Reviews of professor Carlie Pietsch

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Carlie is very enthusiastic in her teaching, and I appreciate the way she sets up her office hours. Honestly, if you take decent notes, have basic studying skills, ask for help, and remotely like geology, you'll pass. I learned a lot in this class, and I'm considering minoring in geology because of it. This class is great if you put in the effort.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Took this class for a GE which she knows most students are but still teaches like we future geologist. She is kind and understanding but goes through slides quickly & expects us to understand everything. She assigns in class assignments and doesn't help on them so either you gotta be good or you get a bad score. Labs easier than this class tbh.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Goes through the lectures too quickly and expects us to retain all the information after one listen. I barely have enough time to write down definitions let alone process the information. Her tests are 300 points, 6 points per question and are ridiculously hard. I currently have a 100% in the lab section but a 70% in the lecture.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Pietsch knows how to teach well and she's very passionate about geology but the weight of exams are very harsh. Exams are hard/specific and this course contains A LOT of content so you HAVE TO attend all lectures. My advice: it's a lot of self study as her review days are 2 days before exam and she doesn't give back past exams. BUT its doable.