EVSC 2010

Kelly is funny and nice, but due to the class content, it was very difficult (for me at least) to stay engaged with his lectures. Listening to information about steel and aluminum is all you do in this class. I took this because I thought it would be an easy A, but I did have to put in work to get an A. The course is also dual enrollment with MSE students, so Kelly tailored it to be engineering heavy, or at least expecting a background knowledge of chemistry or physics.

On paper, this class didn't sound very interesting to me at first - I figured that I would take it to cover some requirements. However, after the first few lectures I had completely changed my mind. Professor Kelly is an engaging lecturer who clearly cares a lot about what he teaches. Make sure you read the textbook - a lot of questions in the reading quizzes and exams were not mentioned in the lecture. Overall, great course from a great professor.

Professor Kelly is a great professor who was very engaging in lecture, and spent a lot of time covering topics which the class felt were confusing which I really appreciated. However, the material was often pretty boring, which made it hard to pay attention during lecture. The weekly quizzes were fairly easy, especially if you read the reading for the week. HOWEVER, the tests were very hard, even while they were open note. Overall, if you are just trying to fulfill your science requirements, there are easier and more interesting classes you can take to do so.

Amazing class because of the amazing professor. Kelly is SO passionate about what he teaches and created a great classroom atmosphere. We would have open note weekly reading quizzes that were super easy (get the online pdf so you can just control F the words) and exams were also online open note open book. Exams were a little tricky but not bad and he would give points back. Lectures were taped so you didn't have to go but I would suggest going just because he was so entertaining. Boring material but he really made that class worthwhile!

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! Do not be deceived into thinking it is an easier science class like me. It definitely could have been interesting and fun (like past reviews), but this semester it was so hard and the test questions were so specific!!!! Even though I went to every single class and studied a lot it was very difficult.

This class was not a lot of work except for the actual tests. I took this class after reading the reviews for the Spring 2018 and 2017 and something must have changed because these exams were HARD. They seemed irrelevant and although they were open book and open note, the questions were phrased oddly. The curve for the class was nonexistent even when he promised it and instead of changing each exam to fit a curve he just changed the final grade. He kept changing how our grade would be calculated which was very annoying and was unclear about how to do better. Although he was entertaining, this class is not an easy A because something must have changed.

This course is extremely challenging, not because of the content, but because of how boring it is. The lectures and content itself are incredibly dull. The textbook is written very weirdly and can be confusing to understand. Also, the reading quizzes are close to impossible and the tests are equally as hard and unfair. I took this class because I am a non-science major who is looking to get the requirement out of the way. At first, I put work into the class and would pay attention during lecture and read the textbook, but after I realized that this wouldn't help me on the reading quizzes and tests I stopped doing so. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS CLASS, seriously rethink taking this course if you are looking for a science requirement it is just too boring and unnecessarily difficult.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! It was supposed to be an easy A to fulfill a science requirement for a non-science student and it ended up being my worst class of the semester. All of the lectures are a drag, the reading quizzes are so tricky, and despite it being open note exams, they are extremely difficult. DO. NOT. TAKE.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU ARE A NON STEM MAJOR LOOKING FOR AN EASY CLASS. The exams and quizzes are the hardest and most unfair I have ever taken. Not worth it.

Kelly is the nicest dude in the world, but this class is so hard. While there is minimal work on an every day basis, the tests and quizzes are impossibly hard. I took this class because everyone said it was an easy course, but it ended up being my hardest class all semester.

Like the other reviews said, this is a really good class to take if you aren't a STEM major and want to get the science requirement out of the way. There are two take home midterms and a take home final that you are allowed to use your book for. They aren't too hard but you should make outlines of the chapters before you take them because there is a time limit and sometimes its stressful to find graphs/stats when a timer is running. The reading quizzes were probably the hardest part of the class because they had a lot of trick questions. There are a lot extra credit opportunities to make up for this though. The lectures are very long and not always that interesting but I tried to go to a lot of them because Professor Kelly is a really good speaker and genuinely knows a lot about the subject. The entire class is basically just about steel and aluminum (how its made, its CO2 emissions, supply/demand, etc...) so its not very interesting but pretty important. Everything you learn is just generally good to know, so if you're not a science person like me you will still get something out it. That being said I would definitely recommend the class. You don't have to go to all the lectures (there are learning catalytic questions that aren't location based) and you have a week to do take-home exams.

Definitely a good choice for non-math/science majors. I didn't find the subject material particularly interesting at all, but it doesn't require a heavy workload and the professor works hard to make lectures interesting. Would've been an easy A if not for the trickiness of the reading quizzes & exams, so I would still recommend at least skimming the readings (use the online textbook- much easier to find things that way!), but participation is easy with learning catalytics & all the lectures are available online. Maybe not the most engaging class I've taken, but if you're looking for a way to fill your math/science requirements that doesn't require a whole lot of outside work or memorization, this class is a valid option.

This class is almost zero effort, you go to class for learning catalytics, which you don't even need to get the questions right to get full points. All the tests and quizzes are online, open notes, and "open web" in the words of professor Kelley. We are supposed to read but 95% of the class doesn't. You do not even need to go to this class to pull a B+ as long as you look at the power points. It's an extremely boring class but no work, so if that's what you're looking for, take this class.

This class is super boring and I never did any of the work for it. It would be an easy A if his reading quizzes weren't so tricky/hard

EASY A. Take this class. There are 3 open book tests which are super easy. There are also weekly quizzes that are open book. The book is online as a PDF and is FREE. I recommend the control F feature when taking tests. The in class questions are for participation only not accuracy. He posts recordings of the class on collab and part of the PowerPoint presentations. I skip class, leave every class early at the 5 minute break and still have an A. There are also multiple EXTRA CREDIT assignments that take less than 20 minutes to do. I got a 105% on the 2nd test.

I took this class to help get rid of a math/science requirement. I would suggest it if you are not a math/science person! There are 3 tests... all online and open note/internet and you have a week to take them. He has curved all of them. There are also weekly reading quizzes, so you do have do skim the readings, but if you go to class you will be fine. Class is also easy to skip when you need to because you can take the learning catalytics questions anywhere that you have internet access. There are about 3-4 questions at the beginning of every class that count as a participation grade, instead of having location based clicker questions. Would highly recommend!