This class was tough, don't let my A- fool you. I honestly thought I was getting a B- or C+; when I saw my grade, I was shocked.

The exams are tough! I got a 52% on the first exam (which a lot of people did terrible on), an 85% on the second exam, and an 80% on my final exam. Since so many people bombed the first exam, he let us drop the first exam and replace it with the average of our second exam and our final if we wanted to.

He does offer two extra credit opportunities and the discussion assignments were pretty easy (depending on your TA). Also there were always two weekly quizzes that were okay in difficulty.

A lot of work, pretty boring material if you aren't into the ocean that much. Coursework wasn't what I expected it to be, I thought it would focus more on organisms/biology but it was more on the earth and the chemistry of water.

Glad I got an A-, but wouldn't take the class again.

I took this class Fall 17, and it was one of my favorite! The lectures are engaging and the TAs are really helpful. One of the main tip for passing this class would be to skim over the book, and do the practice problems. Also, before each exams, make sure to re-watch the bruincast again, it honestly helps so much!

just slides basically on how to college/tips and resources, attendance is mandatory (because you're in PEERS), pretty boring, the one thing I remember is to make sure you put your name on all pages of your tests because the TAs might take it apart to grade it quicker, but now they use Gradescope so I don't know if that's still the case (also you often get points for putting your name on all pages)