Matthew Dickerson

Professor Dickerson was extremely passionate about the course material and often shared his enthusiasm with the class in unique ways. Much of our time was spent outside exploring local rivers and streams and writing our observations; on one occasion we even went on an excursion to get ice cream. The class and the writing assignments were loosely structured, but grading was more than fair and we never had any exams.

Professor Dickerson was extremely passionate about the course material and often shared his enthusiasm with the class in unique ways. Much of our time was spent outside exploring local rivers and streams and writing our observations; on one occasion we even went on an excursion to get ice cream. The class and the writing assignments …Read more

Professor Dickerson is the perfect fit for this class. He has strong knowledge of the language and of random biology related concepts. The class uses Netlogo, which is a weird language, but easy enough to use when you get used to it. The classes can feel very long, but the projects can be fun. Class grading is very homework dependent. Homework is worth a large part of the grade, but as long as you put the effort in (especially with commenting) you'll make it.

Professor Dickerson is the perfect fit for this class. He has strong knowledge of the language and of random biology related concepts. The class uses Netlogo, which is a weird language, but easy enough to use when you get used to it. The classes can feel very long, but the projects can be fun. Class grading is very homework dependent …Read more

Professor Dickerson was very passionate about rivers and new a great amount about them. He cared for his students greatly and was accommodating to needs. The class was discussion based on different river based readings and there was 3 papers self narrative style.