I was really frustrated with this class. Dr. Haynes has been teaching for 15 years and because of this he doesn't think he needs to change his lectures or show updated videos. When I went to see him because I was having trouble with the tests he replied "This is college" and expected all of his students to just try harder. I would not recommend.

Incredibly boring and even if you feel that you are prepared for the test, you're not. On average 2100 kids get an a on his test and the average is almost always a d if not lower. Avoid his class at all costs.

He talks nonstop the entire lecture, and his tests sometimes have material I have never seen before, and I showed up to every lecture. This class is way too difficult for an introductory class or gen-ed. Avoid taking him.

This class is by far the hardest class I have ever taken. I highly recommend not taking this course. The lectures have nothing to do with what is put on the tests. Be prepared to rely on your textbook and do a lot of studying.

DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS! Especially if you're only taking it for gen ed credit. Dr. Haynes is insanely boring and his exams are tough (there are only 4). There's also a huge project at the end of the semester that requires a lot of work but might boost your grade cause the class average on exams is a low C. Don't skip even though it's tempting

Most boring class I've ever had because he lectures for an hour and 15 min straight. His power points basically only have pictures on them so you really have to pay attention to what he is teaching, but staying awake is the hardest thing. His tests are very very specific and detailed, but he's not the harshest grader. attendance is not mandatory.

I didn't look at rate my professor before I took Professor Haynes and it was a mistake. His class is very boring and he lectures the whole time. HIs exams are extremely hard and the class average on them was never higher than a 70%. Do not recommend taking him at all!!!!

His lectures are pretty boring, and his tests are insanely difficult. He doesn't teach everything on the test, so you have to read every single word in the textbook. He offers one extra credit project, but nearly every project requires traveling. He is very knowledgable about the subject, but he can't teach a GenED class effectively.

Exams are nearly impossible to do well on (even going in with all of the readings and perfect attendance under your belt), maps due almost every week that are time consuming and absolutely irrelevant to the other course material, extensive final project, ridiculously demanding!!! DO NOT TAKE A CLASS WITH THIS PROFESSOR IF YOU CAN AVOID IT.

His lectures had little to do with the tests, and he took forever to grade. He expected every single student to put in the effort of a 400 level class. There is a massive project at the end of the semester, graded out of 10 points and worth 20% of the class grade. There were homework maps we had to fill in but had no relevance to the material.

This is a terrible class, I would recommend you stay as far away from this class as you could. He doesn't teach you anything in class, nothing that you go over in class is on any of the tests. You could read the books, you can watch the videos, and you still will not do good in this class.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. I put in so much effort and have not gotten better than a B on his tests. Makes you do time consuming, irrelevant maps. No matter how much effort you put in it is impossible. The averages on our tests are Fs and Ds. Last test class average was a 59% and 171/200 got below a C. DO NOT TAKE DO NOT TAKE

He's a really sweet guy, but his power points are not helpful and he rambles a lot which makes it hard to pick out the important parts and the whole class consistently scored low on exams as a result. He also made us do maps that took a really long time and didn't have anything to do with the material we were learning/tested on. He did curve grades

Haynes was an awful professor. His lectures were extremely boring and in the end you just need to read the textbook word for word if you want to do ok on the exams. But the exams were very hard and the averages were around D's but he blamed it on the students. He makes you fill out tedious maps that never come into use and aren't worth much.

The lectures are extremely boring and heavy in notes. Tests are nearly impossible no matter how hard you study. There will always be material that is not covered in class/in the book that will show up on the exams. Also, the exams are so lengthy that 30+ students will never finish the exam. Maps for homework are so unnecessary, take hours to do.

DO NOT TAKE HIM. Everyone does bad on his tests and his lectures are boring. I learned more reading the textbook than listening to him in lecture. He also puts the grades in Canvas weird so you have no idea what your grade is until you get your final grade after everything is done. Do yourself a favor and take someone else

Do not take this class for a Gen Ed. It will be one of the hardest classes you will take. He is not a good professor, ppts are wordless, and he has no idea how to teach. Tests are incredibly hard. by the end of the semester I did not show up to class and taught myself the material.

