Assistant Professor
Geoscience
PHD 2013 Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
100.0% of students reported.
Nice professor, good lectures, but she curved the class in the wrong direction at the end. My A became an AB. I mean I understand due to alot of high scores, but surely they know this is a gen ed course in which people are looking for an A. Advice: Get all the points you can in case this event happens, put some effort in just incase.
Lectures were not only boring but didn't support growth. We ran through slideshows for a hour every lecture with horrible material. Class is graded very easily, but I can honestly say I learned nothing. My TA was genuinely the worst TA I've had yet at UW. Frankly, an entire waste of my time.
I loved this class!! I learned a lot over the semester and it wasn't too hard at all. Chloe was really engaging and funny and I would def take another class of hers in the future. Most of the grade was weekly online quizzes that were easy if you paid attention in the lecture.
Dr. Bonamici is passionate about GeoSci, which helps in enjoyment of the class. For a 100-level class, it's an easy science credit to take. No exams, just pre-class questions, weekly quizzes, and participation points. Labs are most the taxing thing you'll do in the course, bc they build upon lecture/textbook material. Definitely take this class!
Professor B is an overall nice professor. She is passionate about the subject and makes the content easy to understand in lectures. Geosci 100 has no exams. Your grade is based on weekly quizzes and labs. But she tends to make the weekly quizzes unnecessarily tricky so if you pay attention and take notes in lecture, you'll probably be fine.
I had Chloe for ERTH 380 (Geochemistry) & 390 (IG & Met Petrology) and it was the worst college class experience ever. Her lectures were organized and clear however she seemed (and at times was) unwilling to help you if you didnt understand. Our class for 390 collectively did poorly and she was so mad and called us pathetic.
Geosci 100 is a pretty easy class to begin with, and her lectures were very well organized. They followed the structure of the textbook pretty well, so if you took notes before hand, you only needed to fill in a few extra notes. No exams, just online quizzes and 'labs' during discussion. The lecture I took had 2 profs, the other one wasn't as good.
1) Told the entirety of the class they were "pathetic" for the class average on her midterm. 2) Delivered material CRITICAL to completing an assignment worth 20% of our grade 3-4 days before due date. 3) Rarely available, zero tutors, difficult to approach. If you need a course with her, prepare to teach yourself. Put life on hold.