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.

Best professor ever! Lectures are very organized and clear. He posts all lectures and lecture notes online. The professor is very helpful,kind,and enjoys teaching the subject.Attendance in lecture is not mandatory but section is(cool labs). This class is easy if you use the tools he provides on gauchospace. Also he's kinda cute and very funny.

he posts the notes and lectures online so attending lectures isn't really necessary (and neither is the book). overall easy class as long as you read the notes and skim through the pp slides

Such a great dude. What a boss! Just stay awake, listen to the words he says, and go to labs, and you will be fine. One of the best professors, and classes I have ever taken. Shout out to his awesome TA's

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.

First, buy the book and study it, then have fun! Wyss does have a monotone voice, but has an interesting lecture. Lab was fun, who wouldn't want to draw a t-rex skull? I kept the books and still reference them to this day. Great class, and Wyss always looks like he just finished digging for something. I recommend to anyone interested in dinos.

Great professor! His classes were very interesting and you could tell that he really loved what he taught. If you do bad on the midterm don't wory...if you do better on the final he uses that grade instead of what you got on the midterm! Labs were not that bad and infact an easy point booster. Professor Wyss is AWESOME!!

he is absolutly amazing. The best professor ever! Has made dinosaurs absolutly facinating. He did a great job incorporating the greater evolutionary concepts. His lectures are funny and extremly interesting. His tests are very fair and he is very kind.

Exams are tough, lecture slides are exclusively pictures, and the monotony of the class could kill you. First of all, don't listen to these fools. BUY THE BOOK!! It's the only thing that will save you at the middle and end of the quarter when you find yourself without any lecture notes because you were bored out of your mind or asleep in class.

A very bright professor with an incredible ability to explain difficult scientific concepts, I found this class to be quite interesting. While his lecture style is pretty dry, his passion for the subject makes it interesting. The exams aren't too hard if you prepare and learn the cladogram. A very good science GE class.

Wyss is an incredibly nice guy. His lectures can be boring if you're not interested in the subject, but the tests aren't hard and there is very little homework. Don't buy the book

I think Wyss is a great teacher. Yes, some of the material gets a little boring but overall it was a great class. The exams are a bit hard but if you pay attention in lecture you'll do fine. Plus, hes hot!!!!!!!!

officially the most knowledgable instructor I've ever had. also a practicing paleo archeologist, his lectures can get boring, because of his cold personality, but once you get to know him, he's really friendly and helpful. i don't know about his grading, I'm still taking the class =)

As a warning, you will fall asleep in lecture. However, he is very nice and helpful when you need it. The curve is huge, so even if you think you failed, you didn't. Just draw the diagrams. Diagrams are everything.

He is a very nice guy and a good teacher. His lectures were a little boring, but short and clear. Good class overall.

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

The "Age of the Dinos" class is not what many of us expected because he covers the material based on an Evolutionary perspective. His lecturing style is a bit unclear with slides mostly of pictures and few readily outlined info; and you have to be quick with taking notes, since everything isn't spoonfed for you. The curve helps you and labs are eas

He tries to make it interesting and i give him credit for effort. Yet, somehow he was able to bore me out of my mind in this class. Lectures are so random and have very little tying them together. I didnt know what to write down and what to just let pass by.

Really interesting class and pretty easy for the most part IF YOU GO TO LECTURE. I made the mistake of not going, and my grade suffered. Everything you need to know is in lecture and try not to fall asleep. Andy is awesome and is really into the material but he has a very soft voice that can make you tired. Good class though!

Wyss is very very clear in his lectures. Take notes on what he says and study those for the tests (which are hard but graded very easily). Don't worry about your grade. Don't buy the text, its a waste of money and you don't need it...

I agree with the above except I thought the clss was interesting. It's basically a bunch of pretty colorful slides and u just take note on what he says. Tests are practically only based on notes, so you don't really need a textbook which cost me 75 bucks cause I didn't know I wouldn't need it!

Clear lectures, but simply boring as hell. I think I stayed awake in 2 lectures the whole quarters and that was with help from my carmel latte. Good luck.

The lectures are really boring and unfortunatly your text is only helpful for the labs- which are easy. There is a big curve- so dont worry that much