David West

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.

Mineralogy has been so much fun - highly recommend to any ecsc major/minor students interested in hard rock/geochem topics. Dave is awesome and super fair grader - expect frequent lab quizes and a few difficult exams, but overall so worth the effort put in to study. Hardly any homework aside form working on cumulative project.