The professor is genuinely a nice guy. I had no problem approaching him for questions, and he does manage to make his lectures interesting.

The class itself, however, is not an easy GE. I found his midterms/finals to be very specific in terms of the questions asked. Labs are easy enough to do well on, and the lab final was pretty easy.

The book has so much more extra information than is needed, but I feel like if you read the book without going to lecture, you'd do fine. Everything is podcasted so you don't have to attend.

There are definitely easier Science GE's than this class. Go take the class on dinosaurs, or solar systems, A&O 1, or Astro 5.

Upon reading these reviews, I was under the impression that this would be an easy GE for a north campus major. FALSE.
The only people who think this class is a cakewalk are South Campus. You'd think Oceanography is about dolphins, whales, and interesting material, right? FALSE. It's plate tectonics and wave movements.

The first midterm is relatively easy if you can get old tests because he recycles questions. The second midterm is a struggle. The final is even worse. He asks very specific questions.

Advice: If you do take this class, don't bother going to lecture. He posts everything online. Don't even bother reading the textbook because it's frivolous information. Get old tests from people who took the class. Take your notes from his lecture slides. Do well on the lab quizzes. That's all you need to do well.

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The material is dry and boring,but professor is nice and bring interesting stuff to class. Anyone in need of new textbook for this class,please email me at *************

He is a definitely a good teacher and makes lecture interesting. And tests are not difficult as long as you pay attention on lecture.

I took this class hoping that it would be an overall study of marine biology, but it's actually more about the earth, oceans, wind patterns, weather, etc. and doesn't go much into marine bio until the 8th or 9th week. The material can often be dry, but the prof. is really good about making you understand the material. The midterms weren't easy, but they were definitely doable and I achieved an A- strictly through studying my notes and not reading the book. The prof. cares about the students and always offers help via email or office hours. Some students even ask questions immediately after lecture and he takes the time to answer them. Most students attend lecture, but fridays are always empty. You could easily get away with skipping a few lectures but I think it helps to take notes on what he says in addition to the slides. His slides are pretty good, but I do recommend at least skimming the book because it tends to go into more detail. Labs are easy, no big deal.

Pretty cool prof. Approachable and very informed. Slides used in powerpoints make use beautifully graphed data, models, and video, etc. Also brings cool stuff to class.

if you want an easy GE, take this class. The midterms are really straightforward and alot of people finished with about 15 minutes or more leftover. Reading the book and going over his power points should easily be enough for a B+ but going to his lecture is also helpful. Alot of the multiple choice questions on his midterms reappear from old midterms so going to the test bank will help. The only annoying thing about this class is the labs but the quizzes given during lab were pretty simple. Schauble knows his stuff and he teaches it well so this class has my recomendation.

This class is not an easy GE in my opinion.

First off, when I signed up for the class I expected it to be interesting, after all it is oceanography. With that said, lectures are extremely boring. It was impossible for me to stay awake. He tries his best to make it interesting most of the time but the material is just boring.

The course requires a lot of work. There is a quiz every week for the lab and you need to TAKE THOSE SERIOUSLY! I did not and therefore my grade in the course sucked badd! So study for the quizzes no matter how simple they might sound b/c the questions are very specific.

READ THE BOOK! It doesnt matter if you go to lectures or not because they are not so helpful and everything is online anyway. But the lecture slides don't help either. All you need to do is read the book and you'll be good because the midterms/final ask very specific questions. STUDY HARD!

He has review sessions before the midterms and finals and he is always willing to help you and answer your questions so go to the review sessions because they are helpful and sometimes he reveals some topics that are on the test.

Another great thing is that he gives a lot of extra credit opportunities and they are easy! You need to go to a seminar and write a summary on it. Piece of cake so take advantage of that and do it!!

If you are taking the class, take it seriously, do the readings, and study hard! Its not easy so good luck!

Not a hard class at all. Read the book, go to lectures and you'll be fine. Professor's always willing to answer questions and accept input, and does so kindly. He tries to make concepts, whenever possible, relevant to California. (This often manifests itself in the tests, so beware.)

Also, I'd really suggest going to the test review sessions. They're in Q&A format (students ask questions and he answers them) so it may not seem that helpful, but I found each time he went over something specifically that ended up on a test (mostly as free response).

My worst grade was on the lab final and my grades on the lab quizes did drop pretty sharply towards the end. This is due to a combo of the material and tests getting harder along with my studying even less.

I didn't study AT ALL for the final and skipped all of the week 8 lectures, but I still got an A on the final and in the class. I did read all of the book (except towards the end, to be honest) and it seemed like a lot of the people who didn't were the ones having a hard time.

(I had Jonathan Cheng for the lab section and I'd highly recommend him if you don't know who to choose.)