absolutely great! STAR TREK NERD ALERT! i dont know what this other guy is talkin about. he gives daily quizzes, yes, but they are incredibly easy. you get 15 min 1/2 way thru the test to ask questions to fellow classmates!

Very nice guy. Offers help whenever needed, Tests are all essay questions that he already gives to you like 5 weeks before the test, so if your not lazy and you write them on your own, he'll go over them with you and tell you how to improve the essay

He's nice guy and puts humor into his lectures-even though its about Star Trek alot-and explain things in a way that helps you understand.I'm not a science person but I liked his class.He gives you the questions that will be on the test in advance and is always happy to help you.But you have 2 STUDY

I thought he was a great teacher. You just have to blame yourself if you can't keep up with the dates. Just gotta know when the test is because he gives you all the questions anyways its up to you if/when to review them

Noyes is a great teacher. He is clear, helpful and will answer q's until you understand. He frequently ask the class q's to make sure studnts are interacting with the subject. Attending class is crucial because his exams are based on lectures. Highly recommended if youre a responsibile studnt.

This is the easyist class I have every taken, If you have no science in your back ground this is a good class to take.If you have any science background(HS included)this classs can be painfully borning.You don't real need the text book except as a reference, so try to share a text book with some one

Quizes almost every time you go to class. Labs are just a pain and makes you stay till the end of class if you don't get it all right. Picky grader on essay. Miss a slight thing, he will mark you down. Plays favorites. If you want to work hard for a B go ahead.

Its not a hard class as long as u can keep up with the work reqd. He hands out thorough notes, and summaries for each section. Homework is laid back but will really boost ur grade, if u do it..He is extremely helpful

He is the best teacher @ elco. He makes sci fairly interesting & fun w/ lots of demos & labs. If you dont understand just ask & he will clarify. He won't just tell you to look in the book like some other profs. He also takes your effort & active participation into consideration when making your final grade.

Easy class. Test based off of lectures and study guides, just take notes and listen, you should do just fine. Don't really need the book. Students who don't do so hot: lazy and disruptive, the ones that talk way too much during class. If your a good test taker, you can have your test be worth more of your grade, and get away with doing no homework.

when you ask him a question, he sometimes makes you feel you're stupid. also, his essays are hard to answer. he is very picky with the words you use, and there is a lot of memorization. plus, attendance is 20%!

This class was hard. He gives u a lot of busy work for three hours. Can't leave until it's all correct. Keeps u after class. Tests and work is long and very difficult.

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He's a very good teacher, I highly recommend. You just need to pay close attention to everything he says and maybe you should ask questions. He's very helpfull Overall great!

really good teacher, knows what he's talking about..but he kinda makes it obvious when he doesn't like certain student. materials are difficult but his notes helps alot. exams are long with essays..but everything on tests are from the notes. as long as you take good notes and pay attention in classes..you'll easily get A.

notes are already printed for you all you have to do is fill in some blanks. makes things easy to understand. gives you a discussion period during the test to talk with other people. i highly recommend him

great teacher. very understandable. talk to him outside of class in his office hours and he will help boost your grade towards the end of the semester. you are able to retake every test and he gives a ten minute discussion period in between each test. easy class and its fun as well.

DR. Noyes is a great teacher even though is just the 4th week of the semester I have a very good feeling that this class will go good. He is very helpful and if you so your study sheets you will do fine in the quizzes and the exams. This class is very interesting. You end up seeing the ocean in a new perspective MUST TAKE HIMM EASY A!!!!

He is very clear when giving lectures, and tests are easy to study for if you go to class and pay close attention. The labs and the homework are a clear view of what answers he is looking for on tests. I loved this class.

I dont think this is an easy A class, you have to study consistently, but at the end if you make an effort, he will grade you in a ver generous way, ie if you had an 88% hell give you the A or if you had a 64% and you do good on the final hell give you a C!it was an interesting class and he really is a good and caring teacher, take him and study!

Makes this subject interesting. Only downfall is no grading through out the semester, difficult to gauge how you are doing in class. No final, two 10-page essays plus class notes and class participation equal your final grade.

Good amount of work. Favors girls if you act concerned about your grade. Long class. I got a B.

class is very challenging. he's willing to help during office hours and after class. he tries his best to makes sure you understand the material. hes anal, wants to ensure you know the subject. very helpful and has a true passion for the subject. he's the greatest teacher i've had at elco. i would recommend him to anyone and everyone!

