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Geology

Steven Tarnoff

OCEANOGRAPHYLA · GEO8 · OCEA10L · OCEAN4261 · 4 lifetime ratings

AI rating
34/100
RMP rating
2.3/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.8

The decision

if and want the field trip; avoid if you need clear oceanography instruction.

Best fit · Self Taught ProBoring lecturesTests mismatch notesGeologist not oceanographerCool field tripsHeavy for 1-credit lab
  • Students find oceanography lectures unfocused because he is a geologist who lights up for rocks, not the ocean.
  • Exams often feel disconnected from notes and C.
  • Geology sections and field trips (Mt Hollywood, Griffith Observatory) are the bright spots.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

as a foreign language with no grades above C, though GEO8 becomes an A if you study his questions and .

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

30/100

Students rate oceanography content hard and mismatched to lectures, while only GEO8 is called easy.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

Reviews do .

All evidence is from in-person reviews; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

30/100

Most oceanography reviews warn he cannot teach the subject well and tests do not match class material.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

Multiple students say no one scored above a C and .

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Workload

Heavy

35/100

A lot of work for a 1-credit class, plus multiple homework sets for the .

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Teaching experience

Poor

38/100

Called sweet but useless for oceanography; lectures light up only for geology topics.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Grades hinge on difficult tests and .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person ocean and , while GEO8 is described as easy with dropped low scores and a nice observatory trip.

Main concern

Tests and , so grades suffer even when students study notes.

What students said

“He is a sweet teacher, but completely useless in teaching oceanography.”
OCEA10L
“ his notes.”
OCEAN4261
“you just needed to study his questions and you were bound to get an A.”
GEO8

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

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; GEO8 is friendlier with dropped low scores.

In-person testsMaterial mismatchLowest score dropped in GEO8

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as unrelated to notes, with no scores above C in ocean labs, though GEO8 quizzes and tests reward studying his questions.

In-person examsMismatch with notesDropped lowest midterm and quiz
“ got higher than a C.”
OCEA10L
“ , but he droped the and quiz score.”
GEO8

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“He is a sweet teacher, but completely useless in teaching oceanography.”

Voice snapshots generated from 4 in-person reviews spanning 2011-2014, highlighting teaching mismatch and . Credibility rating: Low.

📚 Teaching Fit

38/100

“He gets so enthusiastic when it comes to rocks, but has no interest in the ocean.”

📝

28/100

“ his notes.”

🥾 Workload Reality

35/100

“A lot of work for 1 credit class”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Kind of boring class.
  • completely useless in teaching oceanography
  • Overall I think this guy was good.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • got higher than a C.
  • you were bound to get an A
  • half of the

Data context

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Analysis sample

4

Recent reviews read by the AI

4

Lifetime ratings

38/100

Evidence confidence

Only 4 old in-person reviews from 2011-2014 with mixed courses and sparse grade data.

Inside 4 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 51
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 52

Course coverage

GEO81 review
OCEA10L1 review
OCEAN42611 review
OCEANOGRAPHYLA1 review

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

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