Never thought that astronomy can be so much fun - a must-take class!

If you are a very North Campus person looking for an easy way to complete one of your physical science GEs, look no further than EPSS 9 with Professor Jewitt! He is a great professor and super famous for his scientific contributions (professors like him are part of the reason we should be proud to go to UCLA) and the lectures are pretty interesting, especially when he starts ranting, but you don't really have to go to them and I skipped quite a few. I failed both of the midterms (the average was a D and F) but then I memorized the questions he gave us for the final, did the extra credits, showed up to discussion each week and got an A. Even though what I learned in this class has nothing to do with what I'm going to study in the future, it was still cool and I highly recommend EPSS 9!

Professor Jewitt is a god amongst men. Seriously, this guy is a leader in his field and literally proved Pluto isn't a planet through his discoveries. But he still goes out of his way to make the class enjoyable. The lecture slides are posted online; since a lot of them consist of simple bullets or miscellaneous pictures/graphs, you need to attend lecture to get the necessary context. The discussions are very straight-forward and open with a quiz reviewing the previous week's material. Jewitt values students learning the material without worrying about their grades, so he offers a crazy amount of extra credit throughout the quarter. The midterm is pretty specific, but if you took half-decent notes and factor in the extra credit, you'll be fine. He also pulls a good portion of the final from list of review questions he hands out a week in advance. If you get stressed out during your quarter, it won't be because of this class.

I took this class as a science GE and it didn't disappoint! There are so many opportunities for extra credit and even though the midterms are difficult you can get a good grade in the class! He is a very cool professor that has discovered many important objects in space.

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If you are looking for an easy GE look no further this is the one! You do not have to go to lecture, but there is a weekly lab section with easy labs. He offeres a ridiculous amount of extra credit. I failed the midterm and final (most people did), but I made a telescope in 20mins and got an A.

Previous reviewer hit it correctly. Professor is amazing, class overall is easy. The multiple choice midterms were hard, and I did get low grades on those. No worries though since there is a ton of extra credit stuff the prof. hands out. We had to go to Griffith observatory and even build a telescope among others to get extra credit. I think the extra credit stuff amounted to 20-25% of the overall grade. The final was also easy since he gives you the questions beforehand. I also got a perfect score in the final and an A+ in the class. Going to class sometimes was kinda boring though, but powerpoints were posted anyways so I didn't really miss that much, although I wouldn't recommend missing a lot of classes since the professor also talks about some stuff not really found on the powerpoints.

I didn't find the class as interesting as others did, but the class is easy and the professor is great. There's a lot of extra credit opportunity. The midterms were tough so I was worried about my grade, but he gave us the questions to the final so I got a 100% and passed with A+. You have to go to discussions for lab but not lectures.

Jewitt is the man! Lecture is not necessary, but I went to every single one because Jewitt is so interesting and passionate about the subject. He gives you a list of questions the class before the final, then picks about 40 of them for the actual final. It's pretty much a race who can fill out their scantron the fastest...I got a 100% on it!

You watch BBC movies in the class which star Jewitt...he's a giant in the science community. Section was also pretty fun...both TAs are always looking to help. There is a ton of extra credit offered and I ended up with an A+ in the class.

Take ESS9--you will not regret it!

A great professor. I am so glad that I have him this quarter. His homework assignments are easy and interesting. He gives out questions before the final and picks about 40 of them as final. So if you are prepared well, the only thing you need to do during the final is fill out your scamtron. I think many people did well.

Great, humorous professor. he gives interesting homework and extra credits,too.

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