Professor
David Jewitt
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Winter 2020 - Dear person who submitted on February 27, 2020: Why are you so pressed? The average midterm grade was a D. So? Multiple times he said that a 19 was a good score, and not to worry too much about midterm grades. There was also 22% worth of extra credit offered, which is miles above what any other class at UCLA will offer any student. That is literally 1/5 of your grade. You could skip the midterm entirely and still end up with at least an A-. Addressing the fact that you were "appalled" by some of the lecture material, what are you, 80 years old?? He tries to keep lectures fun and interesting for his students, and is super funny. Sorry he didn't pass out permission slips for the in-class videos. He also extended the dates for all the extra credits and tried his very best to make the most of a bad situation. What else did you want him to do? Discover the Kuiper Belt? Oh, wait! He did that already :/
Winter 2020 - Dear person who submitted on February 27, 2020: Why are you so pressed? The average midterm grade was a D. So? Multiple times he said that a 19 was a good score, and not to worry too much about midterm grades. There was also 22% worth of extra credit offered, which is miles above what any other class at UCLA will offer any student. That is literally 1/5 of your grade. You could skip the midterm entirely and still end up with at least an A-. Addressing the fact that you were "appalled" by some of the lecture material, what are you, 80 years old?? He tries to keep lectures fun and interesting for his students, and is super funny. Sorry he didn't pass out permission slips for the in-class videos. He also extended the dates for all the extra credits and tried his very best to make the most of a bad situation. What else did you want him to do? Discover the Kuiper Belt? Oh, wait! He did that already :/
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Spring 2020 - Overall, this class was ok. The way the midterms, final, and quizzes were worded made things very tricky. Also, I felt at times that if I didn't have an environmental science background, I'd be struggling to keep up with his teaching. His prerecorded lectures took a long time but he was very generous in his extra credits (like previous comments it can make or break your grade). That being said, I highly recommend doing every extra credit opportunity possible. I do agree that he probably wasn't going to make accommodations for this class (due to BLM) until he was pressed by ucla to do so. Anyways, keep up with the lectures, know the lab stuff, do the quizzes and extra credits and you should be fine.
Spring 2020 - Overall, this class was ok. The way the midterms, final, and quizzes were worded made things very tricky. Also, I felt at times that if I didn't have an environmental science background, I'd be struggling to keep up with his teaching. His prerecorded lectures took a long time but he was very generous in his extra credits (like previous comments it can make or break your grade). That being said, I highly recommend doing every extra credit opportunity possible. I do agree that he probably wasn't going to make accommodations for this class (due to BLM) until he was pressed by ucla to do so. Anyways, keep up with the lectures, know the lab stuff, do the quizzes and extra credits and you should be fine.
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Fall 2020 - This cluster is really cool and gets plenty of your GE's out of the way if you aren't in STEM. The class itself is pretty fast paced and covers a vast amount of information so it is important to pay attention to the professors' slides. The cluster was taught by different professors, depending on the subject being taught at the time, so every professor was well equipped with knowledge and experience in regards to the topic they were teaching. Professor Jewitt is remarkable! He is very well accomplished in his field of study and has very good knowledge of the topic. The workload is pretty heavy - there are labs almost every week, and in my case because of COVID-19, there were quizzes on lecture every two weeks instead of midterms. There is also a fall writing assignment that requires you to do a lot of research, but the benefits from taking the cluster are amazing! I highly recommend this cluster, and TA Jesus Salas is so funny and helpful.
Fall 2020 - This cluster is really cool and gets plenty of your GE's out of the way if you aren't in STEM. The class itself is pretty fast paced and covers a vast amount of information so it is important to pay attention to the professors' slides. The cluster was taught by different professors, depending on the subject being taught at the time, so every professor was well equipped with knowledge and experience in regards to the topic they were teaching. Professor Jewitt is remarkable! He is very well accomplished in his field of study and has very good knowledge of the topic. The workload is pretty heavy - there are labs almost every week, and in my case because of COVID-19, there were quizzes on lecture every two weeks instead of midterms. There is also a fall writing assignment that requires you to do a lot of research, but the benefits from taking the cluster are amazing! I highly recommend this cluster, and TA Jesus Salas is so funny and helpful.
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