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Quality3.4
Difficulty45%
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What Students Say
“Really good professor, she knows a lot about the subject and is really nice and helpful”
GEO101 - 5.0 rating“Highly recommend taking her class”
ERTH11080102 - 5.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
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Attendance Mandatory
87%
Textbook Required
33%
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Reviews (94)
Nice, helpful gives extra credit, use the study guides!
She is a really nice lady and she knows her stuff. She will take the time out to help you with anything you need help with. The material is not easy, but it is interesting. She makes the class very interesting. I recommend her and she is fair but, you cannot be lazy.
She is so helpful! Gives very clear notes and very fair grader! The quizes and exams all comes from lecture notes, and study guides. She gives a lot of oppurtunity for extra credit. Very straight forward and made the class very very INTERESTING!!! Highly recommended! Take Her!
Great Instructor gives plenty of chances for extra credit and take the time to explain material if not clear.=)
She Is a Great Teacher with knoledge about the course.If you attend class and do your work you get an easy A+
She Is a Great Teacher with knoledge about the course.
Ms. Coyne, is a decent teacher. As long as you come to class and do the work you shouldn't have any problems.
claire is a great prof. and an incredible person. a must take for the physical science requirement. go boston!
professor coyne is a great instructor. she gives out a lot of extra credit so be sure to keep up with regular attendance just incase you may need it. she also has the best grade scale 100-85% is an A.. can it get any better than that? plus you learn a lot in her class
Love you, Claire!
Let's face it, earth science isn't an exciting subject but Claire really made the class exciting and interesting. She's very down to earth(no pun intended) and will go out of her way to help you out.
omg! if u are not a science geek its hard. she trys well to explain it but science just isnt for me! :-( she is really nice and very approachable but the subject matter is a bit intense.
Ms Coyne was a really cool teacher her class was hard for me but I was partly interested in the subject and I hate reading. Her lab though is really interesting and easy as well I got a B in that class I suggest taking both together.
You have 5- quizess all multiple choice and only 15 question not that hard. If you read your notes or pay close attention. You have four exam in which you will need scantron as well multiple choice.You need to really study the notes in order to pass. You will be given very some extra credit. Very helpful teacher take her she is hard butyou canpass
Ms.Coyne is a great professor. This subject is not my favorite but she makes it very clear. She gives lots of opportunity for xtra credit and also has the best grading scale. You don't really need the book as she her lectures cover everything, you just need to take very good notes.
Very hard prof, since lots of notes are taken in this class. She gives out test reviews and only 10% of the review is helpful for the test. Class is based on quizzes and test and assignments.For the assignments she grades hard and deducts pts easily. Shes a pretty tough grader.
She is a great teacher and applies the concepts to places we actually know of. A bit of a hard grader but as long as you know how to take good notes youll pass.Shes also very amusing and entertaining!
she is nice but u must study hard an learn the material in order to pass all exams require lots of thinking personally recommend this teacher if you want a challenge and not just pass by like any other class
Easy A if you put effect into the class. study the notes and know the material before the quiz. do all the extra credits and you should be fine.
Really nice! I dont see much more easy she could make it. She tells you everything you need to know.
She is a great teacher. It can be an easy A if you show up tp class and do well on the Test and Exam. She hardly gives homeowrk. Class can be boring and make you want to fall alseep. All you really do in class is copy down notes that are givin in class. About 90% of class time is taking notes for the semester.
She is a good teacher she tries to explain to the best of her abilities. not much homework but a lot of note taking the test are a little hard because she says that if she does not cover in class you dont need to know it not true. a lot of notetaking read the book and write clear notes and study from them and you will be fine.does not give a lot of
Ms Coyne is a very helpful teacher. She lectures a lot and her tests are based off her lectures. She is very easy to speak to and very understanding.
Ms Coyne is a very helpful teacher. She lectures a lot and her tests are based off her lectures. She is very easy to speak to and very understanding.
The class can be hard if you don't study or attend classes. You have to take notes and study them, but if you do that the class isn't that hard. Claire is fantastic, and makes the class really interesting. She has inspired me to want to be a geologist, and I am so glad I took her class. She changed my life.
great professor.take good notes.study them. and you will be fine!
