SO. EASY. I took this to fulfill the chemical and physical universe discipline for an easy A, but wow, this was a walk in the park. Attendance isn't mandatory and the slides tell you all you need to know for exams. You also get a 1 page cheat sheet for the exam, which is all multiple choice. The one thing that frustrated me were the labs, which are hard to sign up for and are at night (8-9 or 9-10). Other than that, I didn't have much trouble with this class. Evans is so sweet and wholesome and really cares about the subject.

This is a solid class to take to fulfill requirements or as an elective. Professor Evans is a great professor who really knows a lot. He is very friendly and often tells jokes, space movie reviews, and personal astronomy stories in his lectures. The class grade is made up of weekly homework (15%), 2-3 Quantitative Quizzes (10%), 2 labs (15%), 2 midterms (20% each), and a final exam (20%). The homework is multiple choice and very easy. The quantitative quizzes are also simple and walk you through how to do a certain equation. You also are encouraged to check your answers from those with the professor. Besides those two quizzes there is no other math in the course, which I found very relieving. There are also textbook readings which are a good supplement, but not necessary to do well in the class. The exams are all multiple choice and can be tricky but you are allowed a one page cheat sheet which helps. The final was also online and open note. The labs are some of the most fun parts of the course, be sure to do them early in the semester in case of bad weather. One lab looked at constellations while the other viewed objects through telescopes. As long as you listen to the TAs you should earn a good grade on the labs. There were also lots of extra credit opportunities. This was a great class and I highly recommend it!

The content is lowkey pretty boring. I took this class to fulfill the discipline and thought it would be super easy. Or at least easier than chemistry. The instructor is super nice and makes a lot of dad jokes. He gave us a cheat sheet for every exam and let me tell you. I could fit all the notes and even more on that sheet and the exam was still pretty hard. so averaged about an 83 even with everything. Luckily, he gives a lot of opportunities for extra credit and part of our grades come from the quantitative quizzes, homework quizzes from the textbook, and labs (which are all super easy to get a 100 on). But the questions on the exam are mostly application based and they’re pretty hard. I would definitely fail if I didn’t have the cheat sheet. I’ll be honest tho, I didn’t pay attention very well in class cause the content was too boring. So many if you pay attention you’ll do better on the exams? But still, I’m glad I took those over chem even with the unnecessarily hard exams. Also I still ended with an A, barely but it counts lol.

This course was awesome! Incredibly interesting. Professor Evans does a good job of translating complicated topics into easy-to-understand graphics and diagrams. He uploads the slides after lecture, but it was really helpful to attend lecture in person because he says a lot of things that are not on the slide. The Astronomy labs were very interesting and easy to get a good grade in as long as you did what was asked of you. Quizzes were informative and Professor Evans offered lots of feedback. Overall great class, wonderful Professor who gave entertaining lectures and fair grades!

I definitely recommend taking this course with Evans to fulfill a requirement. Grading was based off online quizzes on the textbook which were super easy, 2 labs (TA's will help you), a few math problems (evans will check before you turn in), and 3 exams. Evans did online exams the previous semester due to covid so he kept that for us so they were open note (I got all A's without studying), however, if this changed the exams would be incredibly difficult due to the amount of material. Personally I thought the actual content of the course was super boring and didn't actually absorb any information as I didn't have to. I'd recommend if you want an easy A, Evans is such a chill and funny prof.

This class was awesome. Exactly what you need to take if you kind of interested or need another class. Barely any outside work at all and whatever it was was so easy. Your grade consists of hw (which is easy enough to be considered completion), 2 labs (which you should also get 100s on, just talk to the TAs at them and ask for help), and 3 exams. The exams are non cumulative, open-note, and relatively direct if you have notes. Either use his power points to take notes or do you own in class but if you have these you're set. There is also a decent amount of extra credit you can earn. At the beginning of the year do all the optional things for extra credit. Then before every exam you can submit a practice problem for extra credit. Evans really wants you to do well and you can tell he loves what he is doing. Such a sweet guy. No complaints at all. One thing to note is that not all ASTR classes are like this one so definitely go with Aaron Evans.

What a fantastic class. I really truly loved it and I am not someone into astronomy. The content is interesting and the assignments and the tests are not hard. I felt like most of the work was based on completion so just do everything and you will be fine. Don't be bothered by the past grades above, this really is an easy class if you put any effort in. Professor Evans is a great guy who loves his job and educating others. From what I have heard from other classes he is by far the best astronomy professor.

I would say there is a difference between Professor Evans and his lecture slides. The lecture slides can be dry sometimes, but Professor Evans really finds all the things he teaches to be pretty interesting, and he includes small stories or side comments about his own experiences in his astronomy career, so the lectures overall aren't terrible. Plus, sometimes he will show videos in class, and he will dim the lights so you can catch a bit of a break in the middle of the lecture. The class is a pretty standard ASTR introduction class. Lectures are 2x per week, there are two exams and a final exam. You don't get to drop any exam grades, but the exams are all open-note/ open-book so it's not bad. The course also includes 2 Quantitative quizzes (basically two assignments that have all the math you will do for the semester- they aren't long at all and if you have any questions you can ask Professor Evans and he will help you out. You also have to do the Telescoping Lab and the Constellation Lab, which contribute to your grade. I would recommend finding a friend who also has to do them, because it makes the labs go by faster. The Telescoping Lab and Constellation Lab are held over the semester at night, so you go and observe the stars basically. For the telescoping lab you get to go up to the McCormick Observatory, which is pretty cool. Overall, this isn't a bad class for fulfilling your gen eds, and if you're interested in astronomy it will be even better. A week's work looks like: attending the lectures, reviewing the textbook chapters (really only 1 or 2 per week, max. You can just take notes on the summary section of each chapter and make sure you know the terminology and you'll be good).

Such an amazing class! I took astronomy to fill a science requirement, but it was also a topic I was interested in but knew little about. It's incredibly easy as exams are open book/ note, all multiple choice, and zero math; but the lectures still feel worth it. Because there is a time limit on exams, it's important to at least take notes and memorize some of the content so you aren't looking up every single question, and I would not recommend skipping a majority of the lectures (skipping one here and there felt nice). Lectures are easy to follow and Professor Evans does a great job at explaining even the more complicated concepts; however, the slides are always either too vague or too detailed, which is why attending lectures (or watching the recorded ones) is very important. Overall, a very easy class if you want to check a box and a very well done class for those who want to learn something.

Grades consist of 3, non-cumulative exams, weekly textbook quizzes, 2 labs, and 2-3 math-based take-home quizzes; all of which are incredibly easy

The class wasn't bad. For the online course, it was two weekly asynchronous lectures and mastering astronomy homework for the week, which was pretty easy as long as you had your notes/understood lecture. There are three open note noncumulative exams which were all multiple choice (I did well without studying too much and just following his study guide), two pretty easy labs that you had most of the semester to do, and two quantitative quizzes based on lectures that are basically plugging numbers in. I found it all pretty easy and Evans is a really sweet guy who responds to emails fast and is willing to help (he will help you with your quizzes and basically tell you if you're right). The lectures can be boring, but Evans has a nice dad sense of humor and its nice when he tells stories about his experience. As a humanities major, I took this for a science requirement and it was not too hard and fairly enjoyable, it didn't cause too much stress. If you're taking the class, I think evans is the guy you should take it with. Also you don’t really need to read the textbook, you can just skim

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