Professor: Stephen Altaner
Department: Geology
College: University Of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, Champaignâ€"Urbana, IL
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: GEOL118
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
The class was out of 1000 points and there were 100 extra credit points offered. Professor tells great dad jokes and shows lots of far side cartoons in class. Lots of lectures but is worth going to, the class is pretty easy there are only three tests.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: GEOL100
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The professor is really great.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: GEO118
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He is one of the best professors I've ever had! Every class starts with a dad joke and he offers tons of extra credit so its so easy to get an A. If you study your notes and take the practice tests you can easily do well on the exams and we never used the textbook. Overall, he's just a great person and teacher.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: GEOL110
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Stephen Altaner is the man. No questions asked. He also loves dolomite
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: GEOL118
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Prof. Altaner is everything you want in a Professor. He recognizes that many of students are taking his class just for hours, and caters to them well. Also if you like Dad Jokes, you'll like him. His tests need to be studied for, and he has an ok amount of homework, but I got an A in the class and I went to every lecture I liked it so much
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: GEO100
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Honestly there was no reason for me to take this class, but I am so glad I did. Stephen shows cartoons at the beginning of each lecture, and they are actually pretty entertaining, as corny as they seem. The class is pretty lax and interesting, and all the opportunities for extra credit make it an easy A. He's a BOSS
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: GEOL118
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Pretty funny guy, clearly loves teaching this class. Gives a few unannounced quizzes. Notes are put online. Lecture is generally pretty entertaining/worth showing up for. Didn't ever use the book. Homework is a pain but not difficult.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: GEOL110
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
GEOL110 was a ton of fun if you can bear to give up two weekends. If you're interested you'll learn a lot. Get ready to go hiking (and bring your jacket). Prof. Altaner is a great guy. The classroom lectures can be slow, but the field trips are great. Ask him questions; he'll tell you about all kinds of cool geology stuff.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: GEOL118
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Came into the class thinking it was the easy disaster class (ATMS 120). Class for nonmajors but he expects you to know everything in extreme detail. His homework assignments aren't incredibly hard but I can't seem to get above a B average on them. They have nothing to do with lecture. Absolutely no possibilit of cheating on tests, don't count on it
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: GEOLOGY100
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Lectures you don't have to go to because its all online, plus his lectures are boring.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: GEOL118
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very interesting class. Cool topics and shows awesome videos. Commentates with his own humor throughout class. 3 exams including the final, all non-cumulative and practice examsquestions provided. Got A's on all three just reviewing notes and practice tests. Notes provided-just added some pictures and comments. Class website very helpful.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: 100
- Grade Received: C-
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He makes it harder than it has to be. It is so difficult to take notes in his class and his corny jokes are terrible.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: GEOL110
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Great professor. The class was a blow off, but I really liked the field trips and the class!
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: GEOL100
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
All the lecture notes are posted online, and almost every question on the test is from the lecture notes! Easy elective!
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: GEO118
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
GEO 118 and Altaner are awesome! Best class and professor I have had at U of I. He might have bad jokes but he does his best to keep lecture interesting with videos and pictures. The class is not hard, attendance is fairly important because of the pop quizzes. Can't recommend him and this class enough
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: GEOL118
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Super easy class. As long as you keep up with the course notes, it's and easy A. Although attendance is not mandatory, there are 3 pop quizzes throughout the semester. However they are only worth 6% of the grade, and there is one extra credit assignment worth 5% bonus, so missing quizzes won't cost you much. I highly recommend this class.
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: GEOL118
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
One of the easiest classes I have ever taken. Lectures are non-mandatory, but it's good to go just in case one of the three pop quizzes shows up. 500 word writing assignment. 3 random quizzes. and 3 Exams. Exams are the easiest thing ever. Just go to the Question/Answer Session the night before, and you'll be fine. Only 1 Quiz between each exam.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: GEOL118
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Professor Altaner leads a pretty interesting class with awesome videos and examples. There are a couple tests which are more challenging and you need to put in more time then you think. Make sure to get the highest grade you can on the web activities, because those are what messed me up pretty badly.
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: GEOL118
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Professor Altaner leads a pretty interesting class with awesome videos and examples. There are a couple tests which are actually challenging and you need to put in more time then you think. Make sure to get the highest grade you can on the web activities, because those are what messed me up pretty badly.
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: GEOL118
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Literally, everything in this class is simple if you attend lecture. However, the only part, and I mean ONLY PART you should be concerned about is the Collaborative Peer Review assignment. DO NOT ASK HIM TO REVIEW YOUR ESSAY. HE THINKS HE HAS A MASTER'S IN ENGLISH, LITERATURE, AND COMMUNICATION. He doesn't. Ruined my GPA with this one assignment.
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