Claire is an amazing professor. Without a doubt she loves her field of expertise this is only rivialed by her eagerness to teach and pay it forward. I would recommend her to ANYONE she is that good. One of the best instructors I've ever had. Test are easy if you take notes, everything on the projectors is testable so listen well. :)
The class gets difficult if you dont put in the effort. Our exams were essays on topics she gave us in study guide. She lectures alot and it can get a little difficult and confusing but shes SOOO helpful. I highly recommend her!
Very pleased to have taken this Professor. Her teaching method is easily understandable. Overall easy, I learned a lot.
Pretty easy class. You must take notes and study them, test questions come from there. She gives study guides for every test. She's a really cool teacher and very helpful.
Took her for Earth science 110 honors. Found the class to be somewhat difficult. Doesn't give much extra credit. Midterm and final are difficult, so you need to study and learn material in advance. She's very helpful and has a answer for every question. She truly cares about all her students and will do anything to help them out.
Really was not interested in the class but took it because it covered the general ed...but after taking the class I was pretty interested. Claire is pretty cool, I got a C in the class and took the lab and got a B its not too bad Notes are a must if you want to pass cuz you need the info for the test. Good class cool teacher
She is amazing...veryhelpful if your are interested and also very easy going...I changed my major to earth Science because of her!!!
if ur looking for an easy A then this class is not for you. tests are based on notes but she makes the test hard because she asks trick questions. study study study otherwise u will not pass. she was kinda mean . i would not recommend this class to a friend
I took her for earth science. I really liked her teaching style, she has the ability to create a good classroom atmosphere, in my opinion. She explains the material clearly. Her tests are short answer and essey style, so you need to know the material. I recommed her!
Not the easiest class but not the toughest...she makes you work for your grade. Makes class interesting with her humor and definitely knowledgable and approachable.
She was really helpful, the labs weren't difficult, and she was fair with her grading. Attendance is mandatory since class was once a week and we did labs. 1 midterm, and 1 final. Overall a fun class, she is easy to approach, fun teacher.
Claire was helpful and super nice. The class was hard but challenged me in a way that I've never been. It was fun doing the rocks and minerals but the topographic maps were a little tedious. I did poorly on both the midterm and final, turned in every assignment, and she still gave me a B. Take her if you want your hard work noticed and paid off.
Interesting material. She tried to make it easy to understand and yet challenging. Extremely helpful and super nice. Assigns hw every now and then, 2 exams, final, and field trip to Dana Point. Overall, study for the exams, takes notes, do hw, and easy high grade.
Awesome teacher. I took a summer class with her and she knows what she is talking about. loved her.
GOOD TEACHER. HELPFUL BUT NOT EASY. ALWAYS USED TEXTBOOK. VERY CARING
She is very helpful! She's help me before class, very detailed!
Very nice.
Very easy class. You must attend every class and do all the homework if you don't want to fall low on points!
Very helpful.Her teaching techniques made the class easy to understand. Very interesting class.
All her quizzes are based off the notes. Simple. Very helpful.
Great teacher. Dont need book for lecture, exams and quizes based on notes
Very good professor! I always found her lectures interesting and helpful. Make sure you take notes and ask for help when needed. Highly recommend taking her class. Its not an easy A but if you put forth the effort you'll get a decent grade.
Coyne was a great teacher. I definitely recommend her for anyone looking for an easy class to fulfill a GE requirement. She explains everything thoroughly. This class is an easy A if you show up to class, take great notes, and study the notes for the exams/quizzes.
She's a great teacher and explains everything you need to do . There 3 exams and several exams which if you study the notes you will pass just show up and do assignments and take good notes .
Really good professor, she knows a lot about the subject and is really nice and helpful . The material is is not hard but there are a lot of terms and vocabulary to remember. The quizzes and exams are directly based off of the notes, so if you go over your notes and actually pay attention to the lecture, you should pass guaranteed.
Gives very detailed lectures Interacts with students in friendly and cool manner
she give 3 quizzes every week plus assignments, discussion board and 3 exams. this class is hard
HARDEST online class ever. Typically you take a class online with the idea you can use your notes/book. NOT HERE. She's insane about using only the information she provides, don't google anything, and using only what you remember on tests, don't use notes! Google will say your answer is right, but Coyne will say it isn't. Suspicious, no?
She does the best she can but still it was very hard to go to class because of how boring the subject is. EVERYTHING IS FROM THE POWER POINTS YOU DO NOT NEED THE BOOK AT ALL. She is the worst grader as well. It took her almost 3 weeks to grade our last test. She does give extra credit, I have an A so if you read the powerpoints it should be fine.
