Dinosaurs was a super easy ge. Lectures can be quite boring but everything dan says is super important and could be on the mid term or final so try not to fall asleep. An A requires more work but a B is totally attainable. Homework every week but super easy assignments. Overall very interesting course with small workload.
Super easy homework assignments. Take notes in class and MEMORIZE CLADOGRAMS before exams. The labs are super easy you can get 100% on all of them. This course is heavily based on memorization and actually pretty difficult. You will not talk about dinosaurs until the end of the course, and it will certainly not be an easy A without effort.
heir are around 6 homework assignments (online) and 4 quizzes (online). You must attend lectures and sections! Attendance is mandatory for lectures and for section/lab you must attend because there is an assignment due at the end of each lab. Midterm and final were pretty difficult, study at least a week prior for these exams and you should pass.
He comes off as very annoyed and unapproachable but he is just passionate. He is very nice and approachable, go to office hours and you will see. The class is not hard to pass, there is just so much memorization. Start studying for the midterm and final two weeks before, trust me. Read through the lab before you go to section, you will do better.
I took Dinosaurs Fall Quarter as a First Year. When registering, although it may seem easy, it is not! The class is almost 100% memorization! I don't regret taking this course and I thought Dan was a good professor, but this class was definitely harder than I has anticipated. Also, there is no textbook required/needed so don't buy one!
Great dude, easy class if you go to lecture AND/OR look at the slides online. PLEASE be warned, if you're taking this for a GE, it's NOT so easy. Put in the work, the class is a breeze. Don't go to class, mark my words you will regret it when the midterm and final comes around like I did. I barely got a P. Please don't be like me, go to class!!
FOR THOSE TAKING THE CLASS FOR A GE: Look, this isn't the easiest class. Do NOT be fooled by the title of the course. If you do not go to class and think "hey I can just take it P/NP how hard can it be?" PLEASE be careful. If you don't go to class, the material will pile up REAL fast, I swear. Please look at his lecture slides online each week fr.
Dans lectures are kinda boring and honestly not super important. I went to them all but didn't really pay attention to anything he was saying. He goes fast in lecture but puts every pp online so you can take notes easier. HW is super easy, no readings, Labs are also super easy. you don't have to know anything fr until the midterm/finals come around
Dan is passionate, knowledgeable, and strives to help students with the material. He posts all lectures online and adds small videos and tidbits throughout to make it more digestible and fun. The labs are extremely easy and won't take the entire hour to finish- the TAs are super helpful! Homework is due once a week and usually takes 15 minutes.
One of my favorite professors here at SB. He's extremely passionate and makes lectures very interesting. There's one midterm, a final, and a group project. Everything should be a breeze if you study. The tests are extremely fair and based off of the lectures. Would highly recommend taking any class with him.
He's great! You do have to go to lecture for an attendance grade, but all his lecture slides are online and they're usually pretty detailed and useful. He's an interesting professor, he's passionate, he's got a sense of humor, he's well organized, and he was by far my favorite teacher this quarter. Absolutely would take again.
Professor Luna is one of the most passionate professors I have had at UCSB. I have taken both Earth 20 and Earth 7 and the tests are both based solely off of lecture material and are extremely fair. If you attend lecture, and study the material hard you can definitely get an A.
Super cool guy. Relates to students well and doesn't make you buy the textbook. I like to describe his lecture style as "organized yelling" but in a good way. Just a really passionate dude trying to make others passionate too.
Dan always kept the course interesting and made sure that we had time to ask questions. He tells you what's important for the exams and what not to worry about. As long as you attend lecture and take decent notes, it's really a fun class.
Professor Luna is a great professor. He makes his lectures interesting and is very passionate. There are simple weekly assignments, a midterm, a group project, and the final. He does not test on anything he hasn't gone over in depth. Also, it's nice to not have to purchase a book for this class.
Doesnt require a textbook and tests heavily on his lectures and material from section. It's a very easy class to pass but kinda difficult to get an A in unless you attend lecture and pay attention to any commentary he adds to his vague slides. He posts his slides on GS. Cares about the environment and educating his students on disaster preparedness
His class was okay- I personally dont think it was as interesting as others. His tests require a lot of studying and memorization. Overall I found him to be an okay professor but not very approachable. Not an easy GE.
Luna was the best organized, most passionate professor I've had at UCSB yet. His class was not an easy A, but easy to pass and an A is manageable with a little work. It's mostly memorization, so knowing his slides back and forth are crucial for the midterm and final. Overall, a very reasonable GE with a professor who actually cares.
I LOVE DAN! Sometimes the lecture material isn't the most interesting but he really tries to keep students engaged by incooperating funny video clips and telling stories of his personal excavations. Overall such a sweetheart you should really try and take him whether it be Dinosaurs or Geological Catastrophies
Get ready to MEMORIZE CLADOGRAMS! That is 99% of taking dinosaurs. Other than that, easy class if you study/memorize. Prof Luna is great. Clearly passionate and knowledgable about his subject. Also, easy on the eyes ;-) Definitely recommend taking his class.
Professor Luna is great, I really enjoyed his course and it was obvious how passionately he felt about the course and its material. He's the reason I'm taking EARTH20 with him next quarter. I found his class to be really enlightening, and I just generally learned so many things. The exams require work to be put in, but the homework is really light.
This class is seriously so easy. All you have to do is show up to class and do the homework. I did not learn anything from this class but it was fairly easy. I got a D on both the midterm and final, and still got a B.
Luna is a very great lecturer, obviously passionate and knowledgeable about his field. The exams are a little rough and he doesn't give any study guides, but he does give resources to study throughout the quarter, so long as you consistently study you should be fine. He's a hilarious dude, always includes fun videos and comics in his lectures
Before I took Dinosaurs I was scared to death because everyone warned me about how much memorization and work it was going to be. Let me just say Dinos was definitely is best class I took all quarter, Dan Luna is an amazing man who cares about his students. His lectures leave you mind blown- just go to class!!! This isn't a hard class to pass.