EPS SCI 1
Introduction to Earth Science
Grades
3.36
Average grade awarded in EPS SCI 1. Not a student rating: this is what the grades were.
In the A range
57%
of the 1,138 letter grades
D, F or W
3.6%
of every letter grade awarded, plus withdrawals
Taken pass/no pass
5%
85% of those passed
The registrar's own records: 1,138 grades over 10 terms, Fall 2021 to Fall 2025. Every instructor is pooled here.
What is inside that record
3 of those terms are summer sessions, and summer sessions are counted here.
The table below splits them, and term averages across those 10 terms ran 3.17 to 3.59.
Historical grades for all professors, across recorded terms. The course summary above includes all professors.
- A+ 102 · 9.0%
- A 311 · 27.3%
- A- 240 · 21.1%
- B+ 161 · 14.1%
- B 117 · 10.3%
- B- 64 · 5.6%
- C+ 40 · 3.5%
- C 36 · 3.2%
- C- 28 · 2.5%
- D+ 8 · 0.7%
- D 9 · 0.8%
- D- 2 · 0.2%
- F 20 · 1.8%
- P 51 of 1,217
- NP 9 of 1,217
- I 17 of 1,217
- DR 2 of 1,217
Percentages are of the 1,138 letter grades. Grey bars are non-letter outcomes: passes (P), no-passes (NP), incompletes (I), and withdrawals (DR).
How the non-letter outcomes are counted
They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.
Withdrawals are the exception to "excluded": DR is not scored, but it IS counted in the D, F or W figure above, which is reported over the letter grades plus the withdrawals. Pass/no pass and S/U outcomes are outside that figure on both sides.
By instructor
| Instructor | Predicted GPA | Raw | n | Terms | A range | Workload | Fall 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COFFEY, KEVIN reviews ↗ | 3.37 | 3.37 | 1,077 | 7 | 57% | very light | not teaching it |
| LUCARELLI, JAMIE KAAREN reviews ↗ | 3.32 | 3.30 | 31 | 1 | 68% | - | not teaching it |
| TREUDE, TINA IRENE reviews ↗ | 3.27 | 3.17 | 15 · | 1 | 53% | - | not teaching it |
| DRAKE, JEANA reviews ↗ | 3.42 | 3.47 | 15 · | 1 | 60% | - | not teaching it |
Why Predicted is not the Raw average
“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department, so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.
Grade records describe outcomes. For what a course is like to take, read student reviews written on dibs below or follow the separate external review link.
Workload and assignments
Reported assignments across instructors and terms. This term's syllabus may differ.
No assignment details are available in this review summary. Based on 86 reviews; source checked about 2 months ago. Missing details do not mean there are no papers or exams. Check the current syllabus.
In Falls
Ran in 3 of the last 5 Falls, so it turns up in Fall sometimes rather than dependably.
From the terms dibs holds, which start in Fall 2021 and exclude summer. A department can run a course in a quarter it never has before.
From the registrar's catalog
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two hours; field days. Elements of Earth science; study of Earth materials; nature and interpretation of geologic evidence; study of geologic processes; historical aspects of geology. Mandatory field trips introduce students to solving of geologic problems in field. P/NP or letter grading.
Sections in Fall 2025
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