great teacher...dry humor which is funny =P

easy, laid back, not motivating though

Good teacher. Patient. Understated humor. Likeable.

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Overall just a nice person, no reason anyone should say a bad thing about the guy! Very on point in lecture.

Mr. Jackson is a highly respectable and nice man. I found his class pretty easy and I never read the book either. My only caveat is sometimes it gets boring, but suck it up if you want a good grade. If you come to class at least 80% of the time and do HW and his study guides, you should get an A/B.

Covers a little bit of astronomy, geology, oceanography, geology. Final not cumulative. You do have to spend time outside of the class studying, but it was worth it. Extra credit opportunities saved my butt after I bombed a test (my fault, didn't study for that one). Really straightforward, fun.

Good.

Geology lab definitely helps make lecture much easier.

Nice guy,really loves geology,maybe a little too much.Exams are difficult.Short answer is easier than his multiple choice. Really have to study your butt off in order to pass.

Can't relate to some of the negative comments made for Geology 300, but I had a great experience with Geology 305. Demanding, works hard to make material understandable, fair. Nice guy.

Mr. Jackson was a pretty good prof. He is very organized & is always willing to help you do your best. Be sure to not miss a lab, and if you miss one of his lectures, be sure to get notes from someone. He gives you a study guide about a week before your exam, so there should be no excuse to bomb a test if you go over it. So take him for GEOL classe

He was willing to help when asked. I recommend you go on his extra credit field trips. If you talk to him he is willing to give you extra help. He likes his job and it shows. Geo is boring but he is the professor to take if have to take it.

COOL DORKY GUY!!

This class was by far the easiest. If you like to write down a lot of notes, he does that. Practically tells you what to study on the exams. EaSY EASY..

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He is a very nice guy, i wish I liked science and paid more attention.

very easy class, i was in one of his classes at CRC and i thought it was pretty much a cake walk, i hardly tried and still got a high b.

I had him. I was going thru some things at the time so i was doing poor in his class, he helped me all the ways that he could. grade A teacher. ...i took his lab too, hat was fun

One of the best teachers I have come across. Professor Jackson does an excellent job at teaching the material. But if you are a looking for an easy A, look else where.

VERY NICE TEACHER, VERY HELPFUL AND CLEAR. HIS TEST ARE BASED ON HIS NOTES.

Very nice teacher. Basically, if you go to class you can expect an A. He is very understanding and makes the class interesting.

His is the man your mother would want you to marry. Educated,caring,funny, and looking for everyone's best interest. Be sure to take excellents notes and you will get an A. Good luck and don't worry he is really good.

Best teacher very caring and helpful....his test are all based on his notes and it is fair.....if you do your work you will get an A

Good class and very interesting. Lecture is easy to follow and text book isn't too dry. Four exams w/mult choice, fill in, short answer questions. Extra credit offered by writing a short report on movie or fieldtrip. Review sheets provided before each exam. Easy homework but have to study to do well on exams. Prof. takes time for questions.

Straightforward, clear about what you had to do in class. Got behind in grading near end of semester, but did actually get all graded assignments back. Provided lecture notes, review sheets for tests, consistently referred to where in textbook material was he was covering. Polite, enthusiastic. Not blowoff class, but not impossibly hard, either.

Easy but very very boring.

Fun guy! Good class. Natural disasters covered in parts of this class; those were the best parts. I think it was helpful to take the lab -- 306 -- with the lecture.

straight foward class, very nice teacher.

ok this is the easiest class ever u can fail the test and the guy is so nice he gives you other options like write a report i honestly think u should take him as a teacher i like his class dont really care for the stuff he teaches but it was easy

He gives a lot of information, but the test are really easy because of his review sheets, which are practicly verbatim test questions. Take notes, b/c you can uses them of quizes. I actually like geol. after this class.

not really interesting class but still easy. you just need to attend class regulary in order to pass the class because he gives quizzes which are easy points. if you fail the tests he'll have two or more option projects you can do to make up your grade.

easy A, just go to class and study for the tests. He gives a lot of extra credit at the end.

Good teacher. Really makes the subject relevant to everyday life, not just teaching to majors.