He treats a gen ed course like it is a major class and his lectures are impossible to sit through. There also are barely any words on his powerpoints so it is hard to take notes. The maps he assigns are pointless and only worth 5% of your grade which is unfair for how long they take. The tests are basically impossible unless you memorize textbook.

DO NOT TAKE HIM! better off taking chemistry or physics if you are trying to knock out a gen ed. I have taken classes in marine biology so this class shouldn't be hard for me but some of the questions on the test are no where to be found in the tetxbook or his lectures. His powerpoint slides have no words so you have no idea what to write down

Every other week, you take a quiz where you need to have basically memorized the chapters in the textbook he gives.

Originally though this class would be interesting and a fairly basic and easy class, but man, was I so wrong. This professor has blatantly stated that if youre not spending hours a week solely working studying, reading, watching videos/movies for his class you will not pass. He expects too much, even for a college class. HIGHLY DO NOT RECOMMEND!!

While Hayne's is one of the nicest people I have ever met, he is not a good professor at all. He spent the entire hour and 15 minutes of class looking at Google Maps and talking about it. So boring. Tests and homework are extremely difficult and nothing like lectures at all. Stay clear of his class PLEASE! I wish I did.

While he was nice during the lectures, i don' think he was a great professor for this class. During his quizzes students were given barely any time and many people had to rush through just to finish on time. He is also a very strict grader and takes off points for very minimal things. I would not recommend taking this class unless absolutly needed

His lectures are hard to follow as he goes on a lot of tangents and doesn't put many words on his slides, and sometimes just puts vague pictures on slides. For the midterm the class average was 53%, and nobody got an A, which shows he doesn't prepare students for exams. Many things that aren't in the textbook or lectures are on exams/quizzes

He expects way too much for a gen ed. Reading 40 pgs, 20+ pages on articles (small font), Videos (some about 1 hour long), on top of that you have to do these tedious maps that he never quizzes you on. He rambles on and on during lectures and is hard to follow. The average for the exam my year was a 55 (168 students), he then blamed the students.

DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS FOR A GEN ED! You have a quiz on three chapters every 2 weeks that add up to 30% of your grade. This class is the most work I've ever had to do in my entire life. He also gives out maps that don't even put a dent in your grade but they take sooo much time to do. I've put 3x as much time into this class as my major! Useless!

terrible professor, his lectures are so long and all of his slides are basically just pictures and rambles on and on about random stuff making it very hard to follow and take notes. The quizzes every other week are impossible unless you memorize every page of the textbook. Everyone I know is failing this class including me.

WORST PROFESSOR I HAVE HAD THROUGH ALL OF MY SCHOOLING. He is nice but one of the worst people at teaching I have ever seen. Slides are covered in words/hard to read. Gives very little time on exams, and the exams have little to do with what was "taught". He gives busy work in college. If there wasn't a word count, this would be an essay.

This man will do everything to make his class even more difficult. There are terrible lectures where he just rambles mostly about stuff that will not be on any exam. His quizzes are so hard that I can spend three days studying and still only get a c. The maps are horribly time-consuming and don't count for much. HE MADE THE FINAL PROJECTSINGLESPACE

Dr Haynes is a nice man, I enjoy talking to him and find his pursuits very interesting. However, he is the worst professor in the department. His quizzes and tests are difficult to the point where it does not matter how much you study. His homework assignments are often very tedious, meaningless, and do not count heavily towards your grade. Avoid.

All quizzes essentially boil down to "I showed this graphic once for five minutes in class three weeks ago. I sure hope you remember everything I said about it." Lectures are boring and monotone. Homework is entirely busywork and is never used or discussed in class whatsoever. Will outsource all actual teaching to videos and tangent in class.

