[{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:00.616544+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxOTA5Nzc5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626923","instructor_name":"Annie Bauer","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2025-11-20 01:57:54 +0000 UTC","comment":"Dr. Baur has interesting lectures and is willing to help. She is willing to help you understand concepts in office hours which her counterpart is not. Her lectures are engaging but she talks very fast.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626923","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:00.616544+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwNDQ4MjMw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626923","instructor_name":"Annie Bauer","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2024-12-28 01:02:23 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Bauer did a careful job making the points clear. I enjoyed the class and her lectures ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626923","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:00.616544+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwMTE4MDE0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626923","instructor_name":"Annie Bauer","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2024-12-05 17:48:08 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Bauer and Zoet co-taught my class, and there was a big difference between the two. Annies lectures were hard to understand and very much more difficult to process and take notes on. I would not recommend to take her class, it is not as  is advertised as an \"easy science for non science major\" Bauer made it so much harder than it should be","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626923","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:00.616544+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4OTczMTcz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626923","instructor_name":"Annie Bauer","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2024-02-13 21:02:48 +0000 UTC","comment":"I went into the course thinking I would enjoy a class on national parks, but it ended up being overall stressful because of all the different topics that are covered in such a short time period. It heavily relies on memorization, but the exams were luckily MC. Two professors taught this class and I preferred Prof. Zoet, but that's just my opinion!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626923","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:00.616544+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MjgzOTcy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626923","instructor_name":"Annie Bauer","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2023-01-04 20:21:53 +0000 UTC","comment":"There were two professors for this class, and I preferred Bauer a bit more. Knew what she was talking about and answered every question that was asked in lecture. Interesting lectures. I did take Geosci100, which definitely helped me, class would've been harder if I didn't have the basics down already. Exams more difficult than they should be.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626923","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:00.616544+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MDI0MTg5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626923","instructor_name":"Annie Bauer","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2022-12-08 05:22:09 +0000 UTC","comment":"If you are interested in this course, don't let other reviews scare you.  I always looked forward to attending lectures, found them very interesting, and feel like I learned a ton over the semester.  Professor Bauer is very kind and knowledgeable, and clearly has lots of experience in the field, making her a great source for further questions.  ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626923","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:00.616544+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NTUyNDMz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626923","instructor_name":"Annie Bauer","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2021-12-16 04:53:03 +0000 UTC","comment":"I didn't find this class to be as difficult as many are saying. It's online, so quizzes and exams were easy enough if you knew where to find answers, never once did I study or stress for an exam. Overall I found it pretty interesting and I learned a lot.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626923","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:00.616544+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NTQ5NDk4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626923","instructor_name":"Annie Bauer","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2021-12-16 02:19:01 +0000 UTC","comment":"This is the hardest class I have ever taken. Dr. Bauer is very clearly proficient in geology, but her class is not suited for an "elementary" level course. A lot of effort was put into succeeding, but nothing paid off. I would not recommend this course for anyone who does not plan to use geology in their future.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626923","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:00.616544+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NTI2MDk3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626923","instructor_name":"Annie Bauer","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2021-12-14 23:17:32 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class is almost impossible. I did everything for this class, I watched all lecture videos, took notes, and reached out for help when needed and I still did terrible on almost all tests/quizzes. I do not recommend this class if you don't need to take it.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626923","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:00.616544+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1Mjg5NTEx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626923","instructor_name":"Annie Bauer","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2021-11-23 02:00:24 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class was so hard for no reason. I thought I would take it for fun coupled with the harder intermediate courses I was taking. I watched all the lectures, took detailed notes, and completed the study guides. I still would get Cs on every test. I never once got 100% on a test or quiz. Also the lectures are hard to follow.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626923","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:00.616544+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1Mjg1OTk3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626923","instructor_name":"Annie Bauer","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2021-11-22 17:10:48 +0000 UTC","comment":"For a 100 level course, this might be the most unnecessarily hard class for no reason. You could go from getting a 9/10 on the quiz and have studied the material, watched all the lectures, done all the reading and still get a D or F on the test, which by the way, is most of the averages on the exams. If you are taking this class for fun, don't.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626923","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:00.616544+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1MjMwNjkw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626923","instructor_name":"Annie Bauer","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2021-11-12 15:03:25 +0000 UTC","comment":"This was the hardest class I've taken in college. I thought this would be an easy and interesting 100-level course, but I read/watch everything, take notes, and for some reason started with an A but have been getting Fs or Cs on the most recent quizzes - which you have every week. This class caused so much unnecessary stress - do not take it.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626923","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:00.616544+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0NTU4MTc1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626923","instructor_name":"Annie Bauer","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2021-04-15 20:13:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"Annie is nice but her class was painfully hard. I was initially excited for the course because it covered National Parks but I found myself so stressed that I never enjoyed the content. The quizzes/exams are atrocious. I always watched lecture, went to office hours, asked her for advice, etc. but still got D's every time. Tears were shed.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626923","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:00.616544+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0MTczMDEy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626923","instructor_name":"Annie Bauer","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2020-12-22 04:32:31 +0000 UTC","comment":"I would not recommend Prof. Bauer's GS109 class, particularly in an online format. For an elementary level class, it was extremely difficult and the lectures seemed disjointed, trying to pack a LOT of content into a short window. I did appreciate that she made herself available outside of class to answer questions, and she was very kind.