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DAVID LOVELACE

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 1 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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What students say

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GEOSCI 875
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Dr. Lovelace is a fantastic professor. He primarily does directed study classes, so you need to contact him if you want him. He cares a lot about his students. He also readily facilitates undergraduate student research (primarily with a paleontology bent).
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Classes with DAVID LOVELACE

GEOSCI 692

Senior Thesis

3–4 credits

GEOSCI 692 is a mentored individual research course for students completing a senior thesis.

No offering record · Spring 2026

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David Lovelace

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2026GEOSCI 692Senior Thesis
Fall 2025GEOSCI 691Senior Thesis
Spring 2025GEOSCI 692Senior Thesis
Fall 2024GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2024GEOSCI 691Senior Thesis
Spring 2023GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2022GEOSCI 199Directed Study
Fall 2022GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2022GEOSCI 692Senior Thesis
Spring 2022GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2021GEOSCI 110Evolution and Extinction
Fall 2021GEOSCI 199Directed Study
Fall 2021GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2020GEOSCI 199Directed Study
Fall 2020GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2020GEOSCI 875Advanced Topics in Geology
Spring 2020GEOSCI 199Directed Study
Spring 2020GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2020GEOSCI 875Advanced Topics in Geology
Fall 2019GEOSCI 691Senior Thesis
Fall 2019GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2019GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2018GEOSCI 199Directed Study
Fall 2018GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2018GEOSCI 199Directed Study
Spring 2018GEOSCI 692Senior Thesis
Spring 2018GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2017GEOSCI 199Directed Study
Fall 2017GEOSCI 691Senior Thesis
Fall 2017GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2017GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2016GEOSCI 199Directed Study
Fall 2016GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2016GEOSCI 199Directed Study
Spring 2016GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2015GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2015GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2014GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2014GEOSCI 199Directed Study
Spring 2014GEOSCI 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2014GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2013GEOSCI 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2013GEOSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2013GEOSCI 199Directed Study
Spring 2012GEOSCI 376Topics in Geology
Fall 2011GEOSCI/GLE 431Sedimentology & Stratigraphy Lab

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

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