Do not take this class as a regular GE, especially with Brian Wood. His voice is so monotone and boring. It seems like he doesn't even care about his students, especially because his office hours are shorter than the TA's. The course also has one midterm and one final that accounts for ~75% of the grade. If you bomb the first midterm, you have no chance in receiving a good grade in the class. He also gives no extra credit and tells everyone in the beginning in the class that this class isn't about effort, only material learned and memorized. Keep in mind he expects us to remember minute details from a 400 page textbook along with a long list (around 20 pages long) of fossil/primate characteristics. I feel like having a notecard available during the exams, splitting it into two midterms and a final, or making it open book would make this class more fair. ALSO, keep in mind the average grades were from when the exams were open note online during the pandemic. Would not recommend this class with Brian Wood, even though the topics are interesting.

Professor Wood was horrible, tests were worth 80% of your grade and were overly specific. I feel bad for anyone who takes this class as a GE