Loves his subject and makes it interesting with the alternate site activities, in class video's, student examples and study sheets. Lots of homework & quizzes & mini tests throughout the semester which helps you maintain a good grade. If you're prepared to work hard then this is an easy "A". Labs are fun as well. GREAT CLASS!!!!!

I recommend everyone to take Dr. Noyes' class. He is the best professor in ECC. He is very passionate, funny, clear, and helpful. At the end, you'll learn at least something about ocean. I guarantee that you will love his class. But his class is not that easy, but if you study hard, pay attention, and do all the work, you will definitely get an A.

Online. This course is a very labor intensive class. Make sure you have plenty of time to dedicate to it. Overall, the labs can be easy grades if you go in and complete them at school. Ask questions if you need to. Study Sheets for Quizzes. His lesson readings are fairly easy to follow which helps if you are not a science major. I enjoyed it!

The class may seem very repetitive and boring at times, but he lets you have discussion time during the tests. How many other teachers do that? Might as well be legal cheating. Just sit next to the smartest or the most attractive girl you can find so you can breeze through the tests and not be bored out of your mind during 3 hour lectures.

Don?t listen to the people who said too much work, ANY work is TOO much for them. He doesn?t collect the HW that he assigns, he goes over it in class AND you get xtra credit for answering them. There were only about 3 easy out of class assignments that we had to turn in. Lectures were interesting and the labs were fun. I loved this class!

He has changed his class completely now. Due to the many prior complaints. He is now very easy and anyone can do quite well now.

Good teacher. Very straight forward.

I took his on-line class and thought he and the class were awesome. I am not science minded and do not like the subject at all but he made it very easy to follow. He does give a lot of work and it is very time consuming but he is always available to answer questions. It is the best distance learning class that I have taken so far. I would highl

i took this class online, but i went to class on fridays for lab (thats optional,u can do labs online).Class was easy and teacher is wonderful. Gives discussion period on exams. There is a lot of work to do for this class but it is easy, mostly reading. Mr. Noyes is willing to work with u. We had to go to the beach several times but that's optional

Okay, here's the deal with this class: It's a TON, and i do mean a TON of work. For 4 credits, you meet twice a week for 3 hours and 10 minutes! (that's 6 hours and 20 mins per week!) You take a ton of notes and do a ton of labs, he's super picky about your answers, but he's also really interested in his subject and you understanding the ocean.

this class is easy although it does require effort. make sure you're there for the labs & do the study guides + the online practice quizzes because the questions on the test are the SAME as those. discussion time with classmates during exams! there is no reason to not pass.

Easy notes, just fill in the blank type of notes. Buy a 15$? ish packet for his class and everything is given (lab, hw, notes) Tests arent hard. Just write everything you know for word prblems even if it means repeating yourself. I bought the book but did not use it. if you dont study, then it becomes "hard." He really isnt too bad. just study abit

the professor is very helpful, but for an introduction class, is a hard grader. you learn a lot, which is a good thing, but the detail of what you're expected to know is insane. i hope the professor realizes that not everyone is a science major, let alone oceanography major. he works hard for the class.

Professor Noyes is very detailed about things. He wants you to really learn things. This class was the hardest class I've ever taken in my life, however I'm sure there are worse teachers out there. At least you learn in this class, he makes sure of it. It's A LOT of work and if you try you hardest, it may not be good enough.

Noyes is a very good teacher his methods are sound and his notes are clear. There is a lot of material to be learned in this class and when it comes to exams he is not going to let you B.S your way through them. He grades based on how well you understand the material. Those who put in the effort will do well, others will not.

Bottom line, this teacher is HARD!!! I really struggled, but in the end I got an A by 1%. (91%) He wants to know details like you are a pro, but you do learn stuff. If you are a sci major, take him in class not online. But, if u need to take it for a ge like me, try for someone else. Really hard but I got an A! More work than is necessary.

Professor Noyes is definitely organized. The text book is not needed to pass the class, but he does require studentst o purchase two of his notebooks which are inexpensive and make life in this class much easier. He is very precise, and grades tough when it comes to exams. Gives out hw, plans field trips aka "ASA" and attendance is mandatory, but

Not sure what all these previous comments on here are about.I have not done any kind of science class in a decade and am doing very well thanks to Prof Noyes.Maybe he has been on here and taken action to sort himself out, but I find him extremely helpful and his classes very interesting.He OBVIOUSLY LOVES what he does!

