Professor Lucy Porritt Reviews
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Prof: Lucy Porritt / Fall 2021
Jun 23, 2022
So much memorization. The worksheets were kind of hard especially if you're taking this as an arts kids fulfilling the science req. Generally I wouldn't say this is an easy A at all unless you're naturally good at science
sometimes it's interesting or useful, but mostly it's just memorizing lots of terms for random stuff
the course had a diff prof every few weeks which kept it interesting, but some were more boring than others and the exam for some modules were much harder than others.
definitely try to make friends so you can compare you worksheets.
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Prof: Lucy Porritt / Spring 2022
May 18, 2022
Good for fulfilling arts science requirement.
Waves was pretty boring, but I liked the section on landslides and earthquakes.
Different prof every two weeks or so. All were very nice, but some more interesting than others.
The worksheets were weirdly difficult. Definitely try and go over your answers with people because they're a big part of your final grade.
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Prof: Lucy Porritt / Fall 2025
May 9, 2026
Overall a good course as it covers many different topics and specialized profs in each topic. There are weekly assignments that are more 'fill-in-the-blanks' style from reading from articles, and those tend to be quite long.
We covered many types of catastrophes like earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, storms. Some topics required math formulas but simple algebra. The formula sheets were provided on the exams so you don't need to memorize them.
There were a variety of profs in the class with similar but varying teaching styles so that was useful. Some are more content-heavy with more slides, some use more videos, and some have brought in even rock samples to class.
Make sure you know what information is repeated over and over as the topics are taught so that it makes it easier when studing for midterms and finals.
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Prof: Lucy Porritt / Fall 2021
May 18, 2022
Fun course, good for fulfilling requirements, though can be memorization heavy if that is not your thing. Professors rotate depending on the module, and have different teaching styles that can be hard to adapt to. Decent chunk is participation/iclicker - around 7% of overall mark. Exams and homework are straightforward
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Prof: Lucy Porritt / Fall 2021
Mar 23, 2022
Decent course to take for your science requirement as an arts major. Wasn't super easy for me because I'm not used to memorizing science-y stuff.
It was interesting learning about storms. Learning about waves was so boring.
The course was taught by a different professor every 2 weeks or so, and some were really fun (especially meteorology guy).
Make a friend to do the worksheets together with