Half course

To be given Fall Term

Official Course Description: Weather 101 explores the weather fluctuations most people feel necessary to talk about all the time. It is an introduction on how to incorporate weather into any uncomfortable situation where no one has anything to say. This course also discusses topics of how to make weather small talk relatively interesting. also features frequent guest lecturers from people who are over 100 years old.

COURSE STATISTICS Response Rate: 76.4%   Enrollment: 281 Mean  #Responses Course  Fall Nat Sci.  1  2  3  4  5  total Course Overall:   3.6  3.8  3  18  55  93  23   192 Instructor: Scott  3.8  4.1  2  14  50  8539  190 Reading:  3.9  3.5  0  13  4 6  76  56  191 Workload:  3.7  3.5  1  13   58  96  24  192 Difficulty:  3.7  3.7  0  1054  107  22  193 Pace:  4.1  3.7  0  1  26117  49  193 Competitive atmosphere:  3.7  3.5  0  1  64   111  16  192 Subject Matter:  4.1  3.2  0  0  4380  68  191 % Work Completed:  74%  87% Year: First-Year:  9 Sophomore:  128 Junior:  37 Senior:  9

Requirements:Two hourlies (10% each), Lab (20%), Problem sets (10%), Final (20%), Discussion sections about Good Morning America (30%).

Reading: Unavailable

Instructor: One third of respondents comment on the easy nonacademic portrayal of weather by Willard Scott. A handful find his presentations to be devoid of any meaning, and find the over 100 year old lecturers to be difficult to understand.

Reading:One fourth found the reading mildly interesting.

Sections:Two thirds of the respondents who actually went to section found them to be more informative than the lectures. Being prepared for section was commented on as having been difficult due to the excessive hours of television-watching necessary to participate.

Requirements: Two thirds said were hourlies fair but the television watching excessive.

Preparation: All respondents agreed that no preparation is needed for this course.