Seminar in Geology . EARTH 160
Attendance at departmental "journal club" (Earth 260, seminar in geology) and brief written evaluations of the three papers which, in the student's judgement, were the best of the quarter.
No Prerequisites
1
UnitsPass no pass
Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeNot open to freshmen
Level LimitLetters and science
College
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Simms is clearly very passionate about geology. Fieldtrip for the course was fun. Make sure to put in effort into the two assignments as they account for your entire grade. Otherwise, there is no work outside of class. Lecture was interesting!
90% percent of the grade is based on only TWO HWs..... No rubric was provided for the hw........I love the course design, and I love the field trip, but only two homework decided our final grade, and sometimes the reason to lose points is weird...
The mandatory field trip was fun and tough, but 90% of the grading was just based on one homework and a presentation which both were given insufficient information about the grading criteria. It's overall an interesting course though.
camping trip is mandatory, and a respected professor with lots of experience, but he is a harsh grader and is unclear about what he wants (no rubric for guidance). there were two things in the grade book each worth 50% of your grade. but very knowledgeable and passionate about what he teaches. he is also very willing to help.