Reviews of professor Benjamin Laabs

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He was a good professor however his lectures are long and the information is very boring. I found tests fairly difficult even when studying. Make sure you pay attention to lecture and take good notes. Class is very test heavy and there is almost no homework except for the post tests.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Glacial Geology. Material was great (very visual heavy) and the assignments are interactive and engaging. Many assignments using Google Earth and other satellite imagery based websites. Professor Laabs gave off calm and relaxing vibes and was interesting to listen to in class. He's also kind of funny. Knowledgeable and provides good feedback

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Laabs is a great professor. His grading is strait forward. Most of the points earned are through multiple choice. Homework is short answer heavy, but it is designed to force you to interpret the subject matter with a more open minded approach to fact based material.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
taking this class requires you to take at least 5-8 hours out of your day just to do the readings, watch at least 3 40min lectures each week and also do discussion post which is not in relation to what you learned about that week. I would just take it in person if you are required to take this class as credit.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The study guides are helpful and I was successful in this course by filling them out and reviewing prior to each exam. Do the discussion posts as they are easy points that are worth 20% of the overall grade. If you are looking for an easy A, I would suggest finding a different class as some effort is needed to be overall successful in this class

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
No reason to make some exams open Friday, and close on Monday. Thanks for ruining my weekend to make your weekend a piece of cake! Otherwise, this "online" class- you might as well take in person. Have fun watching all of the online lectures and read the dozen chapters in the textbook- just for most of it to not come in handy for any of the exams

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Overall decent professor. Will put you to sleep if you're tired.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Laabs is a good guy, but lectures aren't interesting and the tests are way too hard considering 90% of the class is only doing it for general credit, not to become a geologist. Every once in a while he'll make a joke, but I would say take a different general science credit if that's what you're trying to get out of this class.