Quantitative Methods for Geoscience
QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR GEOSCIENCE teaches practical MATLAB programming and data analysis skills for geoscience applications.
Summary
Historical reviews of Kurt Feigl: The course focuses on MATLAB usage, requiring students to learn coding from scratch to gain a good grasp of the basics.
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Prerequisites
Course mapMATH 222, graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students
- MATH 222
- graduate/professional standing
- member of Engineering Guest Students
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- MATH 222
- graduate/professional standing
- member of Engineering Guest Students
Professors
Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical instructor Kurt Feigl taught a quantitative methods course focused on MATLAB, which reviewers found useful for learning coding basics even without prior experience. He was noted for being helpful in answering questions and aiding student understanding.
KURT FEIGL is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2023, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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the class
Historical reviews of Kurt Feigl: Dr. Feigl's quantitative methods course is highly useful, teaching MATLAB basics effectively even to students with no prior coding experience.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2018: 3.61 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Kurt Feigl: The course focuses on MATLAB usage, requiring students to learn coding from scratch to gain a good grasp of the basics.
Historical reviews of Kurt Feigl: Dr. Feigl is consistently helpful in answering questions and ensuring students understand the material, making the class a positive experience.
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