EVSC 2010

Shiflet is great! Class is optional but if you miss 4 or less you get 30 bonus points, and I'd recommend going to make sure you understand the topics, especially if you're not a science/engineering person. The material isn't that inter-connected but he makes it interesting with lots of videos. He's really helpful if you have questions. Some effort is required, but if you're looking for an easy A, this is the class for you.

Grading is generous and the material is actually pretty interesting.

Classes are very fun and interesting. You learn different things you never would have thought of! Professor Shiflet knows the material very well. He tries to not bore the class by integrating materials that are related to your everyday lives! 3 exams, no final. Take the class!

Best class ever, so easy take it. Some work prior to tests, but just come to class take fairly decent notes and study the shizz out of them before tests and you'll be fine.

While it has gotten more difficult in recent years, it is still a relatively easy class. The material isn't the most interesting, but it can be pretty practical sometimes. Pretty much no reading until right before the exams. If you go to class, get your extra points, and read the notes, you'll be fine.

Easy, straightforward class. Took it for a GPA booster. Material can be mildly interesting at times.

Take this class! It's a guaranteed easy A, especially for science majors. You can miss up to 4 classes and still get 30 extra credit points. Just pay attention in class, do the practice tests (no need to do the reading), and make the time to go to office hours to ask any questions before each exam (there are 4 and no final). Not to mention Professor Shiflet is a great and interesting professor worth getting to know!

easy to get a 90 or higher on each test, just study a few days before and try to attend a majority of the lectures. overall, its a great class.

Don't be fooled by this class!!!! Everyone says its an easy A but if you're not great at science, it is pretty difficult. Things like phase diagrams can be really difficult if you haven't seen or worked with them before. Plus, the fact that everything seems pretty basic on the surface is very discouraging, especially given the difficulty of the exams. The one positive thing is that you get bonus points for going to class, just about the only thing that saves all of the non-science people like me.

Shiflet is boring. I mean really boring. I can see how this would be tough for non-science majors; he does a terrible job of explaining basic chemistry...but having a science background also didn't help too much... the whole class is on metallurgy and how strong iron is compared to bronze/stone/alloys. So knowing something like stoichiometry doesnt do any good...he covers types of bonding (covalent, ionic, etc...) but it's very basic. I thought the last exam on multi-element phase diagrams was the toughest...so make sure to give yourself a cushion in case you do poorly on the last exam.

With that said, I studied probably 3-5 hours the night before each test and ended up with an exam average in the high 80's and because I attended class, I got 10 points added to my final grade so getting an A is relatively easy. If I had the choice of taking the class again, I probably wouldn't. You don't learn much and it's not an enjoyable class.