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Marvin Jones
ASTR101 Expecting an A- Anonymous 11/07/2024 |
If you are not really interested in astronomy or not a science major, I suggest not taking this class. While I believe that Professor Jones is a very nice person and is funny, if you cannot comprehend difficult material in all science-y terms, it is difficult. Our first midterm, he said to not ask for any equation sheets or practice questions. The class average on that test was a 76%. The second midterm he provided both an equation sheet and practice questions which made me feel way more prepared. Prof. Jones does a good job at including group activities during lecture to switch it up a bit, but when he lectures on slides, my TA told me that only about 5-10 of the slides out of 40-50 are actually important for tests. There are only 5 (I believe) "Homework" assignments, but each problem is very difficult and much harder than anything you would do on the test. You need to be able to understand complex word problems and math in order to succeed well in this class. The only reason why I have an A is because of the extra credit opportunities on the homework assignments and tests. I suggest meeting with your TA to go over the Homework answers because it is so difficult. |
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Marvin Jones
ASTR101 Anonymous 10/12/2024 |
The professor is nice, the TA's are nice, but the only thing is the homework's will become extremely difficult for you if you aren't too much into math or aren't a physics major. They intentionally make the homework's more difficult than it needs to be, so if you aren't a math person and don't understand the concepts you definitely need to go to office hours with the TA or the professor. There are also only guided study guides for the exams, but there are no previous practice exams that you can actually practice on. If you are taking this as a GenEd then I guess it's a okay class to take, but if you are taking this to boost your GPA then you may want to reconsider another course for natural sciences w/lab. |
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Marvin Jones
ASTR288B Expecting an A Anonymous 09/11/2024 |
Really nice professor. Cares about students. Problem Sets reasonable. Passionate about math. If you have this professor and fail, it is genuinely your fault. |
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Marvin Jones
ASTR101 Expecting an A Anonymous 07/08/2024 |
Extremely well-prepared, lectures are interesting, overall a genuinely enjoyable class. He's also a super chill guy and it's clear he's passionate about what he teaches. All slides, review questions, etc are posted in files ahead of time so you can review the material before lectures. Exams are pretty similar to review sheets so if you put time into them you should do well. Grading structure is fair and workload is good. |
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Marvin Jones
ASTR300 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/22/2024 |
Really nice and engaging professor. He tries to make every class engaging but for the most part, it's like any lecture and its hard to always stay focused. He did take attendance in the beginning of the semester and had some spontaneous attendance group activities, but he only started doing that when he realized people never showed up to class. Workload is really chill. 1 homework every 2-3 weeks. 2 group presentations about some topic (pretty light). Exams are the study guide. Chill class, would take again with prof jones. |
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Marvin Jones
ASTR300 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/08/2023 |
this guy is a good professor, he tries to make class engaging but most of you are going to be on your phones anyway lol. besides that the homeworks are easy, and you will be doing a couple group presentations throughout the course just 5-10 minutes. and the exams are also easy as long as your do his study guides, they are basically 1-1 |