The ecologic structure and evolution of the biosphere as illustrated by the fossil record.
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UnitsOptional
Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeUpper division only
Level LimitLetters and science
CollegePros: Releases notes of his lectures and underlines important parts. Cheat sheets on the midterm and the final. 2 short take home quizzes each week, could take multiple times until we got 100%. Cons: The labs are graded hard for no reason, practically had to beg TA's to help us. A lot of information and memorization especially on the final.
professor provided notes after each lecture. mandatory sections (with worksheets) but they were fun and simple. final and midterm were harder than expected, but he allows cheat sheets
He is very devoted and great at lecturing, not really any hard outside assignments just really work hard on the labs because they are a big portion of your grade. The tests were a bit more difficult than I thought, but you get cheat sheets so it is definitely manageable.
Took as a GE and obviously passionate about his field. Did much better on final than midterm that he rounded my grade. Weekly section mandatory as worksheets due at the end but my TA was chill and easy to ask questions to. Not much to memorize but understand general concepts and use of cheat sheets on midterm and final (don't negate studying tho!)
He seems nice and makes things interesting however if you're not into the subject it gets boring. You don't rlly have to attend lectures but definitely section. Midterm was rlly difficult most failed it however depending on final he'll bring scores up. As long as you do weekly section work you can pass the class.
A lot of material and memorization. Dont take for easy GE. Tests in class