EVSC 2010

This class was not a lot of work except for the actual tests. I took this class after reading the reviews for the Spring 2018 and 2017 and something must have changed because these exams were HARD. They seemed irrelevant and although they were open book and open note, the questions were phrased oddly. The curve for the class was nonexistent even when he promised it and instead of changing each exam to fit a curve he just changed the final grade. He kept changing how our grade would be calculated which was very annoying and was unclear about how to do better. Although he was entertaining, this class is not an easy A because something must have changed.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! Do not be deceived into thinking it is an easier science class like me. It definitely could have been interesting and fun (like past reviews), but this semester it was so hard and the test questions were so specific!!!! Even though I went to every single class and studied a lot it was very difficult.

Amazing class because of the amazing professor. Kelly is SO passionate about what he teaches and created a great classroom atmosphere. We would have open note weekly reading quizzes that were super easy (get the online pdf so you can just control F the words) and exams were also online open note open book. Exams were a little tricky but not bad and he would give points back. Lectures were taped so you didn't have to go but I would suggest going just because he was so entertaining. Boring material but he really made that class worthwhile!

Professor Kelly is a great professor who was very engaging in lecture, and spent a lot of time covering topics which the class felt were confusing which I really appreciated. However, the material was often pretty boring, which made it hard to pay attention during lecture. The weekly quizzes were fairly easy, especially if you read the reading for the week. HOWEVER, the tests were very hard, even while they were open note. Overall, if you are just trying to fulfill your science requirements, there are easier and more interesting classes you can take to do so.

On paper, this class didn't sound very interesting to me at first - I figured that I would take it to cover some requirements. However, after the first few lectures I had completely changed my mind. Professor Kelly is an engaging lecturer who clearly cares a lot about what he teaches. Make sure you read the textbook - a lot of questions in the reading quizzes and exams were not mentioned in the lecture. Overall, great course from a great professor.

Kelly is funny and nice, but due to the class content, it was very difficult (for me at least) to stay engaged with his lectures. Listening to information about steel and aluminum is all you do in this class. I took this because I thought it would be an easy A, but I did have to put in work to get an A. The course is also dual enrollment with MSE students, so Kelly tailored it to be engineering heavy, or at least expecting a background knowledge of chemistry or physics.