Professor Plenge took a class I only needed for a gen-ed requirement and made it interesting and enjoyable. This class is almost all lecture, but she is entertaining and encourages participation and a sense of humor. She is a bit of a touch grader, but she will answer any and all questions you have and is always available outside of class.

Even though Geol 101 wasn't a required class for me, I'm glad I took it. Plenge made the class enjoyable. She has a dorky sense of humor and encourages people to speak out in class, always has friendly response. She can be a bit of a tough grader on her assignments, but overall a great teacher. PS she really likes volcanoes and eartquakes

Professor Plenge was my favorite professor this semester. She is very caring and you can tell that she really wants you to not only understand the material, but enjoy it too. She is willing to help whenever you need it and is very accessible. She is a very fair grader and gives a fair amount of work. I would suggest her to anyone.

Going into the class I thought it would be a super easy A-- rocks for jocks. I liked her teaching method and she told us most of what we needed to know in lecture. I wish I would've utilized her office hours because I feel like they would have been helpful in preparing for the test. She didn't offer extra credit & to get an A you need a 95 or more.

Dr. Plenge is super nice and fun to take a class with. However, if you need/want an easy GenEd don't take GEOL 101 with her! Everything is unnecessarily hard and complicated for an intro to Geology class. GEOL 101 with her is a pain. The assignments, quizzes, and tests, were complicated and tricky. I enjoyed her, but not the class.

Great way to fulfill Science w/lab credit! Not particularly difficult, as long as you don't blow it off. 3 exams (including final) only 16% each, and are curved up based on class averages. Dr. Plenge is approachable and nice, and explains complex concepts well. Would recommend 100%

Megan is so enthusiastic about geology. Her lectures are fun and engaging and she has a way of explaining complex concepts in a understandable manner. While she is super fun, her class is tough. She makes you work for the grade. Lots of in-class work and quizzes. The exams aren't easy either. Overall it's a great class. You'll learn a lot.

Honestly if you show up and do the group work that there sometimes is this class is pretty easy. Tests were not hard and neither is the course material.

Took Geo just to get my science credit, but Megan actually made a science class enjoyable for me! She made expectations very clear, and she really cares about her students: she calls people by name in a 100+ person lecture. Some say Geo is hard, but it's really not. It's not a punt class, but if you put in work it's totally possible to get an A.

Dr. Plenge is an incredible professor! I took this class to fulfill a science credit and ended up loving it so much after the first week that I switched my major to a Geology BS. Dr. Plenge is passionate about geology, she cares about her students, and she tries to make learning the course material as painless as possible. Take this class!

If you have to take geology, take it with Dr. Plenge. I do not consider myself to be very good at science but I was able to do really well in her class. She is accessible outside of class and if you put in the work, pay attention in lecture, and do her study guides etc. you should come out of the class with an A. She's also super nice!

Professor Plenge is great! Some of these comments about her tests being hard are dramatic, they are not easy A's, but she is one of the only lecture teachers that takes into account homework, participating, quizzes, groupwork in addition to exams. Also, you don't need an A exam average to get an A in the class. She will help you succeed!

Megan Plenge is AMAZING and the love of my life. She is so patient and will explain anything you don't understand until you know it. Her exams are a little harder than you would expect but still manageable. There is very little homework but definitely study for exams more than you think you should. She genuinely wants her students to do well!

On a day to day basis, I would recommend this class. There is rarely a homework assignment and the content is pretty basic earth-science related concepts. The quizzes are short and multiple choice, but quizzes and exams are difficult and can have tricky questions. Study more than you think you need to for tests, but this class is still worth taking

I hated this class and I relatively struggled with the material. But I went to her office hours so frequently that it helped immensely. She is among the sweetest professor I would l highly recommend.

I really struggled in the class, science was never my thing to understand. However, Professor Plenge wants her students to succeed she does not want them to fail, go to her office hours it is so helpful. She is the sweetest.

Easy class with not too much work. The TAs are all very helpful!!

Professor Plenge was such a great instructor. She was easy to get in contact with and was definitely knowledgeable and passionate about the field of work. The assignments were well-planned and easy to follow the instructions. I was not a fan of the constant group projects, though, as my group members were not as dedicated to getting an A as I was.

