David West

Professor West is a great professor. The course material is mostly taught in class in lectures and most of the time spent out of class is for short readings or working on papers. You take away a lot from this class yet it's not overbearing.

Mineralogy is awesome, and Dave West is one of the best to ever teach it. Dave's class structure is very organized, and he has a lot of enthusiasm for the material. The exams were very manageable, and the final project at the end was pretty fun! One of the highlights of this course is using the SEM machine in the basement to analyze rock chemistry. If you are an ECSC major, definitely take this class!

Mineralogy is awesome, and Dave West is one of the best to ever teach it. Dave's class structure is very organized, and he has a lot of enthusiasm for the material. The exams were very manageable, and the final project at the end was pretty fun! One of the highlights of this course is using the SEM machine in the basement to analyze …Read more

great course. useful info and a true gem for science requirement. there were 2 tests, and 3 essays / refletction papers during the semester. you can redo one of the reflection papers for a better grade.