Reviews of professor Mareike Adams

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Fast pasted, have to go to class and take notes. Most work on assignments, examples from lectures, and any from the textbook are all helpful if you keep working on practicing answering questions. The more work you put in, the better outcome. She is very sweet, caring and is very helpful if you have any questions.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A lot of people give her a bad rep because they are not used to a math/physics based course. This course is very easy for a math/physics based course. The math is simple, and she does an amazing job explaining the topics. She goes above and beyond to help you with course material and with extracurricular endeavors. She is kind, caring, and helpful.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Mareike is an excellent instructor and a super kind human being. This is an awesome course to learn about natural hazards and how humans impact them. Dr. Mareike makes earth sciences very interesting and is always going above and beyond to help you out with anything you may be facing an issue with. I would definitely take more classes with her

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mareike Adams is a great prof, delivering clear and interesting lectures. The material can be dense and the lectures move quickly so it important to keep ahead of the studies. I would happily take other courses with this Prof Adams.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Blindsided in exams by topics that were only briefly mentioned in lecture, never addressed in labs. Was never indicated we would be expected to understand certain equations, then dropped questions which require them in exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Honestly a great prof all you have to do is watch/go to lectures, she gives you every tool to succeed anyone complaining just didn't bother to do their work. Material is detailed gives you everything you need and she's super kind good talker and easy to listen to.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lectures are too long; over 3 hours each, and each chapter is 100+ slides. Questions in the weekly quizzes are awkwardly worded. The final exam is worth 40%, 135 multiple choice questions in 3 hours, closed book. Midterm follows the same format but has fewer questions. Not accommodating for students in the pandemic. This is not a bird course.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lecture content is heavy so pace is faster than I can type. This drags the lecture out to beyond 3 hours + as I have to pause or rewind. Very competent in Earth Science knowledge but often found her to use the word "Kinda" in almost every sentence. Found quizzes to be unfair. Q's that were not in lecture or multiple correct answers for questions.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She's honestly horrible. I am doing quite well on the course but it's 5 hours of rewinding and watching her weekly lectures. Her quizzes are very poorly worded. Every week the forum discussion is full of doubts and issues, to which TAs respond poorly and prof doesn't even bother. Don't take this as a bird course, it's too hard for that.