Subject is Ok, she does a decent job of making it interesting. Powerpoints available, textbook used minimally, grading was clear, contrary to previous rating - she got exams graded in a little over a week, tough but caring - will work with you, extra credit offered, has a great attitude and is clear she loves what she does.
Aww full communication. She offers no extra credit and she don't care if you fail . She will tell you it is what it is . And I took her class 2 times already FYI . Stay away from this professor
Do the work and you'll do well. Extra credit is offered along with two chances to take quizzes. Responds quickly to emails and provides review sheets for exams. One of best online teachers I've had.
She is nice but all she does is read her PowerPoints out loud. She gives reviews for her tests but her tests are fill in the blanks, making it very difficult. Wouldnt recommend to everybody !
Professor Coyne is an amazing person. Her teaching style is not for everyone, however. She reads from her power points and she tends to give too much material in one class. I encourage you to show up to class because sometimes she only offers extra credit if you are physically present in class.
Too much paperwork, not enough information, outrageous grader, won't allow to use what you have learned from other classes, or books.
HORRIBLE! if you have an option of taking any other professor, do it! She does not care AT ALL if you fail! Yes, there's tons of extra credit BUT the exams are nothing like the exam review. You go in blind to take a test & you're prepared to fail.
Best online class I ever take (this is my 5th class), it was a challenging class but doable. It was really obvious that you care for the class you always tried to respond as you could. I have had other online classes where it seems like they don't care at all just because the teacher don't see us or something. I learn tons!!!!
This was one of the most interesting online classes I have ever taken. The lectures by the professor are very helpful in understanding the subject. I would highly recommend to take this class taught by professor Coyne.
Professor C. Coyne expects everyone to be a geologist with the material required from her course. Be prepared in this Earth 110 online course to know everything about rocks to mountains to earth to every other planet and solar system.
I took this class during SSTI! I really encourage students to take this class either during SSTI or a regular school semester. If I was able to pass with a B, a 14 week course, under 10 days then anyone can pass it! Just make sure to do all the hw and study. The teacher is amazing! She is easy to understand and she help her students a lot!
Professor Coyne is an amazing professor. I took her for SSTI and she made the lectures fun! She knew the material by heart and wasn't relying on power points. She thoroughly explained the material very well. She is honestly a great teacher and her class was very enjoyable. I definitely recommend taking her class!
Most students take online classes thinking it will be easier. Not in this case. No notes can be used on the test at all. She uses a program where it basically records you take the test so if you think you can get away with it being an online class where you think you can utilize your notes, nope you are wrong. The quizzes are really hard too.
She is a great teacher. You do have to be in her lectures or else youll fail! Other than that her class is interesting and very easy if you stay on task
If my memory serves me right, she was a good professor, tough in some areas, but overall she was very knowledgeable of the material and very helpful when it mattered. Always a good time when you debate on Sox baseball
This course was one of the hardest I have taken her exams are hard to pass and her exams are half your grade. If you don't do well on her exams you will probably not pass this class.
Yall need to prepare yourself for this class. Dont expect to pass by barely doing anything bc this class hard af
Dont take her class ! She uses this device that monitors what you are doing during your exams and tends to fail somtimes which affects you dramatically. Had to repeatedly explain myself how the monitor failed during my exam and she didnt much care for my situation and failed me regardless if I did all the work. Needs to learn understanding skills.
This course was taken during the summer "SSTI 2019". She is: very understanding toward her students, Always asking if theirs any questions, gives extra credit, is approachable during and after class, shows a lot of enthusiasm toward her teaching/material, makes lectures fun, and interacting. She is the best professor I had in my 3 yrs in SAC!!!
Midterm was tough and the final was easy for me. Her lectures are short but gets to the point of what you need to learn. Tons of extra credit opportunity. Pay attention to the each quiz because some questions will re-appear on final along with final study guide. Online class is proctored for exams only. No big deal. Its just a virtual test.
I really love taking this course, it was a lot of fun!!! I love how she cares about your grade that if you need anything she'll be there for you. If you show up and do the work you'll pass the class.
The reason I rate this professor as 1 is not because of the grade she gave me but because of the lack of communication she had. I took her online course and I waited many days for a response from her. I shared my concern about her exams (not passing them) and she said to study the reviews she posted. Little to no questions were on her actual exams.
