Horrible 'teacher'. Fails to test the class on text book reading and material covered in the lecture. My labs where never fairly graded. I would find points missing but no marks to indicate how they where lost. Grades in whether or not your writing is legible, which is completely inane and nit-picky. Avoid at all costs.

Taken class online, prof non-existent and doesn't answer questions posted. The "lab" assignments in a non-lab online class is a joke since we have no supplies other than rocks. The average test score was 65 and after half the quarter, I still don't know my grade as he hasn't posted it. There is no lecture, so all learning is from the book, not him.

DO NOT TAKE ONLINE CLASS WITH THIS TEACHER! HE IS NOT THERE! NOR WILL HE BE AVAILABLE JUST LIKE YOUR GRADES! PROB A GOOD TEACH IN A CLASS BUT HORRIBLE AND MIA ONLINE! ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!! HES JUST COLLECTING A CHECK ON THIS ONE!

This teacher does not respect his students' time. We had no idea how were doing in the class until week 7 of a 10 week course. This teacher does not answer simple questions and does not respond to emails. Maybe things are different in a classroom but he was completely absent for the online class.

Seems to me that Grupp is a great in-class instructor. However, I had the misfortune of taking his course on-line. I had a total of six e-mails that he ignored throughout the quarter and other members of my group had the same experience. His outline for the class never made sense and grades where never posted on time or at all.Donttake Grupponline!

Professor Grupp is a really difficult teacher and this was genuinely the hardest class I've ever taken. His assignments are not organized and he is very unclear about what he wants his students to do. His tests are unrelated to the textbook and the material mentioned in the class. He is really behind at grading assignments (so far 8 weeks behind)

This course is harder than I thought and very time-consuming. There's no lecture or anything which helps me to understand the text so I have to find video and lecture on youtube! Tests are hard and irrelevant to the textbook. Don't take this course! Run!

Lecturespersonal diatribe-Assignments lack clear instruction-Response to ?s at prof leisure if at all-All discussion/lab grades are group dependent(pick group wisely or pick up slack & earn grades for slackers)-Grades posted weeks after due,& 1/2 not at all before end of qtr.-Requests to review are deniedarbitrary final grade-Awful way to learn!

The guy takes forever to grade then gives you a poor grade with no reasoning. Worst online class I have ever taken.

He doesn't teach this class. You read the book and hope you get it. He sometimes responds to questions but don't rely on him. Tests are ridiculous and the grading is overly particular. Take a different science class.

The class is set up incredibly poorly - the entire class was confused the first week. It is almost entirely group projects, and if you're stuck with a bad group you're stuck with the work. He only grades twice a quarter, so you have to wait five weeks before you get any feedback. Poorly run online class. Frustrating groups.

Took an online class, was structured into groups so your grade is reliant on others work. didn't grade anything until the 4th to last week so we had no idea how well we were doing on the assignments. offers no extra credit. a good example of the worst kind of professor

He literally docks you points on assignments that seem to meet all of the criteria he asked for with no explanation why, and when I tried to reach out and ask for an explanation, my emails and calls were left unanswered. The whole setup of the class is extremely confusing, and I've taken many online classes before. Would not recommend.

Provides little to no explanation for when assignments are due, no clear guidelines, I was personally left confused throughout most of the course. He's a nit picky grader. He will make an assignment due on Sunday, but in the description of the assignment will say it's due a different day, so you don't even know you need to do it till it's too late!

There is no explanation on when assignments are due, and he never gives an explanation for the grade he gives. He doesn't teach the class, you are given 3 paragraphs of vague explanation at the beginning of the week. Don't take this class.

I took Grupp's class online. He's not very accessible offline/online, and his online format is a massive headache. I'd attempted numerous times to contact him, and he failed to email back. You don't know your grade or general progress most times, and it's quite unclear on what you're supposed to do. I strongly advise not to take his online course.

This course is the most frustrating due to incompetence on the professors part of a poorly constructed online class. The format is hectic, with vague weekly instructions that are located in two different modules. The midterms are only allowed to be taken within 24 hrs, the professor doesn't give feedback on grades, and grades very slowly.

Test questions are worded horrendously, his slides contradict the book, and he bases the tests off the book. Avoid at all costs. Average test percentages 64, 62, 62. Does not curve. I worked my ass off and still didn't get an A.

The whole class is only group projects. No independent projects. Yes online group projects. No one ever helps or on at the same time. You lose points for having certain conversations with group suchas asking how everyone is doing. He never answers emails. Very stressful. The projects are really hard. If you hate group projects dont take this class.

EVERYTHING IS GROUP WORK! Your entire grade is dependent on extensive DB posts, 2 midterms and a final. He's a super polite man who has no idea how to run an online class. If you ask for help he will be polite and useless. I had a friend end up in the ER and ask for an extension and he told her to drop the class. Again, nice man horrible proff.

Professor Grupp has created a non-dynamic Geo course in which every assignment or commentary is automated, nothing seems customized-making his lessons impersonal and his expectations rushed. He also has one hour time limits for 60 question tests and doesn't let you see what you got wrong. Reading is heavy, and tests are scrupulous.

The Canvas classroom was the worst organized one I've ever seen, and the assignments made no sense. Should have been very easy work, but I ended up quitting the class because I was so frustrated. Doesn't explain things very well at all. I didn't get any grades back until halfway through the quarter when it was too late to do anything about it!

This class does not seem terribly difficult, but the teacher is HORRIBLE! By the end of week 7 of the quarter none of us know what our grade is. He has only graded two out of 10 items, one being the midterm. Multiple students have reached out because there appear to be grading errors on the midterm. The teacher has not replied to any one!