This class was very hard. He the answers excatly how he said it in his lectures. I had to drop a class to pass this one. I did learn a lot though and enjoyed the labs and videos. I really didn't like how the we had to stay for another lecture AFTER a test!

he knew how hard i was working and gave me an A even though i had missed the mark on the final and really deserved a B. He is open to suggestions about his teaching and makees you feel comfortable asking questions. I even asked if lobsters wered really blue before they were cooked and he didn't make me feel stupid. that is hard to do.

He is the closest thing to a real university professor here. He is difficult, but if you can muster an A, you may be ready to transfer to a big name school. He is very fair but very anal about everything. But get used to it because he can almost be a saint compared to some profs at top ranked universities! Take!You'll repct urself in the end!

Good teacher. To the point. Nothing is a mystery. Just do the work. Follow the study guides while you read and you'll be fine for quizzes and tests. Force yourself to bust through the labs asap. Labs are the only pain, but just handle.

I TOOK THIS CLASS ONLINE AND FOR SOME ONE WHO HATES LABS AND SCIENCE CLASSES I DID REALLY GOOD. THIS IS BECAUSE PROFF NOYES IS AN AMAZING PROFF. STRAIGHT TO THE POINT AND VERY HELPFUL WHEN YOU NEED HELP. IF YOU DO YOUR WORK THEN YOULL BE GOOD. EVEN IF YOU DONT DO SO GREAT ON ALL UR TESTS. AT LEAST I WAS GOOD TO GO.

Oceanography with Noyes is simultaneously one of the most intense and frustrating classes, and also one of the most rewarding classes at Elco. The online section involves so much work in the form of labs/assignments that it is actually painful, but it helps you to learn and retain so much of the info. Noyes is great, but take the in-class section!

His class was the best I ever took! I loved this class. I understand it’s a little hard class. He correct and grade your answer precisely and a lots of homework. However he is passionate about the ocean and knows a lot. I learned a lot from him and it’s useful information in your life. Going to beach for onsite class was fun. Take this class!

He's a good professor. Knows his stuff well. There is no kind of slacking off in his class, but he sets you up nicely to succeed. I definitely learned a whole bunch of new stuff. I would recommend taking him, but don't slack off and you should be good.

Mr. Noyes is a great professor. He really knows his stuff and is passionate about oceanography. I have seen some bad reviews for him but honestly if you think he is hard don't take any other science classes or you will fail. Do the online quizzes to study and you will pass no problem. I wish he taught other science classes because he's awesome!

Material was explained really well which made learning new things interesting and not too challenging. But I have 2 major complaints: the amount of homework/labs/reports was really overwhelming... Also I couldn't stand how he graded super hard on EVERYTHING. My final grade in his class was way lower than what I was initially anticipating. :/

Professor Noyes is great. He's passionate about oceanography and really wants his student's to learn. His syllabus seems overwhelming at first, but it's not that bad. I recommend taking his class online and attending class once a week for lab. It was fairly an easy A as long as you do all your work.

I took professor Noyes Fall 2014. Great teacher. He knows his stuff. He's a strict grader so watch out on those lab reports. Do the practice exams and optional quizzes and you will pass exams. Don't miss class you will miss a lot of important information. Overall great teacher I learned a lot.

best prof ive had at elco. very clear about grading criteria. if you take the practice quizzes online(can take them as many times as you like)you will know everything on the test. makes lectures engaging,even if they are long as hell. labs are a pain but youll get through it. anyone complaining, i guarantee they were lazy, its all there for you.

This guy is great, VERY enthusiastic. If you open your mind to learning, easy to pass because it makes sense, barely had to study. Obviously, you have to do some type of work to pass. high school level ocean class. He makes it SIMPLE. GREAT informative lectures but are LONG, don't expect to be let out early. He will NOT baby you, this is college.

Didn't know what to expect, but pleasantly surprised! Noyes is really passionate about the ocean! Lots of work, lecturing and sometimes boring labs! Work can be done online and multiple times for higher grade. Extra credit opportunities! Lots of opportunities to get an A if you do ALL the work and study guides/online quizzes for exams are helpful!

Best professor ever! Even though there is a lot of homework, there is no exams in this class. You can take quizzes either in class or at home online. You have unlimited attempts to redo the quizzes unles your score satisfies you. This class is pretty relaxing, and it is easy A unless you are super lazy to do all the work at home.

His class is a lot of work which is tedious, but it's not hard work, its doable as long as you actually try/are determined to get a good grade. A lot of people who I've talked to this semester didn't like him because they were lazy/didn't want to put in the work. You can retake the homework/quizzes as many times you want for the grade you want.

