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Alan Carroll

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Raw average: 3.80/5 from 20 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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ENVIRST/GEOSCI 411
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Gives very informative lectures with a few jokes sprinkled in. Quiz questions are taken from a bank of questions which is available ahead of time. Overall, a very solid choice.
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ENVIRST/GEOSCI 411
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Graded on Midterm, Final, and one paper. Exam questions taken from study question test bank. Reading, study material, and lectures are useful. Professor Carroll is very nice, funny, and very approachable. Highly Reccomend
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ENVIRST/GEOSCI 411
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
I love his dry humor. He is a cool guy and its an easy A. He wrote his own book for the class and he threw some jokes in it. Love him.
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GEO411 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Pretty funny guy and his lectures are easy to follow. You're only graded on two exams and weekly quizzes that you get two attempts on. There's a lot of material to memorize, but it's a super simple class and relatively little work to be done. No homework.
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GEO411 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 1/5
Fine professor, nice guy and pretty funny, lot of G rated humor. Knows his material. Only grades are tests (make sure to review for tests), once a week multiple choice online quizzes you get two attempts at, and class participation via TopHat. Easy to fall asleep in lecture but you don't miss much. Blow-off class
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