William Selby - Santa Monica College

Professor: William Selby

Department: TBD

College: Santa Monica College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: GEO5WLAB
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Selby was knowledgeable and passionate. Loved geography and encouraged his students to be successful. Students who expected an easy A without working or learning were disappointed. I was inspired to earn my UC Degree, thanks to what I learned in his class..

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: GEOG5
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Not a fan of Selby. I had trouble understanding his lectures. On top of that his exams were difficult. I barely made it out with a B to my surprise and that was with a lot of desperate self-studying & self-studying is a bad idea for a science class. I wouldn't take him unless you want to suffer like I did.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENVN7
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Mr Selby is one of the great teachers at SMC, he has done lots of goof things to get this campus more environmentally friendly. His lectures are great. But I thought the test were a little hard and the questions were sometimes hard to understand. For each test you have to read like 5 chapters or more so it's a lot.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: GEOG14
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Selby is pretty funny and really passionate about what he teaches. If you pay attention in class, take good notes, and review the book chapters covered, you'll be fine. Most of the test material is based on what is said during lectures, so attending class is important. I could have had a MUCH better grade if I had studied my notes more.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: GEOGRAPHY14
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is super into the classes he teaches. He absolutely loves geography of California and teaching. Great class, very interesting if you want to learn about geography, climate, and all that stuff. Would take a class of his again. He's also funny.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: GEOG14
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Selby really cares about his students and is very enthusiastic about the subjects he teaches. Make sure you attend every class. A lot of the material he put on our tests was things he talked about in class. He is overall a great teacher and has a funny sense of humor too. I would definitely take him again.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: GEO14
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The only you can pass this class is to RECORD HIS LECTURES and read the chapters TWICE! He briefly goes overs over the chapters and sometimes he says something so confusing so it's better to record! Memorize the NAMES OF THE SONGS he plays in class because there ALL on the TEST! Do ALL THE EXTRA CREDIT YOU CAN it helps in the end!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: GEOG5
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Show up to class, pay attention to his lectures (I know they're long but he gives a 15 min break halfway through), before the test READ THE TEXTBOOK and you will pass with flying colors. I failed the first test and got nearly 100% on the rest, he gives out a LOT of opportunities for extra credit and do them, write extra long in free response q's

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: GEOG14
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Selby is the best! He is so funny, and really passionate about the subjects he teaches.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: GEOG14
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Selby is super down to earth and funny. The lecture can be a bit dull at times but his humor makes up for it. He gives tons of extra credit so take advantage of it! There can be some questions from the book so it's good to have it. Attendance isn't mandatory but you really should be there for all of his lectures to do well. I would recommend! :)

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: GEOG5
• 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:

Best Professor at Smc. You will get an A if you pay attention. Plenty Extra Credit. Dont skip class its really interesting and is the best Lab class you could possibly take.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: GEOG14
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Selby is an amazing professor. Everyone says he's a hard teacher, but if you literally just pay attention in class and try to grasp larger concepts you hardly have to do any studying. I'm not a science person at all, but I've done very well in all of the classes I've taken with him. Plus he's super goofy and a great lecturer. TAKE HIM!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: GEOG3
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Incredibly down to earth and funny. Very helpful and makes lectures interesting. Took his class during the fall, 3 exams and a final. I recommend doing all the extra credits as it'll help bump up your grade. It's important you go to class since everything that's on the test is on lectures he gives during class. Definitely take him!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENVIRO7GEO7
• 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:

Great teacher. Very informed, current, relevant, and has interesting guest speakers come in often. Show up to class! Read the textbook, stay on pace with the assigned reading, complete the sustainable works book, and you're PERFECT. This class is important to take because you learn so much and afterwords are much more familiar with today problems

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENV7
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Incredibly down to earth and funny. Very helpful and makes lectures interesting. Take his class, and go on the field trips!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: GEO7
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's great lecturer, although sometimes I feel like he followed the book like reading it to you (when it comes to "textbook time"). Very knowledgable, helpful (almost got me an internship). He is not really good at remembering names so I guess you need to stand out aka talk to him/in class a lot (unfortunately that was not me).

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: GEOG14
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Mr. Selby is a sweet and awesome teacher! I have never meet a teacher so passionate about a subject before. An easy A to get as long as you take good notes, READ THE BOOK, and attend class. There are extra credit opportunities to help your grade, if you're behind. There are even cool field trips if you want to participate in them.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: GEO35S
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This is a field studies course. The only requirements are to attend the three field trips (Two one day trips, one three day camping trip) and to show up on the first and last class. Must keep field notes to get an A. Overall, easy, he's super smart and keeps you interested and wants for you to be even more interested.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENVR7
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Selby is AWESOME!! I really suggest you take him if you're interested in Environmental studies, or even if you just need credit, it's an EASY A! from the first day i took his class and saw how he teaches and how his personality is i really liked him :)

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: GEOG5
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Geography 5 scholars pros: great professor, knows everything you may want to know and more. lab = workbook pages average of 5/week. interesting material. learned so much. tests are curved so having dumb people in class was good. cons: test were harder than expected. but studied and got A. no room to slack off - nor should there be.