I'm a first year that just finished this course with Dr. Padden. Note that as of writing, this course seems to have merged with the first year Enviro Sci course since we ended up in the same lectures, same labs, etc (why they have 2 different codes for the same course? I dunno)
I'm in the compsci program and chose 1G03 as an elective, and I highly recommend it! Dr. P is an AMAZING prof!
There is a lot of material in the course for sure, but it is all super interesting and the evaluations (Labs, Midterm, and Exam) were not particularly difficult. I did well in the course by attending most lectures/labs and only referring to the textbook for concepts I wasn't comfortable with. A little bit of knowledge on the specifics plus common sense/intuition about the physical world will take you very far in this course. Just make sure you review the coursepack before labs and go over slides and notes before midterms, and you'll do great without a ton of effort.
I learned so much about geology, especially from the labs. If you have even the slightest interest in oceans, minerals, glaciers, volcanoes, earthquakes, etc and you are looking to fill an elective, you should take 1G03!
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