Reviews of professor Javier Arce Nazario

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is very passionate! The lectures can sometimes be very boring but if you put work into this class you will see it reflected in your grade. 45% of your grade is homework and some of the assignments can be difficult but it is rewarding to figure them out! The tests are on what he covers in class but sometimes there will be stuff from the readings.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
javier was very average for geog370. the in class material was hard to understand from time to time, and he explained it in ways that were not always helpful. also, the 'theory' quizzes were extremely specific, making it hard to do well on them. he is a very kind and understanding person and clearly is knowledgable about the topic!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class wasn't toooo hard as I've taken other GIS courses before & the class is pretty well structured. The tests are super specific though & studying what he says won't guarantee a good grade, but just do well on all the HWs since they're 45%! Attendance not required, but lectures aren't recorded so I would go to not miss info he says.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I'll start by saying Javier lives and breathes the subject matter.

But the tests are crazy. 10% of the final exam was questions about specific features from a list of 50 different satellite sensors that he didn't teach. They were covered by the class. Each of the 50 students gave a 3 minute presentation on a sensor, and that was on the final.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Javier is a GREAT guy so I feel bad for hating this class so much. For a 100 level class, the amount of work was insane. I practically lived in the BEAM makerspace. The final project was intense (he asked for 60 hours of work between 3 people). The lectures were sporadic and too fast and the midterms were hard. Great guy but I'd avoid.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This was one class that taught me skills I actually use in other classes and outside of school which is cool. The quizzes are really tough, so study slides and homework videos hard (actually watch and read stuff)- and take notes. For the final, find patterns in sensors and you will be ok. The TA is a live savor for homework to guarantee an A.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
the class itself wasn't bad with the workload, but the quizzes are extremely confusing and unpredictable, so it felt like no matter how much I studied, I was unprepared. especially leading up to the final, there were little study materials, and he sent an email the night before the final telling us what it would be on.. not too bad but frustrating!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DO NOT TAKE JAVIER. He can not teach for his life for the amount of years he has been teaching this years. He assigns homework and expects you to do it by watching the videos, but the videos aren't even related. Expect to teach yourself in class. Also it's almost the end of the semester and I don't even know my grade.