So easy. Just take all the notes and study them before the test. Only used the book for the maybe 6 easy homework assignments. You just have to answer a few questions, and are so easy. Easiest class but he is really boring.

I really enjoyed this class. Professor Jackson is a wonderful professor and he is extremely knowledgable and helpful. Mastering the material in the textbook is essential for doing well on exams (from my experience).

Lectures are from powerpoint so you just have to copy all the notes. EASY class. Given study guides a week b4 tests, and reviews b4 test. A few hw problems from the textbook. A couple of 2-question quizzez (easy 1-word answer). EASY. He's NICE.

I took Geology 300/301 about a year ago w/ Prof. Jackson. Fun class, but I found those tests to be tough, but I ended up getting a B in the lecture. I struggled a lot in the lab, but the lab class is helpful.

This class was very easy..He gives these 2 extra credit assignments during the last few weeks of class that can get everyone at least 2 letter grades up. I went from a D to a B..haha that baller status

Subject was pretty interesting (Oceanography). However, this was an online class, and the lack of communication, and not posting grades in a timely fashion made being in this class frustrating at times. Prof. Jackson is a great teacher in a live classroom enviroment, but I do not think teaching online classes is his strength.

pretty good teacher. its a little adorable when he says that hes like a major nerd. The class is kind of boring but when he makes a joke once in a blue moon its pretty funny. you need the book to do home work. Dont really have to attend class if you know the material. the first day is very easy, the first exam is very easy, but after that things g

Lots of work! However, he grades fair and is a very nice and patient person. I always look forward to taking a class with him.

I took 305/306 same semester and loved it. Lectures can be boring but the subjects are interesting if you give it a chance. He's actually a very funny guy once he gets comfortable with the group. Go on the field trips for extra credit because it's 1:1 time and you learn a ton more. Only 3 of us went on ours but it was ok. STUDY and take good notes!

professor Jackson is a great teacher, everything is very through and he gives little homework that is relevant to tests. as long as you show up pay attention and take notes it's a guaranteed "A"

Excellent teacher! Gives references, examples, and stories in his lectures. He definitely makes it enjoyable, as if science wasn't its own reward anyway!! Four stars to Professor Jackson!

Straightforward. Lectures and book complement each other well.

This class was sooooo boring, but super easy. The lab was even easier, and not as boring.

Straightforward class. Doesnt overload you with work, gives alot of notes. Field trip and presentations for labs. Hes willing to help if u just ask!He doesnt take roll, but gives mini quizzes almost every other day. I enjoyed the class.

He's not exactly the most entertaining or lively teacher but his class is rather doable. If you take a televised class be sure to go to the overflow room where there's no instructor, it definitely makes the class that much more interesting!

Not the most interesting material, but Prof Jackson tries to liven it up as best he can. Lecture can be a little dry, but take the lab and it is a lot of fun and helps the lecture course. Several tests, fairly easy if you pay attention and do the required reading.

Laid back. He's forgiving and patient. However, he doesn't get back to emails and it pretty disorganized. l had a televised course, so the work was pretty easy. However, the study guide didn't really help on the final. So, study everything. He will test on minderal composition and rocks etc.

Easy. Lectures are clear if he really didn't forget to talk about it. He's too laid. Don't know what happened but he's very behind schedule. Attend the lectures would help a lot for the tests. NO notes, only your memory. He grades only a few labs, those others just marked done and you have 100%. But it's a problem when the final comes.

Tests are really hard and the study guides he gives us are nothing like the tests so be prepare to read read read..if u really wanna pass DO the extra credits and all the homework and be there for the quizes.

He assigns so much busy work and random class quizzes. I wasn't there most the time for class which is the only reason why I didn't get an A. His tests are fairly easy as long as you study. There were 3 tests and a final. It just sucks he assign much useless classwork and information is really dry and boring.

He's pretty good in teaching and delivering stuff to students. Over, the class was good. Keep up with your stuff and homework. Exams are easy as long as you do the study guides. He has good sense of humor as well, cracks jokes once in a while. I would recommend him.

Straight forward. Some materials is really engaging.

Pretty mundane class routine. sit down, watch a movie, occasionaly do homework. Lecture part of class was really boring as he spoke in monotone. Tests are based mostly on terminology and are pretty frequent. Not a bad class.