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626923","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:47:58.837227+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxMzI2OTUz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:941758","instructor_name":"Clark Johnson","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2019-02-01 07:00:29 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof Johnson was an incredibly engaging lecturer. The class wasn't too hard, but you've gotta but in a few nights of studying before each midterm if you wanna pass.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/941758","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:47:58.837227+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxMjk0NDcy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:941758","instructor_name":"Clark Johnson","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2019-01-23 05:31:24 +0000 UTC","comment":"Liked his lectures but felt the tests were created in a way that made it hard to study at times, since it wasn't always easy to know what would be on the exams.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/941758","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:22:39.033967+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMTQ4Nzc3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626922","instructor_name":"Lucas Zoet","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2025-12-10 17:42:09 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Zoet is one of the clearest instructors I've had at UW. His lectures are well organized and full of real-world examples that make the material easy to connect with. The quiz and exam questions were taken straight from the lecture slides, which were provided.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626922","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:22:39.033967+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxOTA5Njkz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626922","instructor_name":"Lucas Zoet","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2025-11-20 01:49:48 +0000 UTC","comment":"Does not care about his students. If you are preforming badly and attend office hours he will not help you. Enjoys seeing his students do poorly. The exam questions are worded difficultly and use terms like \"all EXCEPT\". Slides are frustrating to understand. No notes or assignments throughout the week but exams are extremely difficult.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626922","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:22:39.033967+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwNTE1OTUw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626922","instructor_name":"Lucas Zoet","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2025-01-09 15:02:16 +0000 UTC","comment":"Interesting class and Dr. Zoet did a good job delivering the material. The quizzes had some fairly random questions but you get three tries to complete them so it's pretty easy to get all the points.  Sometimes his lectures move quite slow. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626922","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:22:39.033967+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwMzg1MDE0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626922","instructor_name":"Lucas Zoet","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2024-12-19 19:57:07 +0000 UTC","comment":"Interesting class and Dr. Zoet delivers the material clearly. If you attend class the exams are fairly easy ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626922","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:22:39.033967+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwMTE4MDc0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626922","instructor_name":"Lucas Zoet","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2024-12-05 17:50:10 +0000 UTC","comment":"He was a great lecturer, and made the material easier to understand. The class is rather tough, so be prepared, especially when Annie Baur is co-teaching. Lukes lectures were much more class friendly and was more open to questions and in general a good lecturer ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626922","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:22:39.033967+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwMDMzNTUx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626922","instructor_name":"Lucas Zoet","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2024-11-26 01:49:15 +0000 UTC","comment":"Great professor and an interesting class. Lots of things were covered but easy if you go to class. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626922","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:22:39.033967+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5OTYzMjUx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626922","instructor_name":"Lucas Zoet","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2024-11-16 23:16:37 +0000 UTC","comment":"He is nice as well as he is very well educated.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626922","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:22:39.033967+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4MjY2NjUy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626922","instructor_name":"Lucas Zoet","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2023-10-11 12:55:46 +0000 UTC","comment":"I had a good experience in the National Parks class. Professor Zoet made geological concepts easy to understand and was available to answer questions to help clarify. The demonstrations during class were interesting. The quizzes make up 40% of the grade and were open note. I recommend this class to people looking for an intro class.  ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626922","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:22:39.033967+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4MjMyMjI3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626922","instructor_name":"Lucas Zoet","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2023-09-24 12:47:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"Was a good general class. Grading was easy and all the material is delivered in lecture. He makes the content easily understandable. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626922","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:22:39.033967+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4MjI3NjQw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626922","instructor_name":"Lucas Zoet","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2023-09-21 02:48:25 +0000 UTC","comment":"This is an interesting class and he keeps things pretty interesting. Quizzes are easy and the tests are not bad if you go to class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626922","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:22:39.033967+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MDI0MTA2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626922","instructor_name":"Lucas Zoet","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2022-12-08 05:15:22 +0000 UTC","comment":"I really did love this course and Professor Zoet did a great job teaching it. His lectures were clear and nice to take notes off of. The course is graded based on weekly quizzes and midterm exams that aren't too bad if you pay attention in lecture.  Attendance isn't mandatory but I missed few lectures solely because I looked forward to going :)","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626922","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:22:39.033967+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0MjI5MDUz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626922","instructor_name":"Lucas Zoet","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2021-01-03 18:14:53 +0000 UTC","comment":"Dr. Zoet posted about 2-3 hours of choppy & poorly organized lectures that were solely him talking over powerpoint slides. You NEVER know what the key concepts are for each unit. He'll ramble on about topics that will never appear on a single quiz or exam and then spend ten seconds on something there's five exam questions on.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626922","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:22:39.033967+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0MTczMDI1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2626922","instructor_name":"Lucas Zoet","course_label":"GEOSCI109","course_id":"GEOSCI 109","course_uid":"course_0911d463248b56fd56dfea6d","review_date":"2020-12-22 04:33:46 +0000 UTC","comment":"I would not recommend Prof. Zoet's GS109 class, particularly in an online format. For an elementary level class, it was extremely difficult and the lectures seemed disjointed, trying to pack a LOT of content into a short window. Professors are clearly knowledgeable and passionate about the content, but don't make it easy to understand.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2626922","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0}]