William Parcell - Wichita State University, Wichita, KS

Professor: William Parcell

Department: Geology

College: Wichita State University, Wichita, KS

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: GEOL102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Great professor. I had him all the way through my Geology degree. I would recommend his classes to any students. He also puts on an amazing field camp during the summers. All around great guy! Very respectful.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: GEO102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Online class is all over the place - BlackBoard, another website with PowerPoints, narration, videos. Quizzes are 20 questions, 30 minutes and you are marked down 1% for every minute you go over. Impossible to take enough notes to reference for the quizzes, might as well write the book. Better have a photographic memory to pass the quizzes.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: GEO102
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Never ever ever take his online GEO 102 class .. I worked on that subject more than all my aerospace senior subjects combined. Still looks like I'll get a B.. the online tests are horrible .. avoid him at all costs

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: GEO102
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Wasn't sure how this was going to go with a full time job and a 2 week online pre-session, but as long as you set aside the time to read the chapters (or most of them at least) then it's easy. GET THE E-BOOK! It makes it 100 times easier. He even bumped my grade up at the end of the class. Ended with a 92.5 and he gave me an A!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: GEOL102
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I took the online pre-session. For each week, it was 7 quizzes (1 for each chapter) and 3 homework assignments (each 5 questions or an activity). I recommend getting your hands on a e-book, since you can search up keywords from the quizzes. Each quiz is 20 questions long on Blackboard. He will reset quiz if your Internet fails too.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: GEO102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Pros: he understood and when my internet shut down and submitted my test before I finished it, thus allowing me to take it again. The assignments are easy, though. I used Google a lot. Cons: tests are hard and the questions are "trick questions" such as "the best" answer versus "the right" answer. Teacher is hard to reach.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: GEOL102
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He must be off doing research because he isn't teaching this class. Emails are never responded to. His tests are from older versions of the book so some answers don't exist in the current version. Each week a 20 question test, with 1.5 minutes per question - miss two questions and you drop an entire letter grade. Avoid this guy.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: GEOL102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Maybe it's just the way he writes up his online documents (syllabus, course schedule, etc), but he comes across as a very unfriendly, unhelpful, and rude person. I would never sign up for an in-person class with him.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: GEO101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I took his online beginning geology course. It was really easy, all the answers for the quizzes are in the book. You just have to read a chapter, do a 5-question assignment, and take a 20-question quiz each week. Some of the links he gives for assignments are outdated but Wikipedia solves all :)

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: GEOL102
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good class; easy and interesting. Had no interest in Geology before enrolling in this class. The courseload is light and the information is really interesting. Read ALL information in the assigned chapters and you'll ace all the tests. Homework can be tedious; much more time-consuming than it is difficult.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: GEOL102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Trivial questions asked on his online quizzes, would recommend using another professor if you want to take this class online.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: GEO102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Took online. Easy class. Each week you have a quiz and one homework assignment. He encourages you in the syllabus to try the quiz questions and then use the book as a guide if necessary. No final. Got an A....no problems.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: GEOL526
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

A good solid professor and individual. Have taken multiple courses from him and felt they were all beneficial and well taught.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: GEOL102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Never take his online geology class. Every week I would spend 5 hours reading the chapter and taking notes because I was getting D's on the tests. The professor was not helpful and finally I gave up and stopped reading the book and started getting B's. He gives trick questions and really doesn't care if his student succeed.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: GEO102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Took the class online - hardest online class I've taken. Many of the answers aren't in the book, if they are they are obscure and many were from chapters not covered. For example, in chapter 2 there was an answer in chapter 13. When I emailed him asking what I could do to improve my score and do better on the tests he was not helpful at all.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: GEO102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Took last yeare. Ridiculous to take this online. He asks the most obscure questions, many of which aren't even in the book. Take this as a classroom course or find another professor. It's not hard to get an B+/A-, but good luck getting an A. Crazy for a 100 level course.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: GEOL526
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Hard class, made it somewhat easy, test are again hard but labs help. Pay attention in lectures, that is hard though because they are long.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: GEOL324
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Tests only had like 6 questions, so if you miss one, there goes your score by a letter grade... Grades easy on homework, was a bit surprised by my low final score though.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: GEO102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

given... i hate geology. BUT his stupid quizzes on BB got me. Identifying rocks and such.. hard even if its open book. Dropped his class. Took it with marjorie crane- it was a breeze and much more interesting

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: GEO102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This guy is awesome...everything is based off of his powerpoint slides that are posted on black board. DO NOT BUY THE BOOK!! Definately take the pressession if possible. you get out early every day. just study the powerpoint slides and you will be fine. definately a good teacher