Your grade is based on online activities/homework (23%), discussion attendance/worksheets (12%), midterm (25%), and final (40%). The homework and discussion activities are relatively easy but you genuinely need to study for the exams. As in, re-watch the lectures and pay attention to the details, because you'll get a C if you just look over the slides. My main complaint is how poorly written the exam questions were, especially given how heavily weighted the exams are in the overall grade. Like, I went to office hours to go over what I got wrong on my midterm, and for most of the questions, the professor was like, "Oh yeah, that question's kind of ambiguous" and just moved on. I will say that he was pretty helpful over email/office hours about other course-related things though. Anyway, if you have good study habits, this class is an easy A. Overall would recommend.

This course is a great GE for physical science. As a North Campus major, I found professor Stutz's class pretty easy and very informative. In this class, you cover aspects of air pollution like the ozone layer, smog, climate change, acid rain, atmospheric history, and atmospheric composition. Stutz in his online lectures begins with the absolute basics of chemistry and slowly builds on the topic which is great for someone like me who hasn't taken chemistry in over 4 years. This class is usually online, which is great for right now as Stutz never really had to adapt his course from in-person, making the whole process much smoother. All of his lessons are already posted onto CCLE and they become available once the previous lesson is completed. It took me about 1-4 hours a week to get through the lectures, accompanying activity questions, and homework questions. It is very important that you pay attention during the lectures as his midterm was pretty difficult. I cannot state how hard the final is because he made it optional at the end of the quarter. HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS CLASS FOR A GE. It is vital that we learn about climate change and other pressing environmental issues, plus the class is super flexible to your schedule! You can complete the lessons whenever you want!

I like Professor Stutz. Even though the lectures can kind of drone on, you can at least tell that he cares. The lectures are just power points with a couple physical examples of how something works (i.e. showing what happens when you blow up a balloon in a jar and then suck the air out of the jar to demonstrate air pressure). The midterm and final are very fair, he says they will be based off the slides and they really are. Even though he posts the slides on line you should go to lecture to see what things he puts emphasis on because I can guarantee those things will be on the exams.

The labs aren't too hard. You work in groups and the TAs were both pretty chill and always willing to help. The homework assignments are based on the lecture slides and our TA answered anything we couldn't find.

There is no textbook or course reader with him, so that's kind of nice too.

I would recommend this class for those needing to fulfill a science GE.

I took this class first quarter of my freshman year and I got a B+. I probably could have gotten an A if:
1) I had time beforehand to figure out college. At that time, I had not yet figured out my personal best method of studying, or
2) I hadn't listened to what he said about the test format. When Professor Stutz says that the tests are mostly about concepts, and not random facts DO NOT LISTEN. He asks a bunch of specific questions, including those with numerical answers (such as, "What range of wavelengths does this color fall under"), so make sure to remember any numbers that stand out to you.

If you don't understand science easily, this will NOT be an easy A. Definitely DO NOT recommend if you aren't interested in the subject matter, his lectures are so boring, and even if you memorize the power point slides, there will be a lot of questions on the final that you won't be prepared for. I don't know what the person below me is saying, but if you are looking for an easy science GE, I would not take this.

The course I took, AOS2 was supposed to be a GE. It honestly took up more time then all my other courses put together. I agree with the people below that lecture was really boring and most of his notes didn't really help. The mid-term and final aren't 'hard' but they are very, very specific and chem based. Little details that he may have never went over will be on them. If you plan on going in for extra help, don't bother-he will just tell you everything is so simple. Also, the TA's were crap graders-no one ever got above a 35/40 on the homeworks. Honestly, if you are looking for a career in Air chem/ science he would be a great teacher, but otherwise you better plan spending ALOt of time studying.

he was a pretty decent lecturer but i couldnt help but to fall asleep in this class.. material was quite interesting but i dont know.. maybe it wasnt that exciting after all cause even when i tried my best to stay awake i couldnt and im sure others would agree with me. he is very nice guy but takes a while to respond to emails. exams were fair except the final was a bit more tedious. take this class if you are looking for a decent g.e