David West

Dave is one of the best and sweetest professors here. He is clearly very interested in the material he is teaching and tries to make his students interested in it to (as this is an introductory course). There is hardly any homework assigned, aside from reflection papers and field lab reports. He says the exams are based on lecture material and this is true, making it very easy to study for his exams with only your notes. He is also very inviting for questions or discussions after class/during his office hours.

Dave is one of the best and sweetest professors here. He is clearly very interested in the material he is teaching and tries to make his students interested in it to (as this is an introductory course). There is hardly any homework assigned, aside from reflection papers and field lab reports. He says the exams are based on lecture ma …Read more

Dave is a wonderful, down to earth professor who is very enthusiastic about this course. He is very accommodating and flexible. He is quick to respond to emails and always open to meet with students. The two less-great aspects of this course where 1. the lectures are very repetitive, especially with the readings and 2. the writing assignments prompts are often up loaded fairly close to the due date. That being said this course was very enjoyable and I would highly recommend.

Dave is a wonderful, down to earth professor who is very enthusiastic about this course. He is very accommodating and flexible. He is quick to respond to emails and always open to meet with students. The two less-great aspects of this course where 1. the lectures are very repetitive, especially with the readings and 2. the writing as …Read more

I would say that the great parts of this course are Dave West and the fieldwork/labs. Dave is very knowledgable, easy to approach, and incredibly helpful. We have a few papers throughout the semester but they are short and about things we go over thoroughly in class. This class is very slow-paced. Each lecture covers lots of review from the previous lecture before moving on to anything new which slows it down considerably.

I would say that the great parts of this course are Dave West and the fieldwork/labs. Dave is very knowledgable, easy to approach, and incredibly helpful. We have a few papers throughout the semester but they are short and about things we go over thoroughly in class. This class is very slow-paced. Each lecture covers lots of review f …Read more