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Science

Peter Anderson

GEOL12L · GEO12L · GEOL12 · 7 lifetime ratings

AI rating
48/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.1

The decision

if you enjoy geology detail and heavy field work; otherwise this low-unit class can wreck your semester.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTest heavyDetail obsessedLong field tripsTough graderNice but disorganized
  • Geology labs and field trips demand memorizing long packets and dense lecture detail.
  • Students call him nice and experienced, yet classes feel overkill for low-unit GE work.
  • Exams are tricky and test-heavy; skipping and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

40/100

An A+ is possible but requires careful reading, packet memorization, and .

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Heavy memorization, long field trips, and major-level expectations make content harder than typical GE.

Difficulty comments are all in-person.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

20/100

Tags and comments warn that skipping class means you will not pass.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

45/100

Some like his help and stories, but many warn the workload and organization make the class a bad bet.

All recommendation sentiment is in-person; the .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

35/100

Tagged as a ; grades can feel weird or delayed.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

, and lots of detail make the load heavy for the units.

Format shift

and lecture work.

Teaching experience

Average

52/100

Nice, experienced, and sometimes funny, but lectures can be dry, repetitive, or disorganized.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Test-heavy course with .

Format shift

Assessment pattern described only in in-person comments.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

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Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

; interesting content but high detail load and .

Main concern

Memorizing long field-trip packets and .

What students said

“He intentionally writes his exams to trip you up when selecting answers so READ CAREFULLY.”
GEO12L
“For a 1 unit class it's killer.”
GEOL12L
“Just a lot of work, be prepared and read read read!”
GEOL12

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and long field-trip packets and often feel intentionally tricky.

Test heavyTrick multiple choiceField trip packet basedTough grader

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and lecture memorization with trap-style questions.

Test heavyTrick questionsStudy field packets
“He intentionally writes his exams to trip you up when selecting answers so READ CAREFULLY.”
GEO12L
“study the packets he gives on field .”
GEO12L
“You practically have to remember just about everything on the field trip guides and his lectures to ace his class”
GEOL12L

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“This class really ruined my semester. For a 1 unit class it's killer.”

Voice snapshots generated from 7 in-person geology reviews, highlighting workload, field packets, and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

52/100

“He was an awesome Professor and even when I failed a and guided me to pass the class.”

📚 Workload Shock

28/100

“For a 1 unit class it's killer.”

🧪

35/100

“He intentionally writes his exams to trip you up when selecting answers so READ CAREFULLY.”

🧭 Field Trip Focus

40/100

“Pay attention to his lectures and pay close attention to the packets he gives for the field trips.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Professor Anderson is a nice person and very helpful
  • his class lectures are repetitious and not in any order or organization
  • Great guy! and very funny!

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Test heavy
  • thought i would get a C, but ended up with a B

Theme 3

🪨 About Course Content

  • You will learn more about boats than you ever wanted to know
  • he is too obsessed with details
  • The field trips are long, strenuous, and disorganized

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

7

Recent reviews read by the AI

7

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Seven mostly older in-person reviews (2010-2019) agree on workload and test focus but are thin on recent detail.

Inside 7 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 52
3 out of 55
2 out of 50
1 out of 50

Course coverage

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GEO12L2 reviews
GEOL121 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

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A+ 1

B range

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C range

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D range

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