Solid choice for science credit! Classwork is 40% of the grade and reading checks and participation is another 15%, so you don't have to do amazing on tests to have a A. Just make sure to pay attention and take notes. Personally thought the material was really interesting and am considering adding a geology major!

Prof. Plenge is definitely the best choice for GEOL 101, especially for people who need their science/lab gen eds. Her class was pretty easy, and she's super nice and always willing to help you. Class activities are 40% of grade, online reading checks are 10%, PollEv questions are 5%, and quizzes are 30%, with the final being 15%. Easy to do well.

Plenge is a great professor. She really knows what she was doing and was able to explain all concepts very well. She does grade the discussions somewhat hard and the final wasn't easy but so much of the class is participation. I had an easy time in this class but only 7/25 people in my class got an A. If you do the work, you will get an easy A

If you need to take GEOL101, take her. She gave us multiple submissions for many assignments, and gave feedback in between so it was easy to get good grades with multiple chances. Very lenient grader. If you're here to get a science & lab credit, take her. Most of the class including me got A or A-. Surprisingly easy (online zoom) class.

Can't say much about Plenge bc class was entirely TA-run, but TA Ami Ward was incredible. I'm a non-STEM person and did pretty bad in the GEOL lecture, but the lab was straight-forward and I feel like I learned a lot from it. Grades were based on group assignments she checked before submitting, tests on those assignments, & exams. Wonderful course.

Professor Plenge is lenient and understanding to student's needs. The lowest quiz and reading check gets dropped. Just make sure you have a solid basic understanding of what is taught and the life cycles. Everything connects.

It was a great class if you are looking for an easy way to fill your gen eds. You do have to stay on top of it and put in the work to receive an A. Doctor Plenge is amazing and very knowledgeable.

As someone with zero interest in geology, Plenge was pretty good. She communicated the material well, and she was super nice and approachable the whole semester. Adequate amount of homework and quizzes that weren't too difficult. Made this class a great deal more interesting than it could've been.

This class was a lot at times but not nearly as bad as the other sciences. Dr. Plenge gave a lot of opportunities to raise your grade through her grade distribution and offers a lot of office hours leading up to tests. Definitely need to study for all quizzes and tests but otherwise an A is definitely obtainable.

For someone who really only wanted the credit, this class wasn't too bad. Her lectures were okay, interesting but it takes a decent amount of focus. Tests and quizzes seemed intentionally tricky (a personal peeve of mine) and were much harder than expected. Make sure to study hard for tests, do the assignments and you should be okay.

GEOL 101 is not an easy A necessarily but paying attention in lectures makes this class very manageable. I never used the textbook because Prof. Plenge's lectures and group activities were very helpful. Although the tests are hard, she heavily weights PollEvs and group activities to boost grades. Definitely take for an fantastic gen ed and prof.

While GEOL101 is not an easy A, Prof. Plenge clearly is very enthused about the subject. She encourages questions, has many small assignments that your grade depends on, and has group quizzes. She is funny and this class is a good choice if you need a PL

MF Plenge is not a great rapper, but is a good instructor for a topic that quite honestly is pretty uninteresting. Definitely the easiest intro science class, but not a free A. In-class work is almost half your grade so definitely show up... Plenge was fickle about some things, but pretty reasonable over all.

Plenge is definitely the way to go if you're a non-STEM major looking for a lab credit. You take group quizzes which helps and she gives a lot of support on in-class assignments. Really easy to make a B and difficult to make an A type of class.

Dr. Plenge is so willing to talk to students about the class or anything. She was very accessible (even meeting with me the day the final paper was due). The one thing about this class was the group projects. The projects really stressed me out because my group members were not interested in helping me so the assignment fell onto me several times.

All I can say is go to class. Classwork and activities are worth 45% of your grade. Also just prepare and do well on reading checks and you should be fine. Exams are tough but it's still possible to get an A if you get C+/B- on the exams. Definitely the best science to take for a non-science major, but don't think you'll skate right thru it.

As a non STEM major, I would definitely recommend taking this course over the other options for PX/PL credit. It's a class you'll have to work hard for if you want an A, but participation is 40% of your grade so it isn't too difficult to end with a B. The material is also really interesting, so I didn't mind studying as much as I thought I would.