Talk about a GPA tanker. Quizzes are impossible to get anything higher than a C. I studied for 4 days for one quiz and got a 76. He expects you to know the textbook from front to back. DO NOT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE MAPS. It literally takes me 3 hours to do one it counts for almost nothing. And he grades them harshly I can't get an A on any map.

this is the hardest class I have ever taken. I am taking this class as a gen ed and it is so frustrating. The maps we have to do about every other week and they take sooo long and count for like nothing on your grade. you will fail the midterm and final. do not take. i am filled with rage.

This class was extremely, unnecessarily difficult for a Gen Ed. The homework is just busywork, never to be discussed in class/on tests. Tests are nearly impossible, and he doesn't give study guides. Quizzes are online but the right answers aren't given after submission. Try to avoid if possible.

I regret taking this class so much. His lectures are long and boring. In addition to remembering everything from the lectures and textbook, he also expects you to watch all the videos he assigns and remember specific details from them. The only way to pass this class is to take good notes and sometimes that's not even enough. Don't take this class

This class was the bane of my existence. Dr. Haynes is pretty nice from the few conversations I have had with him, but his teaching style is just spewing out random information every lecture. He doesn't tie his points together comprehensibly which makes his lectures hard to follow and hard to take notes for. The tests are incredibly difficult.

Whatever you do do NOT take this class. He will take 40 points off of a map assignment for it being "unorganized" even if all of the points are correct. His quizzes are NOTHING like the lectures and they are nearly impossible. Also I studied for the midterm for 6 hours and failed it. Nothing that I studied from the lectures were on it

POV: you go to class, do the readings, study, and still fail every assignment for this class. His tests are literally impossible. The maps take like an hour each and he took 10 points off one of mine because my "lines were too thick". Like what. Also the quizzes are ridiculous too. Save your mental health and don't take him unless you have to.

The absolutely worst professor I have ever had in my whole life. I have never even gotten below a B in any class all through college and I am literally struggling to PASS. If you want to be mentally unstable do not take this class.

If you are looking for an easy to average gen ed, DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! The workload for a gen ed is absolutely ridiculous. The textbook chapters are so long and 99% of the information in them is completely useless. However, the smallest graph or two short sentences out of hundreds could be eligible for a test question worth lots of points.

He's the reason tenured professors should not exist.

I have never regretted taking a class more than I have regretted this one so PLEASE avoid this class at ALL costs if you want to be sane. Never in my life have I failed a class but I am struggling so hard to pass. Complete GPA tanker and the maps he makes you do take 3 hours and do absolutely nothing for your grade. He's a nice guy but....

He's super boring. I didn't pay attention in class at all. The quizzes are super difficult. He assigns at least 3 readings and videos each week.

Worst teacher I've had. Lectures are impossible to follow, it's an insane amount of information that he doesn't try to connect at all, and he delivers in a depressing, monotone voice. Doesn't engage with the class in any way during class. The slides are impossible to follow most of the time. Tests are legitimately impossible. AVOID AT ALL COSTS

He's SO. BORING. I literally could fall asleep in that class, he doesn't connect anything that he does to anything, I went to a considerable number of his classes and still didn't understand. Let me state for the record that I WAS excited for this and I'm not one to usually complain about professors (this is my first review).

This professor makes it very clear he wants you to fail. His tests have nothing to do with what was taught in class or even in the textbook. I have missed only three classes this semester and I can tell you it means nothing to go to class or get the textbook. His slides make sense without going and his rants in class just leave you more confused.

Where do I start.. I mean he's just awful. He tests more on participation than on actual knowledge of the material. I mean none of the test content is even in the textbook. The questions are all along the lines of "what did I say about this on this day"... like ?? Whatever you do, don't take him!

don't take haynes unless you have to. save your mental health. the class consisted of 4 quiz grades, 2 tests (midterm/final), and the OYO project. midterm was 80+ multiple choice and 10 short answer in 75 minutes, final gonna be worse (22 chapters cumulative). lectures are super boring. if you have to take him do the extra credit OYO project

Im a senior so this is not the 1st college class I've taken, but it is by far the most difficult. I've had bad professors but never have I wanted to see a professor stop teaching as much as Dr. Haynes. Maps are the worst assignments and count for nothing. Tests are so difficult because he basically wants us to memorize entire lectures and videos.

