James Larkin
Department of Astronomy
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4.4
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Based on 9 Users
Easiness 2.6 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.4 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 2.5 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.2 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Quarter: Spring 2020
Grade: A
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June 14, 2020

Professor Larkin was very considerate considering Covid and the BLM protests. He genuinely wants you to learn the concepts. Because the quarter was online, the tests were only mathematical, with no conceptual component. Took me a while to figure that out and change my style of note-taking. The tests are very similar to the homework! You can also find homework from past years through google, which are helpful for studying.

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June 11, 2002

Professor Larkin must be the best professor I've had a UCLA so far!! I mean, granted, I'm an astrophysics major taking an astronomy class, so I might be a little biased, but he teaches very well. He answers all questions fully, so no one is confused and he presnet the material very well. More than that, he is a fun teacher. Astro 82 with him must be the only class I've taken where on friday 10th week, when class was getting near over, and he said something to the effect of "Well I haven't been able to go over this last subject as thoroughly as I wanted to, oh well..." I was actually tempted to go to office hours for the sole purpose of asking what else he was going to talk about. All in all, a great teacher!

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Quarter: Spring 2020
Grade: A
June 14, 2020

Professor Larkin was very considerate considering Covid and the BLM protests. He genuinely wants you to learn the concepts. Because the quarter was online, the tests were only mathematical, with no conceptual component. Took me a while to figure that out and change my style of note-taking. The tests are very similar to the homework! You can also find homework from past years through google, which are helpful for studying.

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June 11, 2002

Professor Larkin must be the best professor I've had a UCLA so far!! I mean, granted, I'm an astrophysics major taking an astronomy class, so I might be a little biased, but he teaches very well. He answers all questions fully, so no one is confused and he presnet the material very well. More than that, he is a fun teacher. Astro 82 with him must be the only class I've taken where on friday 10th week, when class was getting near over, and he said something to the effect of "Well I haven't been able to go over this last subject as thoroughly as I wanted to, oh well..." I was actually tempted to go to office hours for the sole purpose of asking what else he was going to talk about. All in all, a great teacher!

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4.4
Overall Rating
Based on 9 Users
Easiness 2.6 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.4 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 2.5 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.2 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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