David West

Primarily paper-based, going over specifics of what we learned in the last few classes. He breaks down each section into manageable pieces and goes over nearly all the content twice. No surprises on the exams and he gives unlimited time.

This class is amazing and one of the best courses I've taken at Middlebury. Dave is an incredible professor and he has so much enthusiasm for the work. This class elevated my understanding of bedrock geology and plate tectonics, and it is super interesting. Be prepared for a lot of work in this class, but its worth it!

Geo evo with dave is an awesome course even if it can be a fair amount of work. It is a great core course for the major and I see why they make it that way, but if you don't need it for the requirement this class is probably too much work. Dave does a great job teaching and giving feedback on report writing as well which makes up nearly all of the work outside class. All of the info we learn is super useful in geology too which is great.

Geo evo with dave is an awesome course even if it can be a fair amount of work. It is a great core course for the major and I see why they make it that way, but if you don't need it for the requirement this class is probably too much work. Dave does a great job teaching and giving feedback on report writing as well which makes up nea …Read more