Great professor and she definitely makes this class interesting! BUT, the class is NOT an easy A. Grade is 8% section attendance, 67% Midterm & Final, and 25% quizzes. Cheat sheets are allowed on tests but not quizzes. Quizzes are difficult and you must study the slides she goes over in class. Overall- interesting class but you will work hard.

Busby really cares about the subject and is passionate during her lectures, it is flat out adorable! The class itself is super easy: midterm allows 2 cheat sheets front and back; final can have 4. She has the power points online and basically reads over them during class, with easy 10 question quizzes every week. 3 extra credit chances, EASY GE!!!!

Definitely recommend this class. She gives you so many extra credit opportunities (section being one). 3 cheat sheets for the midterm and 6 total for the final. She's sweet and explains the information simply. Go to class though - 7 pop quizzes and she drops your lowest 2 scores. Got an A+ and didn't need the book. Really interesting and an easy A

If u want an easy science ge take this class! In class pop quizzes (1 dropped) so attendance is mandatory but we got 2 pages front and back of cheat sheet for the midterm and 3 front and back for the final PLUS we got extra credit if the cheat sheets were good (up to 10 points added to ur final grade). Got 100% in the class after the extra credit.

don't need the book. each lecture has around 30+ slides filled with words and pics. study the slides and you'll ace the class. however, there is soo much info that it's impossible to remember everything for the test. final is cummulative! 7 in-class pop quizzes. section is extra credit. good luck!

Such an interesting class!! She gives you a packet of notes on the first day- USE THEM! The tests come straight from the notes. Also, she lets you copy the notes in her office hours a few days before the test. Easy class if you do the work!

This class was extremely interesting. Busby was a great professor, and made sure her students knew the material well. There are pop quizzes to keep kids coming to class, but they were generally easy if you went to lecture. Wouldn't take this class with anyone else, Busby was the best professor!

She truly wants her students to do well- she's a very motherly professor. The amount of extra credit she gives is ridiculously giving, and class is pretty much mandatory. She uses the same questions on pop quizzes that she does on the tests. If you study the pop quizzes (which are hard) and all of the images, you will do fine. REALLY easy pass.

She is a bit unorganized and can be confusing at times, but she is very enthusiastic about what she teaches and wants you to do well. Don't buy the book, you won't need it. You do need to go to class to get notes and take pop quizzes. The pop quizzes are really hard, but the midterm and final are not too bad so long as you study the images.

interesting class! i was surprised how much i actually learned. all notes are in the reader she gives us. the style of the notes is soo helpful and easy to understand and comes with diagrams. go to class because she gives pop quizzes. midterm/final not hard if u study the notes. all in all fun and easy class :)

This class is easy but very boring. She holds pop quizzes, which everyone does pretty badly on, but she offers a lot of extra credit. Her lecture notes are hard to read sometimes. She tests heavily on lecture notes and the diagrams she gives out in the class reader. I would recommend another GE for math and science.

This class was pretty easy this quarter. She had a possible 50 pts EC, but her midterm/final are somewhat difficult. She decided to add pop quizzes this quarter, which makes attendance mandatory and didn't help my grade much. Her lectures aren't all that clear so its hard to tell what will be on the tests, but this class is ok for a GE i guess.

Talk about disasters, what a train wreck! She's so all over the place, and uses such outdated technology (overhead, and her handwriting is so illegible!) I never missed a lecture, but dreaded going every time. Super fast paced, everything is taking notes on handouts she give you, but you still need to buy the book. Just glad it's over!

Prof. Busby is extremely helpful in office hours. Her class is well thought-out since she will give you the slides in a packet that she will mark up on the overhead in class. She makes the material interesting and understandable. Definitely a class worth taking if you are looking for an easy GE.

If you're just interested in the info, buy the book and skip the class if she's the prof. She makes interesting material dry and boring. Doesn't seem to know what she's talking about unless she's talking specifically about the course material. Upside: easy class.

Great Class! Love Busby. She is an amazing teacher and makes the lectures really interesting and personal. Lots of EC. Two midterms. All multiple choice. Great way to fulfill a GE. Take this Class!

The worst, most unorganied, unfair grader I have ever had. I can't believe that she is actually teaching this course. Summer field is the class where you are supposed to learn the most, all I learned during her section was to hate Cathy Busby. Perhaps it wouldn't have been so bad if she wan't followed by Sylvester who's a bad ass.

this class was fairly easy. the exams are almost entirely multiple choice, so no need to stress too much. she is very clear in explainin what information needs to be known for each exam and the exams are NOT cumulative. a good class overall.

class was a breeze. just study all the notes that she gives you and do all the extra credit and you are pretty much guaranteed to get an a in her class. i never did the readings, they were repetitive of lecture. just make sure to look up the figures in the book and know them well because she puts them on the tests.

The lectures were boring, but with so much extra credit this is an easy class. Busby did a pretty thorough job with the material and was very helpful. Go to section and do all the extra credit and this class is a breeze

There's a bunch of material! She flies right through it. Going to class is a must. She gives you practice questions for the exams and if you do the questions and memorize the answers you should be good to go.

natural disasters is the best class ever!!

Her tests weren't too hard and there was so much extra credit that you didn't have to do perfect. Read though because it really helps you understand the material easier. And if you can, John Zayac is the best TA ever.

If you actually pay attention and read the book, its not too hard but her tests are pretty specific. I thought the class was really interesting and theres also a lot of extra credit.