GE CLST 70A
Evolution of Cosmos and Life
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course 70A is enforced requisite to 70B, which is enforced requisite to 70CW or 70DW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Use of concept of evolution, as it applies to biological organisms, Earth, solar system, and universe itself, to introduce students to both life and physical sciences. Examination of evolution of universe, galaxy, solar system, and Earth. Letter grading.
Units: 6.0
Units: 6.0
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Fall 2025 - This Cluster for being catered towards non-STEM majors IS NOT AN EASY GE. If you are a humanities major looking to get rid of your science GEs, you are much better off taking the Food Cluster. I wish I had made that choice and regret it daily. While the class is interesting to learn about, the quizzes are absurd in difficulty and have no curve. With my quiz grades going down each quiz (along with the class mean), it is certainly the quizzes that will make or break your grade. The grading scheme for this class is 20/20 for the quiz and final OR 30/10 for the quiz/final, depending on which you do better on. Grade Breakdown: Lab assignments / participation 25% Writing Assignment 35% Exams: - Quizzes 20%/30% - Final Exam 20%/10% The writing assignment was basically effort-based (I got a 100%) and is staggered, which is nice and you will be getting TA review, peer review, and most importantly, utilize the Peer Writing Specialist they provide. For me, it was Linde, and she was amazing. Additionally, the TAs are very much on our side in communicating our concerns about the quizzes being brutally difficult and many of the students not doing well due to not having enough practice problems or examples for the math questions/application questions. The good thing about this class, though, is the grade boundaries will get shifted in your favor (basically rounding) cause my 92.53 was considered an A. I'm not sure about other people, but I believe it would be the same for them. TLDR; I did not like that this class was so heavily weighed on doing well on the quizzes, but other than that it wasn't too bad, but I was crashing out about it quite often so do yourself a favor, and take the Food Cluster.
Fall 2025 - This Cluster for being catered towards non-STEM majors IS NOT AN EASY GE. If you are a humanities major looking to get rid of your science GEs, you are much better off taking the Food Cluster. I wish I had made that choice and regret it daily. While the class is interesting to learn about, the quizzes are absurd in difficulty and have no curve. With my quiz grades going down each quiz (along with the class mean), it is certainly the quizzes that will make or break your grade. The grading scheme for this class is 20/20 for the quiz and final OR 30/10 for the quiz/final, depending on which you do better on. Grade Breakdown: Lab assignments / participation 25% Writing Assignment 35% Exams: - Quizzes 20%/30% - Final Exam 20%/10% The writing assignment was basically effort-based (I got a 100%) and is staggered, which is nice and you will be getting TA review, peer review, and most importantly, utilize the Peer Writing Specialist they provide. For me, it was Linde, and she was amazing. Additionally, the TAs are very much on our side in communicating our concerns about the quizzes being brutally difficult and many of the students not doing well due to not having enough practice problems or examples for the math questions/application questions. The good thing about this class, though, is the grade boundaries will get shifted in your favor (basically rounding) cause my 92.53 was considered an A. I'm not sure about other people, but I believe it would be the same for them. TLDR; I did not like that this class was so heavily weighed on doing well on the quizzes, but other than that it wasn't too bad, but I was crashing out about it quite often so do yourself a favor, and take the Food Cluster.
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