ASTR 1210

Eddie Murphy is the man. He loves astronomy and is incredibly enthusiastic about teaching, which is great in a big lecture course. It's pretty easy to get an A- and there are a lot of easy points to get throughout the semester. Ed is funny and his lectures can be engaging although some of the material can get dry. Tests aren't that hard, but he can trip you up if you're not careful.

Professor Murphy was an absolute delight. I could see this class being potentially boring but Murphy made it all very interesting and is an overall great guy.

Murphy is very enthusiastic. Its easy if you do the work.

One of my favorite classes so far. He knows his stuff, the course is not hard if you do the reviews for each chapter. I found the class fascinating.

Don't let people tell you this is an easy a class- it's not. It's really uninteresting material and a really unenjoyable class.

This class wasn't quite what I was hoping for it to be. Murphy is a really interesting lecturer and is clearly very passionate about his field. I liked that he used clicker questions to keep you involved. But, the material was just dry at best. I felt like it was more of a class in physics and geology rather than astronomy. You may think that this is going to be an easy A, but really you do need to study. Weekly homework, three quizzes, and final. Two astronomy labs per semester as well.

Very straightforward class. You didn't even have to read the book that much. There are 3 quizzes, 2 labs, hw, clicker questions, and a final. For the quizzes and final just make sure to go to the study area in mastering astronomy and do all the concept questions there for each chapter...Murphy likes to take a lot of his quiz and hw questions off of there. MAKE SURE you do well on hw, it is worth 1/5 of your grade, and don't expect a curve at all. You need at least 930/1000 to get an A. My friend got 929 and got an A-.

Not as easy as it sounds....great teacher though, he explains really well and obviously likes what he's teaching and wants you to like it too. But, I am not a science person and found some of the lectures kind of boring and the quizzes were harder than I expected. Lots of homework grades though that will help your average and a lot of the quiz questions are from the homeworks.

Like most 101-type courses the material can get a bit dry but Murphy uses i-clickers to keep you engaged and is a great lecturer, funny too! Do the homework well, it's worth a good chunk of the grade, and it will prepare you for the midterm and final. Learned a bunch, and the labs are very easy. This is an excellent course, especially for non-science majors looking to fulfill a requirement, hardly any math.

Definitely not an easy A if you don't go to class or do the reading. I'd say if you do either well, you'll be good to go