If you are looking for an easy GE look no further this is the one! You do not have to go to lecture, but there is a weekly lab section with easy labs. He offeres a ridiculous amount of extra credit. I failed the midterm and final (most people did), but I made a telescope in 20mins and got an A.

BEST. PROFESSOR. EVER.

Seriously, his lectures were always fun and engaging. His focus is for you to enjoy what you are learning and he always makes the funniest jokes during lecture. His lectures are posted on CCLE and that's all you really need for the midterms. Don't buy the book, you won't read it. He literally just chose it because it looked nice and it was one of the thicker oceanography textbooks. If you study if lecture slides, you'll be set for the midterms. For the final, he gives out the exam questions. Just find the answers, memorize them, and race with other students to see who finish first. Seriously, three hour final but everyone got up in twenty to thirty minutes. He is also very generous with extra credit! He gave out three 5% extra credit opportunities and they were all fun ones. Like we could go grunion observing, go to Santa Monica beach and answer a few questions, or go to this sand dune thing in Malibu. One of the best classes I ever took! Labs are not super easy, but my TA basically gave my table the answer. Plus they grade on completeness, not correctness. TAKE JEWITT! Plus he's famous in the astronomical world for discovering the Kuiper belt that demoted Pluto from planet status. How cool is that? And how random for him to teach oceanography...

Jewitt doesn't teach ESS 15 very often (I think he was just substituting this quarter for a professor who couldn't do it), since his primary area of focus is in Astronomy, but nevertheless ESS 15 was made extremely enjoyable and fun because of Jewitt.

He's really the coolest guy ever. His lectures are straightforward, and he gives you interesting tidbits all the time. He might be one of the most renowned scientists in his field, but his class is very down-to-earth (no pun intended).

Jewitt's midterms were very tough (make sure you study specific numbers), but his final was insanely easy. He released all the questions beforehand, so you just need to memorize the answers. Someone mentioned this previously, but his final was literally just a test to see who can fill in bubbles the fastest. And yeah, don't bother buying the textbook. I guarantee you'll never touch it -- just study the slides.

Lab was also very chill. The TA's were all cool, and the assignments weren't graded very harshly at all. So long as you did the assignments and took the quizzes, you should be fine.

I recommend Jewitt's classes to anyone. Not a lot of pressure, and you end up with new knowledge and a good grade.