Reviews of professor Richard Ketcham

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I am not a STEM major and would advise all non-STEM majors not to take this class. It was a struggle to find content to study for each test, considering every lecture slide was riddled with obscure pictures and Ketcham blurting random facts rather than the actual content. The extra credit and labs helped a lot but the tests were horrendous.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Ketcham was a silly professor. When we learned about geologic cleavage angles, he hit a sneaky giggle. He was a good lecturer, and the class was pretty easy. He always wore hiking boots which was very in character. Camp, if you will.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Plss read through the lecture notes/slides BEFORE lecture bc I promise u, u will not understand what he's saying in class. most of the time I never showed up cuz everything you "need" is on the slides. lectures are recorded. 3 exams 40% of ur grade, I personally used the whiteboard method and memorized all the lecture notes. Exams are not open-note

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I'm an EVS major so take my feedback for what it's worth, but I really enjoyed this class. His exams, and especially the final, are difficult, but your grade is mostly made up of easy labs & HW quizzes, so an A is not hard. His lectures are a bit dry, but the content is really quite interesting. No reading necessary, but the book definitely helps.