Try to pay attention to lecture if you can. It's pretty dry but he's very passionate about the content.

Professor Schimel is a caring professor who is very passionate about the ecosystem. However, his class is pretty dry and I found it really boring. Idk why the reviews on here say he's mean because I found him pretty nice and he genuinely cares about his students doing well. Just really pay attention because his exams are hard

He seems like a nice guy/clearly is passionate about his work, but if you don't understand something he's super condescending and borderline rude. He also kept hosting class/section when the TAs were on strike & that honestly made me lose respect for him. If you're interested in soil science you'll have a good time but otherwise don't recommend

GREAT GUY. professor schimel is a wonderful, caring professor who loves his students. however- problem sets are very difficult unless they are explained by the TA. weekly quizzes have some vague, unclear questions. get ready to do your own research to understand what he teaches in class if you are unfamiliar with these concepts. must be smart.

Lectures are unclear and boring

She might know stuff but she doesn't care if you do. She is completely disinterested in helping students succeed in her class.

I loved Josh! Not very interesting material, but he's so enthusiastic so it makes it better. Go to class and pay attention; if you understand the concepts you'll do well on the tests without doing readings. I would definitely recommend taking any class with Josh. This class would have been very dry with any other professor

Schimel is an intelligent, experienced person but that can make lecture material difficult to understand. Not that accessible outside class bc he's a busy busy man. Lectures are casual and helpful to understand what's on the tests. Paper 3 page, any topic, tests are straightforward, class is about microbial roles in agriculture and antibiotics

Since it was Her first time teaching I think she really wasn't sure on how to teach the class. The midterm was relatively workable and easy while the final was extremely hard and long. She isn't clear sometimes on the material and what you're going to be tested on. The Final was literally everything we learned,majority short answer

Uses powerpoint for her lectures. However, sometimes it's hard to be sure what is important or not. In Section, assigns a scientific paper to read and do a summary on, unless it's your turn to give a presentation on the paper. Is a pretty lenient grader. Lectures can kind of drag on, but a nice professor.

He is a super pretentious professor, and very rude and demanding. Would not recommend any class by him. Definitely acts like he is too smart to hear you out on anything, and speaks down to students looking for help. 110 do not recoment

One of the best professors I've had at UCSB. Incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about what he is teaching. Focused on knowing broad conceptsthemesprocesses rather than memorization. I left this class a more observant and thoughtful person in regards to understanding nature's processes. Very kind and fair professor. Easy A too!

He loves the Arctic and has a fantastic mustache. Really nice guy. Had to go away during the quarter for a few days and said you could skype him if you needed help on the problem set. Very involved researcher w interesting experience and insight.

Interesting class, and I thought he's a pretty good teacher. The tests are a little hard, you have to be able to apply what he teaches in lecture, but they're only 35% of your total grade, and you can get most or all of the points on the homework and problem sets as long as you put the time in.

Love doesn't do the course material justice. We read great texts but class discussions were sub-par and demanded very little analytical thinking. He had very low standards for writing and tests were very easy (the average grade for our last 2 exams was above a 95). Sociology is a great discipline but I wouldn't recommend Love if you want to learn.

Easy, straight-forward material, but an overall hard class to do well in. The problem sets were really hard and did not relate to the topics he covered in class. Nice guy, but the assignments/midterm/final were pretty awful.

Great class, great teacher, never dull, great films, I learned a lot, he is easy to approach, funny and passionate about the subject, if you can, take his class. The tests are not easy, so read and study, go to class

The midterm and final were fairly difficult. you have to apply concepts he doesn't explain well to abstract and unclear problems. also kinda boring.

I am in Love with Professor Love! He has been my favorite teacher at UCSB so far. I took his class last spring and it was awesome, I learned so much from him! The material was dense but he made it pretty easy to understand. There were two essays that just asked to write about our experiences with race. Take his classes!

Professor Love is helpful when approached, fair on exams, and laudably up-to-date on current events. One 7-10 paper. He tries to make class interactive. Teaches mostly from the text, as textbooks form the backbone of the course (Giddens and Massey). It wasn't a life-changing class, but it was solid material with a respectable lecturer.

Sure, he makes lots of jokes, but they're quite dull and off topic. He was not inspiring, passionate, or deep. Much of the class time he spends letting the students talk about what they're thinking. Very easy class, tests straight from the lecture. Rather boring.

So everyone below says Love's class was easy? Not this Spring, the midterm was ridiculous, class average on that was a D. And he refused to curve that test too. I got a B on the midterm, but thats even after studying all night. Makes no sense, maybe he saw this sight and felt like he had to be harder.

Hi, I totally just found this site just now. anyway, Mr. Love's class last fall was really easy. you should have no problem getting an A. He is proficient in the subject. The only thing I can say that was annoying about my experience was the smarmy way he tried to vie for acceptance with the students. Maybe that's because he's new.

Great instructor for Soc 1. Midterms/finals are pretty straight forward. He doesn't like to tell you what's going to be on it but it's basically straight from the lecture and some from the reading. Paper was pretty easy too. I just read, went to lecture, studied a bit and got an A.