Good class, good info, straitghtforward.

This was a way of looking at geology that was different and interesting. I liked it a lot.

He's good at giving grade reports out, probably the only professor I've had this semester that did that. (Which I like!) Very helpful, full of informative lectures. Do your homework, study hard and you'll pass.

Thoroughly enjoyed this class. GEO 311 labs were ambiguous, but turns out there is no single answer for geologic map interpretations. Was impressed that he addresses two sides of an argument and is open to differing opinions.

This was a good class.

This was a good class. I liked it more than I thought I would.

Good class. I liked it more than I thought I would.

He kept the class interesting, test material was straightforward. Important to show up for class for quizzes that can't be made up. Quizzes were easy, though.

He's not the most exciting man, but his Geology 300 class is cake and he's a good professor. Show every day, listen, take a few notes and you WILL pass. He plays videos occasionally which is nice as well as offers 2 field trips and extra credit opportunities. Overall, I'm very satisfied with him

He's easy if you listen and show up. His tests are straight forward. The only problem I had was that he sucks at grading things on time. Also had him for lab, and again they are easy you just need to pay attention.:)

He is an extremely boring teacher. His lectures are thorough but only if you can stay awake during them. Usually opens the class 1 minute before it starts; then he leaves to grab papers for 5 minutes while class has technically already started.

One of the hardest and boring class that I have ever taken. All his test were difficult, even though i would study for hours and complete the study guides that were given. the only reason i received a B was because i did both of the extra credits, which were two papers that have to be about 6-7 pages.

Good course. Made things relevant. Straightforward tests if you follow the lectures.

I did well on the first test, not so hot on the second test. He noticed a drop in my grade and checked in with me. It was mostly that personal life got in the way of studying, but he made sure I was re-focused. I appreciated that.

If you're not interested in geology but is stuck with class, consider taking the online course. Jackson's lectures are boring and hard to sit through. HW is easy and straightforward, but the exams will be hard, and you'll most likely fail them if you don't take time to study. I wish I took the online course or taken a different class altogether.

Mr. Jackson is a good professor because he enjoys what he teaches and he always tries to explain things in a way you can understand. However, it is crucial for you to keep up with the readings and study his study guides in advanced. If you aren't a geology type you will find new terms sometimes hard to remember so you must study! DO EXTRA CREDIT!

Straight forward, nice guy, really helps if you go talk to him when you don't understand something

I had him for Oceanography. A very easy class. Show up and study a little bit and you'll pass. Never any homework and the test review sheets are all you'll need to pass the class. Easy to get into contact with outside of class. I experienced a death in my fiance's family during the semester and Prof. Jackson made sure I was handling the loss well.

It was a really interesting class. It helped to take the lab. He specifically flagged a lot of material that would be asked on the exams.

Solid physical science class. I liked how it integrated a lot of other sciences. Course was made relevant to where we live and current events. Engaging material.

He was a very nice and humble professor. Since I had a different lecture professor, it was very hard for me to finish his labs but he and his TA were extremely helpful and went out of their way to help me with the labs. He even posted his old recorded videos pertaining to the unit. A solid choice.

He was a great professor and gave out clear study guides to use for the test. If you do the homework, reading, and study guide it will be a really easy class!

This class wasn't as bad as people make it seem, especially online for a summer session. He switched up homework from questions he made himself to watching/answering videos that were actually interesting! He grades a little late but very understanding/caring if you need help with anything.

Prof. Jackson was a pretty good teacher for online GEOl. While he gives lectures for every class day, its pretty simple and the class is way easier if you read the textbook. He does not give too much homework, just complete it on time and you should be good.

I really like this teacher:) He really does care to help. If you have questions and need help, he will be very understanding. I truly miss him and if you speak to him during office hours he will be more likely to help you no matter the time. I got help from him one day at 8pm and I truly felt he cared. However, the class is pretty difficult.

Easy if you come to class, take good notes, and study the guides he provides for you before each exam. Good Lectures, not much HW, easy pop quizzes that are open note, attendance counts towards overall grade, very friendly and easy to communicate with, labs are fun with lots of hands on learning, and I would take his classes again if needed.

His lectures were clear and provided everything he wanted us to know for the exams.