever taken at UCSB! His lecturing is great, the subject matter was interesting and he want's you to do well. The labs can be tedious though.

very interesting class that i took for my geography major. Prof is very clear about what he wants and his lectures outline the important parts of the textbook. labs can be tedious at times but are fairly straightforward. TA is Shane Grigsby, he really knows his stuff and is very helpful as well

Professor McFadden is great. He shows a lot of interest in remote sensing and it really comes across in his lectures. Labs have varying levels of difficulty but are written well. I recommend this class if you are going for the Geography with an emphasis in GIS major

I found this very interesting and Joe is great. He's a great teacher and wants his students to do well. Labs aren't nearly as bad as the ones in 176A

The labs are not cool. Take something else instead.