Advice: 1) Buy his fill-in textbook, saves $ on printing 2) Yes there's a lot of HW: it's literally two classes BUT you can turn it in WHENEVER with no deductions 3) No in-class tests, all little online quizzes so you can-retake as many times 4)smart class b/c it knocks out your science + lab requirement. GO TO OFFICE HOURS if you are confused!

Pretty chill professor

best professor i've ever had hands down. he's accommodating and lets you turn basically everything in late and he doesn't deduct you points for it. he also lets you take the quizzes / tests online as many times as you want until you get the score you want. he also has so many extra credit opportunities that it's impossible to fail his class.

Get ready to do a lot of homework, this is not an easy class but professor Noyes is definitely caring and wants to ensure you learn the material of his class. DO NOT SLACK OFF and leave things for the end, his intro to ocea. class was definitely hard but I passed with a good grade, the final was extra credit if you were doing well in the class.

He is a very nice teacher, and the most chill person. There are a lot of homework, but he let you re-submit your work many times. Everything due at the end of the semester, and he also gives you a lot of extra credit. It's an easy class. Don't hesitate to take his class.

Noyes is a great professor. He makes it easy to learn and he explains thoughly. In addition he is more interested in his students learning than seeing that they just pass a test. The work required for this course is equivalent to two classes which is why it's a Hybrid couse. If you take the actual course you will spend six hours in class

Overall Professor Noyes' class as challenging but doable. I repeated his oceanography class this Fall'19 and compared to Summer'18 , he did assign fewer papers. The work was doable but time consuming, so do NOT procrastinate on the units or quizzes because you'll find yourself not sleeping on the last 2 weeks of school. I did learn A LOT though.

Overall Professor Noyes' class as challenging but doable. I repeated his oceanography class this Fall'19 and compared to Summer'18 , he did assign fewer papers. The work was doable but time consuming, so do NOT procrastinate on the units or quizzes because you'll find yourself not sleeping on the last 2 weeks of school. I did learn A LOT though.

I took him during the winter so it was a hybrid course composed in a month which was very time-consuming. His class isn't too challenging and is doable. As long as you are keeping up with your assignments and resubmitting assignments after he grades them which earns you extra points to make up for, you'll pass his class. He gives ec at the end too.

I don't really agree with other reviews saying that he's a tough grader: he gives you a grade that is appropriate for the amount of work done and effort put into it. He can be a bit nitpicky but he is very passionate about what he does, which I really appreciate and admire. Overall, I've enjoyed the class and appreciate oceanography much more.

Lectures r fmted in asgmts, w/ periodic questions about the readings. Almost all asgmts can be revised/retaken for + credit. There's wkly written asgmts where he's looking for VERY detailed answrs. To the point where I think he's being obtuse just to make u type more/go into detail. He puts in a lot of effort into class & expects u to do the same.

Prof. Noyes is great! He's so nice and passionate about the subject, he really made me care for the environment even more than I already did, I learned a lot. Lots of work but it isn't hard if you actually pay attention to his lecture and read his study guides. I would take him again if I had to.

Dr. Noyes is great, he lectures non-stop through the class, uses handouts and powerpoints which are very helpful for the quizzes in Canvas which have limitless attempts. Tough 'A', easy 'B'. If you really want to learn to love the environment and ocean, take him. Pay attention, read and you will pass.

If you are looking to get an easy A, Im sorry to tell you but this is not the Professor for you. Now, if you are looking for a challenge and to improve yourself, then choose Professor Noyes. There is a lot of work so you have to put effort, do the readings and do NOT procrastinate. You get unlimited chances, so you can always improve your grade.

The class itself isn't too difficult, but there are a lot of assignments so don't let yourself fall behind. He does want responses to be very specific, but he works with you. Doesn't require attendance and takes late work. Gives very detailed feedback so you know what to correct and how. 10/10 recommend. :)

Mr. Noyes is an amazing educator and very attentive to his students. He spends lots of time carefully reading each assignment and providing helpful feedback. He offers plenty of office hours and extra credit among other opportunities to better understand and practice the subject matter.

I'm not even done with the semester and I'm already dreading this class. He gives SOO many assignments worth 1-10 points and will not award you the full points until you answer all of his ridiculous amount of questions. His grading is not clear and his quizzes are extensively long. Reading is too long and not pertaining to the homework or quizzes

Pretty straightforward and interesting class. The professor will always offer feedback for a chance to get your assignment grade to 100%.

This class was lecture and lab so there was more homework. It could easily take just one day to knock out everything for the week. No exams and you can retake the quizzes until you get a perfect score. He makes it easy to get an A by giving tons of good feedback and lets you get points back if you explain stuff to him. Loved this class!