So much information thrown at us during lecture. Labs were quite difficult and lengthy and the TA wasn't much help :/ However, she was very kind during office hours. Midterm and final not too bad, all mcq and allowed cheat sheets. Didn't go into much depth sometimes, and mostly reads of the slides. egregious amount of slides per lecture.

She is a nice person; however, this class was my least favorite of all quarter. Honestly I hated it,,, it was so much work for a class I (tbh) didn't care about. We had to go on a field trip on a SATURDAY at 7:30am to 3 pm. The labs are annoying. I'd steer clear of this class with this prof and wait until the other prof teaches it.

Lectures are pretty heavy and fast paced but if you understand those topics, then you are good! She also records her lectures so you can look over them if you need to review. Overall a challenging class but as long as you show up for the lectures, study, and go to office hours, you should be good and will learn a ton! Super sweet professor!

She was very passionate about the subject, but was simply put not a good teacher. She used the word "um" every 5 seconds, and it was almost as if she was learning the material with us. She would ramble and throw tons of information at us, which would not be in quizzes or labs but showed up on the final.

My experience with this geography class wasn't engaging. The instructor lacked energy and enthusiasm, making it hard to stay interested. There was little guidance for the final exam, and when students asked questions, she often seemed unsure and rarely followed up.

This class was like a geology info dump. So much content in each lecture which itself was interesting, but the way she taught was boring and exhausting. It was her first time teaching this course, and she rarely knew the answers to questions we had. Generally unhelpful and too much info to memorize for exams.

Great dude. Has his moments in which he is funny. If i didnt have other classes that took too much of my time i would have done better. He's a kind person and you can tell he loves what he is doing.

ugh. i wanted to die. cold, boring, lame.

She is passionate about her subject, but at times I think she forgets we are students learning about the subject, not her colleagues. Slides were so dense, and she wouldn't make them cohesive which was hard for me. Didn't like the way she taught either :/ I just wanted to leave all the time cause I was bored. Got a good grade #thankscheatsheet

Ugh just so boring and insufferable

It can be annoying that she usually just reads off the slides during lecture but it is a very simple class. The midterm was completely based off the study guide so it wasn't too hard. I really liked her class, labs were pretty easy too, some were hard and time consuming.

Just boring. She reads off the slides word for word with no extra info. not even worth going to class because everything is on canvas and she doesn't even really talk. Wait for the other professor (Alex) if you want to take this class. It is somewhat easy though if you try, but trying Is hard cuz its so damn boring

DO NOT take this class as GE. Lectures have 100+ slides EACH (some with 150), and they are incredibly content-heavy. The professor doesn't explain anything well or care to delineate connections between concepts. The whole class is an info dump; don't take this professor.

Midterm and Final had a failing average, people should not take this class as an easy GE.

Andy is the definition of a girlboss.Not only does he support the right of students to go on strike, he also singlehandedly took over labs when the TAs striked, going above and beyond his professor duties.Also after the midterm, he curved it&offered test corrections which gave back half credit if you pay attention in class, he's pretty funny too.

Lectures are boring and the professor can't teach. Goes off on tangents and talks about irrelevant things. Just watch classes online, go to your section, and pray for a good TA because they're the ones who are helping you pass this class.

Took EARTH7 as a GE and would probably not take it again. There was a lot of content to memorize so don't consider this an easy A class. Professor was also dry in lecture. Section was good though, TA was helpful and you can easily get As on the labs if you ask for help. If the topic is something you're interested in though, it's not that bad.

Andy seems like a nice guy but I am not rockin with his teaching skills. His lectures were a confusing array of slides and anecdotes. There is a disturbing amount of material that is expected to be memorized. I relied heavily on my TA explaining the material during our weekly section.

This class was awful. I took it because I had to get more units in and thought it wouldnt be that hard but I was wrong. The labs and homework are the only reason I passed and that was because I got a good TA. However, he had no set grading procedures and gave a midterm and final that he made worth 50% at the last minute. DO NOT TAKE!!

Lectures are fairly interesting and you can tell he really enjoys what he's talking about. It's a good class if you want to fill your GE. Labs and homework are really easy, midterm and final questions are a little confusing but you can get by. You have to show up to lecture in person, it is impossible to understand him through zoom bc of low voice.

When writing papers, Andy doesn't grade you on your content, he grades you on your writing skills (which is completely bogus). His lectures are super heavy with a lot of material that seems to get clustered in his exams. This class was the first and only class to give me an anxiety attack over all the stress it caused me. AVOID HIS CLASSES!

Andy cares a lot about his students so sometimes he seems offended when we don't put in 100%. He really just wants to help although he might be a tough grader with the writing assignments. I really enjoyed the field trips though!!

This class is pretty easy. They mark fairly easily in labs and the content isn't hard to understand. For the final, memorise the cladograms and it will get you most of the way there. After that you just have to remember some interesting stuff he mentions in lecture.

This a great guy and an awesome professor.It's hard but you need to stay awake in lecture. He has a very low voice but he does have interesting things to say. Do your best to keep up on the reading(it's not essential but it definitely helps. And know the cladograms.