Reviews of professor Richard Ketcham

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you're not a science major and only taking this course for a science credit, GET OUT! I made this mistake without realizing how complex the study of ROCKS would be. Literally choose any other science unless you hate yourself.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Ketcham co-taught with Shanahan, and tests were brutal. When reviewing them afterward I found out that nearly all of the obscure questions were written by Ketcham. Every exam I would miss 1-2 of Shanahan's questions, and 4-6+ of Ketcham. His lectures seemed disorganized and hard to learn from and his test questions are not true to the material

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
A lot of extra credit points are given and labs for this course are relatively simple; most of them involve identifying rocks with your lab partners. Exams are a bit harder but massive curves are given. Exam questions are very clearly defined to be only from the powerpoints at his lectures, and not from external material like labs.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I am an EVS major and would not suggest this class to someone just trying to gain credit for their science requirement. The exams were confusing and it was hard to study for the exams since the notes were a little confusing. The Labs and homework help with the overall grades.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures can go really fast and Ketcham doesn't really have any notes on his slides, so it's hard to take notes during class. Labs are easy. Exams can be difficult, but they do curve it a little. They offer Geo tour extra credit too, which can add 2% to the entire grade.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Although he knows what he's talking about and he's super funny, his teaching style just doesn't work for me. He lectures in a lot of detail but goes way too fast for me to take good notes. His test questions never match up with the lecture, so you have to read the book (which is horrible). His powerpoints on canvas don't help much either.