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Sergii Skakun
GEOG156 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/12/2024 |
Easiest class I've taken at UMD. Material is really interesting and Skakun is such a nice guy who really wants his students to learn. Homeworks are a bit tedious but he gives step by step instructions on how to do everything and they really aren't hard. If you're at all interested in playing with satellite data and need a DSSP, take this class! |
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Sergii Skakun
INST156 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 02/16/2024 |
Skakun is a great professor whose experience and passion shine through his teaching. The concepts are fascinating and you get hands-on experience with software tools from NASA which was really cool. I'd recommend this class, taught by him, a million times over. |
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Sergii Skakun
INST156 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 11/17/2023 |
If you need a DSSP, take this class! Skakun is an enthusiastic and understanding professor. His lectures are interesting and he's very knowledgeable about his field. I liked the class structure as well. |
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Sergii Skakun
INST156 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 04/08/2023 |
INST156 is an interesting class, and easy too. Skakun's lectures make it super easy to understand the topic. It's rarely boring and you will learn a lot from him. He's also very nice and enthusiastically answers any question you might have. The class meets every Tue Thur, but Thursdays are just homework sessions so you can get away with attending once a week. (however this might be different in the future, since it's changing to MWF). There are weekly papers where you use NASA satellite imagery websites to compare and contrast satellite images across different time periods (e.g., glaciers in the past vs the present, or city population in the past vs present). It might sound intimidating but it's really just like Google Earth but cooler. The papers are kinda fun, very interesting (you learn a lot) and pretty easy. |
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Sergii Skakun
INST156 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 03/04/2023 |
Dr. Skakun is incredibly knowledgeable in his area of expertise and does an excellent of making topics, that most students probably have very little to no experience with, seem very comprehensible. He's pretty understanding if you talk to him and an all-around good guy. The class is pretty interesting and I'd highly recommend taking it if you have any interest in NASA or data on large scales. |