EPS SCI 15
Blue Planet: Introduction to Oceanography
Description: Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two hours. Not open for credit to students with credit for or currently enrolled in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 25. General introduction to geological, physical, chemical, and biological processes and history of Earth's global ocean system. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Pros: *Engaging lecturer, really funny *VERY WELL ORGANIZED *Pretty funny *Great at explaining things and connecting them to life. Cons: *Labs are both useless/timewasters and really informative. I don't know how to explain it. *Aurnou doesn't care about you, at all. You will get precisely the grade that you have earned. *The tests are harder than you think they'll be *DO NOT BOTHER buying any textbooks. He doesn't use them, it's a waste of money. *He does not test on anything that is relevant, instead choosing to test on silly facts that only test whether you paid exceptional attention to him.
Pros: *Engaging lecturer, really funny *VERY WELL ORGANIZED *Pretty funny *Great at explaining things and connecting them to life. Cons: *Labs are both useless/timewasters and really informative. I don't know how to explain it. *Aurnou doesn't care about you, at all. You will get precisely the grade that you have earned. *The tests are harder than you think they'll be *DO NOT BOTHER buying any textbooks. He doesn't use them, it's a waste of money. *He does not test on anything that is relevant, instead choosing to test on silly facts that only test whether you paid exceptional attention to him.
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Spring 2020 - Overall, this class was ok. The way the midterms, final, and quizzes were worded made things very tricky. Also, I felt at times that if I didn't have an environmental science background, I'd be struggling to keep up with his teaching. His prerecorded lectures took a long time but he was very generous in his extra credits (like previous comments it can make or break your grade). That being said, I highly recommend doing every extra credit opportunity possible. I do agree that he probably wasn't going to make accommodations for this class (due to BLM) until he was pressed by ucla to do so. Anyways, keep up with the lectures, know the lab stuff, do the quizzes and extra credits and you should be fine.
Spring 2020 - Overall, this class was ok. The way the midterms, final, and quizzes were worded made things very tricky. Also, I felt at times that if I didn't have an environmental science background, I'd be struggling to keep up with his teaching. His prerecorded lectures took a long time but he was very generous in his extra credits (like previous comments it can make or break your grade). That being said, I highly recommend doing every extra credit opportunity possible. I do agree that he probably wasn't going to make accommodations for this class (due to BLM) until he was pressed by ucla to do so. Anyways, keep up with the lectures, know the lab stuff, do the quizzes and extra credits and you should be fine.
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Fall 2023 - So I am by no means a science person, so I hoped this would be an easy for my GE science lab credit. The reality is that this class is super easy to breeze through with a B+ or A-. Prof Schauble is super chill and he zooms all his lectures while presenting them in person so you if in case you miss them you're not missing a beat. The grade is solely on tests and lab attendance/quizzes. The tests are a breeze to get around 80% every single time. The curve basically gifts you no lower than a B every test but there is no curve once you get 85% and above. To actually get a A or A+ in this class you gotta memorize a reasonable but still annoying amount of material for trivia like questions to get almost all of them right. The toughness of the lab grade and weekly quizzes honestly depends on your TA but mine was chill and it was the easiest 100% you can fathom.
Fall 2023 - So I am by no means a science person, so I hoped this would be an easy for my GE science lab credit. The reality is that this class is super easy to breeze through with a B+ or A-. Prof Schauble is super chill and he zooms all his lectures while presenting them in person so you if in case you miss them you're not missing a beat. The grade is solely on tests and lab attendance/quizzes. The tests are a breeze to get around 80% every single time. The curve basically gifts you no lower than a B every test but there is no curve once you get 85% and above. To actually get a A or A+ in this class you gotta memorize a reasonable but still annoying amount of material for trivia like questions to get almost all of them right. The toughness of the lab grade and weekly quizzes honestly depends on your TA but mine was chill and it was the easiest 100% you can fathom.
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Spring 2025 - Honestly I didn't really enjoy the content, but it was an easy A. Professor Treude is definitely not the most engaging lecturer, but she is nice. The grading for this class has changed since the last time the class was offered. The extra credit is now 10% and apart of your grade if you decide to do it (takes 2.5% off the other categories). This makes every other category worth 22.5%, which you should be able to max out except for maybe the lab final. This class definitely has a lot of content and realistically should be split into two if you account for lecture content. The midterm and final are both tested on lecture content, but are super easy because they are open note and done asynchronously (recommend using the summary/last slide of each slide deck). The lab final (only exam that is in-person) is only tested on lab content (readings + worksheets) which doesn't make it too bad, but there are definitely a lot of concepts to remember (just take notes on the readings and do the worksheets to do well). Don't feel worried if you don't know anything by week 9, the lab final is curved anyways and you can easily cram it a couple days before. Other than that, I definitely recommend for a GPA booster.
Spring 2025 - Honestly I didn't really enjoy the content, but it was an easy A. Professor Treude is definitely not the most engaging lecturer, but she is nice. The grading for this class has changed since the last time the class was offered. The extra credit is now 10% and apart of your grade if you decide to do it (takes 2.5% off the other categories). This makes every other category worth 22.5%, which you should be able to max out except for maybe the lab final. This class definitely has a lot of content and realistically should be split into two if you account for lecture content. The midterm and final are both tested on lecture content, but are super easy because they are open note and done asynchronously (recommend using the summary/last slide of each slide deck). The lab final (only exam that is in-person) is only tested on lab content (readings + worksheets) which doesn't make it too bad, but there are definitely a lot of concepts to remember (just take notes on the readings and do the worksheets to do well). Don't feel worried if you don't know anything by week 9, the lab final is curved anyways and you can easily cram it a couple days before. Other than that, I definitely recommend for a GPA booster.
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Winter 2021 - Oh my was this class easy. No tests, quizzes, exams. Just lecture notes that you can copy off the slides, chapter reading notes, a weekly lab assignment, 3 "lecture assignments", and a final video project. The lecture assignments were super easy, which involved either taking notes on a video, or answering a few questions from a large list such as definitions or converting from Celsius to Fahrenheit. This class required very minimal effort and is the easiest A I have gotten since middle school. Do anything you can to take this class.
Winter 2021 - Oh my was this class easy. No tests, quizzes, exams. Just lecture notes that you can copy off the slides, chapter reading notes, a weekly lab assignment, 3 "lecture assignments", and a final video project. The lecture assignments were super easy, which involved either taking notes on a video, or answering a few questions from a large list such as definitions or converting from Celsius to Fahrenheit. This class required very minimal effort and is the easiest A I have gotten since middle school. Do anything you can to take this class.
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