Plenge is very nice outside of class in office hours but the exams are VERY hard. I was giving 110% effort to struggle to make an 80. This class is almost impossible to make an A in so it is definitely not "rocks for jocks." Be very careful if you want to make an A, it takes a lot of hard work.

She was great, very nice person and imo good lecturer/likes teaching, def wants kids to come and does multiple poll evs so youll have to show up, I highly recommend actually reading+ actually paying attention+ notes. Built so you can get an A, midterms/final lightly weighted, but if just show up for a final wt no studying you'll fail, so study plz

Prof. Plenge was organized, prepared, communicated expectations well, and provided many resources for review. Some lecture slides were confusing, and a lot of important materials were only in the readings. Do them and routinely attend class and you will do well.

The class was very hard and confusing. Lots of busy work but Dr. Plenge was available to help you better understand material. Don't take this class for an easy A and was not very interesting.

There are easier idst's out there, but if this is the only one that fits your schedule, I'd take it. The TA's tend to grade the assignments harshly, so make sure you follow the rubrics to a T. Overall, the course wasn't too difficult, but def required more work than I expected to get an A. Plenge was the best lecturer out of the three, though.

EMES101 (GEOL101) is not an easy A, but if you go to every class and put 1-2 hrs/wk into it, you'll do well. The exams were very fair and almost exactly what was covered in class. If you need this for a lab credit, take it if you're willing to consistently take notes and go to class. Plenge is a great lecturer and is passionate about the subject.

This class is a lot like APES if you took that in high school. It wasn't particularly difficult at all and all the exams were fair. The group style quizzes were an interesting concept that I didn't love but they were fine. The only real complaint is that the slides are so bare that studying for exams or quizzes was unnecessarily difficult.

Basically every class will be a lecture almost bell-to-bell but you get polleverywheres and they're light. The tests are made up of partial lectures / partial textbook which can be tricky because they don't always line up perfectly. Honestly though you can tell she genuinely loves the subject and is willing to help IF and only IF you reach out.

Prof Plenge is really cool! She's super passionate/knowledgable & loves to talk with students/tangent. she drops lowest grades to boost you and quizzes are an individual and group work grade, the book we read was interesting, and the final project was pretty engaging. She's also really clear about what'll be on quizzes - loved 201 w/ her!

Dr. Plenge is clearly very passionate about what she does and her lectures are interesting. However, the class is extremely boring at times and studying is difficult because of the PPTs. There is a lot of textbook reading and reading checks, but if you do them you will succeed. Encourages group work and drops some low scores.

Lecture heavy class but slideshows were available after lecture in case you missed it. PollEvs everyday for participation credit. The homework and classwork were generally free good grades, but the tests were much harder. I got nothing less than a B on all class/homework but never got better than a D- on the tests. (I studied)

If you're a non-STEM major, this class will be perfect for you. The lectures were interesting and there were a ton of assignments that were manageable which helps make up for lower grades on the exams. There are no pop quizzes, and she writes clear objectives for each quiz and exam. At office hours, she will go through exams question by question.

As a non-stem major, I actually liked this class. If you hated earth science, it might not be for you. If you do the work and study hard for the big tests, then it should be fine!!

Dr. Plenge is clearly a very passionate and intelligent professor. Triple-i is being removed from the gen-ed curriculum so outside of the class I definitely wouldn't mind taking a class with her again. She is friendly and approachable, but sometimes struggles to understand that not everyone loves her subject as much as she does.

Dr. Plenge is very passionate about this material, and she gives good information in lectures. The first half of the class was pretty easy, but it takes a downhill turn at the second exam. The reading isn't helpful, and the exams aren't directly from lectures/materials. It wasn't too hard, but if you'll need to study.

Relatively easy gen-ed if you put the effort in. Plenge obviously cares a lot about the class, but lectures can be a little confusing sometimes. Overall, as long as you prepare for quizzes and exams you'll be fine. Exams can definitely be a little hard

I didnt like idst 118 at all, but plenge herself was exceptional. only lecturer of the three that deserved to be on the stage. take her for her other classes I'm sure they're great. the concept of a triple - I is flawed but that's not her fault!!