David West

This course was an interesting and engaging way to learn about the natural environment. I liked how the class connected scientific concepts to real examples from Vermont’s forests, lakes, and wildlife. The course helped me better understand how ecosystems function and how human activity affects them. Overall, it was a valuable class that made ecology feel practical and relevant.

I loved this class, even though the labs very sometimes very difficult and long. David West is a fantastic teacher, and as someone is had not take a lot of rock classes before this, I learned so much even though I was lacking basic background sometimes. Labs were so fun and though were sometimes very in depth, Dave made it very easy to learn. The lab write ups require very good notes from the lab fieldwork and the final lab write up is long but if you start it early, you'll be fine. Great class, really had a lot of fun.

I loved this class, even though the labs very sometimes very difficult and long. David West is a fantastic teacher, and as someone is had not take a lot of rock classes before this, I learned so much even though I was lacking basic background sometimes. Labs were so fun and though were sometimes very in depth, Dave made it very easy …Read more

Best class in the major. Super effective field based learning, and incredibly gratifying report writing that brings together everything you learned in the class right at the end. Dave is an excellent teacher and really knows his stuff, and is jsut super psyched to get outside and show you what's going on. Highly recommend.