GE CLST 70A
Evolution of Cosmos and Life
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course 70A is enforced requisite to 70B, which is enforced requisite to 70CW or 70DW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Use of concept of evolution, as it applies to biological organisms, Earth, solar system, and universe itself, to introduce students to both life and physical sciences. Examination of evolution of universe, galaxy, solar system, and Earth. Letter grading.
Units: 6.0
Units: 6.0
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Fall 2025 - This was the first quarter this cluster did not have their quizzes online and it was heinous. The questions were derived from the most niche slide of one of five 100 page slideshows that we had to understand instead of being focused on the concepts learned in those lectures. I thought I understood what the lecturers were explaining but I would get to the quiz and forget to memorize how many asteroids greater than 1 km in size are located in the Kuiper Belt. It is 10^6 by the way. The material of this class could be interesting if it was not so intimidating to be tested on the way the professors created the quizzes. I would take this cluster for the GEs it gives you but brace yourself if they continue giving quizzes this way.
Fall 2025 - This was the first quarter this cluster did not have their quizzes online and it was heinous. The questions were derived from the most niche slide of one of five 100 page slideshows that we had to understand instead of being focused on the concepts learned in those lectures. I thought I understood what the lecturers were explaining but I would get to the quiz and forget to memorize how many asteroids greater than 1 km in size are located in the Kuiper Belt. It is 10^6 by the way. The material of this class could be interesting if it was not so intimidating to be tested on the way the professors created the quizzes. I would take this cluster for the GEs it gives you but brace yourself if they continue giving quizzes this way.
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