Reviews of professor Ben Abbott

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ben is such a great professor! He knows his stuff and is very helpful in and out of class. He cares about his students and wants them to succeed; if you have any questions about the material (or anything else really) he will take the time to answer them.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you are taking this class for the physical science requirement, just know that you have to take two science classes if you do it this way which is fun but make sure you take the right ones so you don't take more than you need to. Ben is super passionate about this topic which made the lectures great. Lots of reading and long weekly assignments.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Ben is the most humble, cheerful, optimistic, educated person you will ever meet. The class DOES count for GE credit. The PS GE requires two classes. This counts for one of them. Easily the most life-changing class I've taken at BYU. Relevant, powerful, and inspiring. Everyone should take it! Articles and videos for hw. Test reviews are helpful.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
TAs grade off of completion, so it's really hard to know which concepts you are struggling with.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Abbott is the best! He really cares about getting students involved, and wants the best for everyone. He also does a good job at explaining the realities of climate change while staying optimistic about what we can do about it. The homework is very doable, but the projects sneak up on you as you don't talk about them much until the end.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I love professor Abbott but there is little to no test prep or help...

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I absolutely loved this class! Legit it was my favorite class of the semester.
Ben is a great professor and is extremely passionate about the environment. I wouldn't suggest you take this class if you aren't interested in stewardship.
Be aware,there is no textbook, so you will be reading real news articles and government documents. Don't skim them!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ben is fantastic! He is really never in lab and it's just  the TAs helping you teach yourself. There are some fun labs like school field trips, but there are some seemingly useless ones as well. Overall fairly easy as you work in groups for 3 hours, once a week, but the last lab that's worth 20% of your grade is unnecessarily hard.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr Abbott is all around a great person and a great professor. This was the first semester of this climate change course & it was a huge success! The readings & lectures were curated excellently and I learned so much. And even though this is a heavy topic, Dr Abbott found ways to make it uplifting. He also helped us translate the science into action

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Ben is a wonderful human. That being said, the class is kind of a joke and I can think of one or two concepts I learned all semester. I think maybe half the course was actually spent on watershed ecology. Also, there's a massive project, and the only thing you know about it before April is your chosen topic. Big sad