Reviews of professor Camilo Ponton

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Camilo is super nice and passionate about geology. So energetic about the subject and it made me enjoy it so much more despite me not caring much for geology. He is super fun and makes class really enjoyable. Lectures are technically not mandatory, but you won't do well if you don't show up. Labs are mandatory unless valid excuse.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is amazing and I recommend him! He was communicative and willing to engage with the students. Willing to adjust his teaching/class style to help his students if he could! I looked forward to this class. Attend lectures and actively pay attention, you'll be set.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very helpful, organized and interesting. I wish I got to take his class in person but made working online good anyway. Great way to learn geology. I can't remember if I bought the book or it came with etext but we did reference it once in awhile. Powerpoints are what I used to study from.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Camilo is a very authoritarian professor. Although attendance was not graded every day, he would go on tangents when more people showed up on graded days. He would also use a Canvas tool to "give you a ZERO if you left the page." He also suspected multiple people of using ChatGPT (when they didn't)... Overall, it was a fair class but not a fun one.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Camilo was so caring and, really loves geology, and clearly wants everyone to do well in his class. His class was mostly asynchronous and the one class a week that was synchronous was really laid back. The exams were super easy if you watched all the lecture videos and took basic notes. I highly recommend taking him for GEOL211 or anything else!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Camilo is a really great professor who cares about his students understanding the material. Lectures were not mandatory really because he posted all of the slides before class, but I found it useful to attend because he would really break down concepts in multiple ways, more than the slides would. HW is super manageable and exams are all online.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
GEOL 211 is really a great course and Prof. Camilo makes it a lot of fun. Exams are very straight forward and he is a fair grader. I would highly recommend taking this course with him!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Camilo's lectures were good, he just talked very slowly to emphasize things so would recommend bringing a fidget to help you focus. Exams were very easy and not long, the final took me 30 min. Lab can be a bit difficult so ask your lab instructor for help if you're unsure or stuck, that's the only reason I got full points on the final project.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Camilo's class was honestly super easy. He did a good job lecturing though sometimes it could be a little boring. His tests are super easy because he tells you everything that's gonna be on it. Would definitely recommend this class for an easy lab GUR. Im kinda terrible at science but found it really easy.