Dont take her. She gives you study guides but none of the content is on the exams. So you feel stupid no matter how hard you study. She gave the excuse well I know this so should you. I dont think she likes teaching. She makes the tests impossible to get an A.
Class is well structured, you know what needs to get down every week. Lots of material but it is an 8 week class. I found the study guides very helpful and stuff on them was definitely on the exams. Lots of opportunities to improve grade. Professor sends out reminders and would respond to emails within a day or so. I liked the class
Took this professor online a while back and she was extremely awful! She assigned too much homework in a week and her study guides were difficult to understand. By difficult to understand, her study guides were not relevant to the exams. She does not care if you fail.I was close to getting a C by 3 points and decided not to curve my grade! AVOID!
Do not take if you want to pass this class. Took her twice and still ended up getting a C and I did every assignment. She is a hard grader and her exams are very hard. Class is set up for you to fail and quizzes you only get to take twice and they were timed 15min with 10 questions.
I took it during the summer, it was an accelerated course, however the amount of work Professor Coyne would give was ridiculous. There were about 3 modules per week due. There were quizzes in every module. There were two exams the midterm & final & she gave study guides that did not even correspond with the questions. This class was crazy difficult
I took her course during summer 2020 per week you had 2-3 modules and each one has a quiz at the end and on top of that, she uses Proctorio during exams. She does give extra credit throughout modules but it's not much. If I wasn't for the extra credit plus her rounding up my grade I don't think I would have passed.
I've been getting through the lectures with B and C work. I opened the midterm and literally closed it and then dropped the class. She uses Proctorio for tests, which is basically like a program that watches your face and computer. Like other people said this course crams so much in 8 weeks.
I took this course twice , the first time i took it was Spring 2018 at my own fault I fell behind but regardless Professor Coyne would communicate about deadlines and assignments . I took this course again Fall 2019 it was an 8 week course and Professor Coyne was yet again amazing! She cares about her students ! DO THE WORK .
This class wasn't easy and there was a ton of work for an 8 week course, but the professor is really helpful and responds to questions quickly. She gives a soil amount of extra credit so take advantage of it, it adds up. The tests are split in two parts and the first part is open note so it's extremely helpful. Overall, good professor!
She was nice and tried her best to keep her students in check when it came to the pandemic but her class was difficult regardless. The study guide we were given did not correlate with the actual exams and the quizzes barely prepared us. Somehow I passed with a B but if you can take another professor, please do so this class was so challenging
this class is stressful and just has you regurgitate information. Your grade heavily relies on the exams and you only have a 1-2 day window to take them and it is proctored with proctorio. Proctorio is a complete invasion of privacy and is honestly super creepy and should not be used at all. Do NOT take this class unless it is your only choice.
Hands down the best science professor I have ever had. She is clear about the subject we were learning about and helps you understand the subject with different scenarios. If you get to meet Ms. Claire on a personal level she is honestly the most genuine person you will ever meet. She truly cares about her students and will help out in any way.
don't listen to the bad reviews...best professor ever but efforts must be known
I didn't think I would pass the class it was really challenging, but I found the content absolutely interesting! Professor C provides great lectures and study materials, you just REALLY need to do the work. She has informative lectures and free textbook materials. She is very helpful with questions and feedback. Would definitely take her again!
The lectures and material she provided where well organized and she had very fair exams. As long as you do your work and study the material she provides you will do good in this class. On a personal note, Professor Coyne is very communicative and helped me with some assignments when I was having a tough time with some personal things. 10/10 prof
Professor Coyne is very knowledgeable in the content and has a lot of detailed readings and lectures. With that being said, there is A LOT of work per module, making it stressful. I found myself spending at least 2 hours or more almost everyday to complete the modules and made sure I studied because the exams weigh heavy on your grade.
This class is ridiculous, the homework is not graded for participation its graded on if you did it correctly which makes if VERY difficult. Homework should not be a way to test and see if you retained the 18 pages of textbook reading and 30 hour lecture videos; that's what exams are for. However Professor Coyne is very nice to speak to over email.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
87%
Textbook Required
33%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-1.32 avg changeRatings by Course
SCIEN109
5.0
(1)GEOLO101
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(1)ESCI115
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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4.5
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