EPS SCI 16
Major Events in History of Life
Description: Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two hours. Designed for nonmajors. History of life on Earth as revealed through fossil record. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2024 - This was Professor Monarrez's first quarter teaching this class, and I would say that he did a very well job. I took it as a GE, as I assume many others have and will, and he acknowledges this. Readings were not required at all, only if you absolutely did not understand anything and needed supplemental resources. No HW, gives notes after each lecture, but still strongly advised to go to lectures as it gives all the information needed for open-note midterm and final. Labs just consist of a worksheet to do, but the lab midterm and final are a little more topic-specific. Still, very manageable and an easy Lecture/Lab course to fulfill GE.
Winter 2024 - This was Professor Monarrez's first quarter teaching this class, and I would say that he did a very well job. I took it as a GE, as I assume many others have and will, and he acknowledges this. Readings were not required at all, only if you absolutely did not understand anything and needed supplemental resources. No HW, gives notes after each lecture, but still strongly advised to go to lectures as it gives all the information needed for open-note midterm and final. Labs just consist of a worksheet to do, but the lab midterm and final are a little more topic-specific. Still, very manageable and an easy Lecture/Lab course to fulfill GE.
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Winter 2019 - This class is one of the best I have taken thus far at UCLA because of Professor Schopf. In an academic setting where rigor is often the status quo, Schopf really takes the time to make his class accessible and open. He gives out the textbook, which he wrote, for free. He tells funny jokes and offers nearly ten office hours a week. Taking this class was always a breath of fresh air and an added dose of positivity to my day. Throughout the class myself and a friend wrote down some of the funny things that Schopf says, so if you take his class you can hear some of these gems firsthand: --Schopf: If you are Chinese I say Ni-How! (Student he was Speaking to): I’m Korean. Schopf: Then I say hi in Korean! --I'm gonna make a t-shirt, I really really am! Then I am gonna sell it on Youtube! I’ve never watched Youtube in my life. --Bobo Head --(YOU CAN DO IT)x 4 Belieeeeeeve in yourself! --Soviet Hoopster! Chinese Hoopster? --Oh My Golly Gosh --SYAD, That's Russian for sit down, because you are rushing to sit in your seat. --If you pass by a car with a headlight out, that means you can kiss your girlfriend! --Bologna! --Just like you it has a low index of crunchability; I made that up to sound scientific --A big brouhaha --My hole is bigger than your hole! (talking about ripped jeans) --Everyone thinks they look stylish when they look like a Hobo!! --When the daffodils are daffing. They know about daffing --Not a spelling bee but a buzzing bee. --China has gone gangbusters --I’m not even friends with no beetles --Here. Is. Clam. --MY SPECIMEN IS BETTER THAN THE ONE IN THE FRENCH NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM. THE OTHER ONES HAVE BROKEN TEETH BUT MINE IS PRISTINE!! --Next time you are at a dorm party, walk up to someone and call them a coelomate deuterostome --At this point when I’m by myself I swear and that seems to help Student: Feel free. Schopf: I can’t, I would teach you new words. --Hey mom put the stuffing in the coelom (Talking about stuffing Turkeys) --They get attracted to the wiggleferousness --I don’t know about Jeff, he probably likes the taste of earthworms --Friendly fish? I like friendly fish --Stay away from me bobo! --Nice Doggy. Thank you very much. Do you want to date? (Talking about men who walk their dogs)
Winter 2019 - This class is one of the best I have taken thus far at UCLA because of Professor Schopf. In an academic setting where rigor is often the status quo, Schopf really takes the time to make his class accessible and open. He gives out the textbook, which he wrote, for free. He tells funny jokes and offers nearly ten office hours a week. Taking this class was always a breath of fresh air and an added dose of positivity to my day. Throughout the class myself and a friend wrote down some of the funny things that Schopf says, so if you take his class you can hear some of these gems firsthand: --Schopf: If you are Chinese I say Ni-How! (Student he was Speaking to): I’m Korean. Schopf: Then I say hi in Korean! --I'm gonna make a t-shirt, I really really am! Then I am gonna sell it on Youtube! I’ve never watched Youtube in my life. --Bobo Head --(YOU CAN DO IT)x 4 Belieeeeeeve in yourself! --Soviet Hoopster! Chinese Hoopster? --Oh My Golly Gosh --SYAD, That's Russian for sit down, because you are rushing to sit in your seat. --If you pass by a car with a headlight out, that means you can kiss your girlfriend! --Bologna! --Just like you it has a low index of crunchability; I made that up to sound scientific --A big brouhaha --My hole is bigger than your hole! (talking about ripped jeans) --Everyone thinks they look stylish when they look like a Hobo!! --When the daffodils are daffing. They know about daffing --Not a spelling bee but a buzzing bee. --China has gone gangbusters --I’m not even friends with no beetles --Here. Is. Clam. --MY SPECIMEN IS BETTER THAN THE ONE IN THE FRENCH NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM. THE OTHER ONES HAVE BROKEN TEETH BUT MINE IS PRISTINE!! --Next time you are at a dorm party, walk up to someone and call them a coelomate deuterostome --At this point when I’m by myself I swear and that seems to help Student: Feel free. Schopf: I can’t, I would teach you new words. --Hey mom put the stuffing in the coelom (Talking about stuffing Turkeys) --They get attracted to the wiggleferousness --I don’t know about Jeff, he probably likes the taste of earthworms --Friendly fish? I like friendly fish --Stay away from me bobo! --Nice Doggy. Thank you very much. Do you want to date? (Talking about men who walk their dogs)
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