I absolutely hated this class. The lectures are so boring and all his lectures are is him talking the whole time while on the sides are just pictures. His exams are nothing like the quizzes and both are extremely hard. He grades so hard for no reason, an outsider would think this is a class for a major with how hard it is. DON'T TAKE

HIs midterm and final are so hard. I went to him for help and he shot me down saying that since he never got study guides or internet back in his college days then we shouldn't get that same help. It seemed as though he didn't care if I succeeded or not. Do not take

long boring lectures, tests are long and overly specific to the videos and lectures. The maps are easy but take forever and are essentially useless. I took this thinking I might be more successful in this than the other classes in this cluster but I was so wrong. do not take this class if you want to keep your gpa and sanity

Haynes is just not a good choice for geology lab at all. The labs are so pointless and a waste of time. I feel like i haven't learned anything at all because he doesn't teach. The lab practicals are just so ridiculously hard for no reason and your grade is not even available on canvas. The TA's saved me in this class though so shout out to them!

I would NOT take this class for a gen ed. It is ridiculously difficult and the lectures are not helpful.

Where do I even start. The point of a Gen-ed is to be like an introduction to a major, however Haynes makes the class far too difficult for it to be that. Everybody drops the class because they fail the midterm and everyone who stays in the class fails it overall. If you're taking this class, ill pray for you.

homework maps take forever. tests and quizzes barely relate to class material. took this class as a gen ed because i wanted to avoid chemistry and physics. if you are on the fence, avoid this class at all costs

DO NOT take this class. Lectures are full of information that are spoken and not present on the slides, and hard to follow since he goes off on tangents. Your grade will mostly come from one midterm and one final exam that are made up of 60mc and 12 sa questions. They are difficult to study for, the only hope is a project and extra credit project.

Boring lectures, tedious maps that he grades harshly are part of your grade. Avoid if possible.

DO NOT TAKE. My GPA is now tanked because of this gen ed. Even if u go to class and write everything down u will still pass with a C or D. Everyone I know is close to failing and have said this is their hardest class even compared to COB classes. My time was marked by uninspiring lectures, unclear communication, and minimal engagement.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!!! I took Intro to Oceanography as a gen ed,(you would think it would be easy, it was not) and it was the biggest mistake. His in class lectures make no sense, the out of class assignments were lengthy and long and never corresponded to the lectures, for the sake of your mental health do not take this class.

DO NOT TAKE. this professor doesn't understand what Gen Ed means. I find myself studying for this class more than my major courses and still am not doing well. Graded maps that have nothing to do with anything & online quizzes are just as hard. lectures are so boring he expects u to memorize things he says for the tests. AVOID

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROF. UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT GEOL.

Genuinely a nice guy outside of class, but HORRIBLE professor. Literally cannot teach. I would not recommend to my worst enemy. Don't take it if you can get around it.

Do not take him. He does not care for his students. Quizzes are only about his slide shows and pictures, which have no notes on them. You have to write down everything he says out loud in order to kind of understand what he is talking about. 99% of the time he is talking about nonsense and you can't understand him. Save yourself, don't take him

I don't like to talk badly about people nut do not take this class bro can't teach at all. slides are just yapping with no words you cant even hear him. No classwork or homework only quizzes and one project he won't look over top give you feedback on before you submit.

Im a senior and this is the worst gen ed ive taken in my life, harder than all my major classes and more work as well. I actually had a mental breakdown about this class multiple times, please save yourself and do not take him.

This was an awful gen-ed, he rambles on about random things but those things are whats on the quizzes and exams. The class is rough, but the exams are worse. This class ended up being taken over by a different professor after winter break, and at that point I had hope for my grade but it still couldnt fix Professor Haynes heinous work.