Barnard speaks in the most monotonous monotone I've ever heard. Ever. That being said, he's a cool enough guy and certainly someone I liked to talk to. He taught the first half of my PhySci 5 class and the entire midterm was from the reader, so although I went to lecture it was totally unnecessary.

Horribly, horribly boring. Don't go to class, read the course reader. I do not understand how anyone gets below an 85 on this test if they just know the basic material of the course reader, but the mean was 76 for my class.. Go figure.

Dr. Barnard is a very easy professor. He is very straightforward and tells you exactly what you need to know for the midterm. While he is teaching, its mostly just dry memorization of processes or facts. He is not very conceptual at all. An ample amount of studying will get you a good midterm score. However, he only teaches half of the quarter for Phy Sci 5, so after the midterm, Dr. Roberts takes over and he is the absolute opposite of Dr. Barnard. If you take Phy Sci 5 and you have both of these professors, be prepared to do a lot more studying when Barnard leaves. The only other downside to Barnard is that his lectures are very dry, monotone, and boring. It's very easy to want to nap or ditch all together when he teaches.

Overall, I recommend Phy Sci 5 with Dr. Barnard.

honestly, if you did study everyday for minimum of 30 minutes, you'll get an A. (that's if you even cared about science in high school)

however,
DR.BARNARD is a meanie!!!! I ran into him the other day..., said Hi, and he ignores you as if you weren't there... . he maybe knowledgeable in how to live a healthy diet life style, but he doesn't realize that life is also about good social skills... . BIG MEANIE!!!!!

He's dry, boring, and blunt. While some of the things he has to say are important, they're also a tad extreme. At the same time, the class was hard. I failed his midterm after studying more than I usually do for a test. I thought I knew so much information, but since the test is strictly multiple choice/short answer, you're either spot on or dead wrong. Maybe I'm just not a science person...The class is graded on a curve, which helps since there is only the midterm, paper, some homework, and the final (given by Prof. Roberts). I got a C- in the class with the help of the curve. Not the easy GE people were saying it was. If you're looking for a class that will lower your self esteem by telling you that you are fat and unhealthy and then nearly failing you, go ahead and take PhySci5.