Do yourself a favor and DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. Steve Grupp lacks any ability to be a teacher and absolutely refuses to respond to student questions or grade our work. In week 8, there were only 2 things graded. Talk about stressful! Tests are picky and ask for such tiny details, some of it not even found in the book. How this guy a teacher?

Grupp is impersonal and has not updated his online material in years. Most "lectures" are copied and pasted from previous classes i.e. Dates are not changed. He does not grade in a timely manner. Do not expect feed back from your grades even if you reach out to him asking. The class itself is interesting, just don't expect an engaged instructor.

Very little direction or feedback, even when requested. Participation matters. Material is interesting, but the assignment directions were unclear. By the last week of class, only the tests and first couple assignments had been graded.

Almost no feedback and assignments are very confusing and have a lot of unneeded information without any useful information. I checked and pretty much the entire class is confused each week, which suggests its an instructor problem. I read the reviews here before taking the class and just figured it was lazy students, but nope. Bad class.

The worst class I've taken in my life. Doesn' grade ANYTHING till the last couple weeks of class, isn't clear on assignment details, grading is wack and doesn't communicate with students. I tried to reach out to get help in the class multiple times and never heard back. Trust me when I tell you, DONT TAKE THIS CLASS!

Ugh. The textbook is fairly interesting. The teacher is completely absent and refuses to communicate. The class is split into groups and if someone in your group drops the ball, you are punished along with everyone else - of course you won't know that until Week 9 when he finally grades the first group project (there are 10). WHY is he like this?

I have never had to rate a professor before, but feel that it is my duty to let future students know about this class. We are on week 10 of the quarter, and he has just started grading assignments from week 2 and 3. This is not ok! His tests are incredible difficult and the material on his tests do not necessarily match up with the reading. Beware!

Dont take this prof. Whatever you do just dont. I emphasize everything that everyone else said. Doesnt stay up to date with grading, super heavy ready, hard tests, participation heavy. I needed a lab science to graduate and I should have just taken Chem or Bio, thats how awful this class was. Hes also impossible to get ahold of for questions.

Online lab science classes are hard to come by, but do yourself a favor and pick a different one. Tests are incredibly hard and questions are obscure. Participation and lab points are group based and if your group drops the ball you have to pick up the slack to get your points. Takes forever to grade assignments. Slow response to emails.

His grading policy has way too many hoops to jump thru; there's no structure or way to know what's going on. You are put into groups early on and are told to talk your tongue off just regurgitating the textbook. He only cares about the work, he doesn't care if you learn. Be prepared to teach yourself-- there was no actual instruction.

Dont take his class, do yourself a favor and avoid him , and his lackluster teaching style, he doesnt teach anything, and he cares more for his tenure it seems. My grade per his weak grading scale has fallen to the toilet and he refuses to answer all forms of contact. No grade for my midterm 27 days ago and another in a week, Avoid his class.

Yesterday was the final day of class. Half of all the assignments for the class have still not yet been graded. It is hard to tell what our final grades will even be. This is a stress that students should not have to go through. This professor is completely absent from the class, and assignments are outdated and confusing at best. Please avoid!

WOW, PLEASE DONT TAKE A CLASS WITH PROF GRUPP. Dear Lord it was terrible. 0 communication, 0 teaching, 0 help. Thankfully weekly discussions were easy, but the tests are nearly impossible, and are based off of the most minute details in the textbook. He legit taught nothing, but assigned ungodly amounts of reading each week. DONT TAKE THIS CLASS

Individual work in this class is not a thing even if you disagree with your groups answers. Besides the exams, your work is graded off of a group submission, but you are stuck with the group of people for the whole quarter and it can be hard to all communicate when we are all running off of different schedules but he doesn't seem to care. Dont take

I would not recommend taking this class ever. Honestly a horrible instructor with an even more horrible organization of his course. Too much content, too much unnecessary information, and too much reading even for a college student. I would personally avoid him and any of his classes ever.

Terrible.

One of the worst teachers I have ever had, multiple times I asked him to explain something to me and his response was "you should just know". We were analyzing samples of rocks in order to determine what they were, and I had an improper sample. He rarely answers questions in class, rather giving a round-about answer that doesn't explain anything.

doesnt teach or answer questions, jist reading and random labs, and gave my group a zero for 'no submission' when we submitted the completed assignment so he had to change it. late grader and doesnt care about your grade or test scores as long as you learn something

He was unresponsive. The whole class is heavily dependant on what you do in your group. You can't take a break from this class between discussion participation and weekly assignments you must get on everyday of the week. The instruction is confusing, nobody knew what to do and our questions were not answered. Maybe it's better in person bad online.

His lectures are long and wandering. Textbook assignments are confusing. He is unable to adequately answer questions in class and is completely unaccessible outside of class. He never answers emails. His tests are extremely difficult. I spent about 12 hours studying for each exam and the best score I ever received was a C. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!!!

I haven't gotten too far into the class yet, but I already regret my choice. He doesn't respond to emails. The canvas is so disorganized that it takes five years to figure out what you are actually supposed to do. HEAVILY dependant on your group to do well and participate. NO GRADING SECTION. So you will live in mystery the whole time. DONT DO IT.

Not super clear instruction and a good amount of group work that lasts the entire quarter.

DO NOT TAKE THIS COURSE. Steve is a good guy but super unclear instructions, horribly unorganized canvas, assignments are confusing, random deadlines, forces group work, had to reach, and no plan for the quarter. He explains how difficult his exams are and then gives us no guidance. Had to watch a 3 hour long lecture and write notes.

Avoid this class if possible - it's heavily dependent on group work, with unclear instructions and little professor support. Try using Unstuck AI for study prep to get through it.