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Steinmaus, Scott

Cumulative GPA: 3.30/4.00 with 30 evaluations
Presents Material Clearly: 3.20
Recognizes Student Difficulties: 3.03

Crop Science Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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BIO 162 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 5:49 pm, May 23, 2012 Report Evaluation		You want to take Steinmaus. Think critically and get a deep understanding of the course material. Then talk to him about. He'll take you places.

BIO 162 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 2:00 am, Mar 21, 2012 Report Evaluation		Emailed our class 30 min after the final explaining that he is not always the best at picking questions for exams.. A very interesting way to approach students following a difficult exam.

BIO 162 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 4:39 pm, Mar 20, 2012 Report Evaluation		He's not a terrible teacher. But his lectures aren't very straight forward so for this class you'll have to do a lot of research outside on the internet or something to grasp a clearer understanding of the material. His questions on tests are very concept oriented and are not so much about definitions like, "what does phloem transport". But he's a fair grader as long as you know what to expect and he's passionate about what he teaches.

BIO 162 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 10:08 am, Mar 12, 2012 Report Evaluation		I don't know if the person below me had a different professor because I did not see steinmaus once in lab... ever. He a pretty average teacher and expects a lot from you as a student. His lectures don't help for the test besides giving you hints of what you need to look up outside of class. I got pretty frustrated after every one of his lectures but then he'd make a weed joke and i'd like him again. Overall cool person, not a good professor unless you devote all your free time to office hours. Plants fucking suck.

BIO 162 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 2:02 pm, Jun 2, 2011 Report Evaluation		Dr. Steinmaus was a great teacher. Because of his active presence in labs, he is able to help a lot of the students often and able to clarify any questions you have. He is great in lecture, though sometimes goes off topic by telling his students a lot about his family, experiences, etc. But despite that, he's a pretty cool teacher.

BOT 121 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 6:30 pm, Aug 8, 2010 Report Evaluation		Dr. Steinmaus was a wonderful instructor. He is a plant/weed scientist. I took him for the summer quarter 5 week plan. Very enthusiastic about his profession. He was always helpful and full of energy that made the quarter go by a lot faster, not to mention I had dual labs with him and two 3 hour lectures during the week. Very knowledgeable and loves what he does. Very helpful to each student and quite generous when it comes to your final grade. I would recommend him to anyone. A couple outside projects were due before the end of the quarter, but nothing too severe. The midterm wasn\'t too bad if you go to class and study the handout slides. The final was a little tougher due to it being cumulative but was passable. Very fun class, would take him again if he teaches another course that I need.

BOT 326 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 3:06 pm, Dec 18, 2009 Report Evaluation		Steinmaus teaches through what he is passionate about, and in doing so, he is extremely enthralling and effective. If you are at all interested in the life sciences, and especially ecosystem dynamics, I HIGHLY recommend that you take ANY of any of Steinmaus\'s classes.



BOT 326 Junior Grade Earned: B Elective 1:44 pm, Dec 15, 2009 Report Evaluation		Dr. Steinmaus is obviously very educated, but his lectures are pretty scattered. He peppers his lecture with random tangents, which makes it difficult to study for the tests because you never know what he deems \"important\". He doesn\'t provide any sort of study material for the exams. As for lab, BE PREPARED TO HIKE! Although he doesn\'t require you to come to lab, you are tested on plant species and other topics. I don\'t know why it is not included in the course description, but you hike and drive to places that might not be accessible to everybody.

BIO 435 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 2:51 pm, Dec 3, 2007 Report Evaluation		Dr. Steinmaus is an excellent professor! Not only is he extremely knowledgable and enthusiastic about plant physiology, he genuinely cares about his students. I really don't care much for plants, but he made this class very interesting. I would highly recommend taking any of Steinmaus' classes. You won't be disappointed.

BIO 162 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 7:18 am, Jul 3, 2007 Report Evaluation		Dr. Steinmaus is an excellent professor because he makes the material very clear and easy to absorb. I took his class over the summer and I kid you not I was looking forward to going to each lecture class. He takes the time to make sure his students understand the material, and prepares them for the lab. Very easy to talk to when asking for help outside of the class, and he will answer a question you might have in full detail. I enjoyed his class very much, and hope to have another with him...and so on that note, I highly reccommend him to you.

BIO 213 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 3:43 pm, Jun 28, 2007 Report Evaluation		Steinmaus's class isn't too hard, but it is not an easy A as many would have you beleive. You will have to read a ton and memorize a bunch of crap if you want to get an A. But, it is possible. Make sure you read the textbook, and pay attention in lecture. Oh, and his curves are pretty generous.

BIO 213 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 11:40 pm, Jun 20, 2007 Report Evaluation		Steinmaus is enthusiastic and easy to listen to. His tests wasn't too hard either.

BIO 162 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 7:52 pm, Jun 12, 2006 Report Evaluation		Dr. Steinmaus is really nice and you can tell he really knows his material and enjoys teaching but he talks way too much about things that you know will never be on his tests. He will start talking about something and ask you a question and never tell you the answer! He clarification sucks and he pretty much expects you to understand everything he says right away. Don't go to office hours because he will talk until you are ready to shove blunt pencils into your eyes just to get out of there. He is really nice but way too talkative.



BIO 162 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 4:45 pm, Mar 28, 2006 Report Evaluation		This guy is chill he used to run marathons and he will make your class interesting with his random stories and he is a very fair grader. He is also very knowledgabe about plants and his concentration and of general bio concerns. I highly reccomend him.

BIO 162 Junior Grade Earned: B Elective 7:04 pm, Mar 22, 2006 Report Evaluation		Really nice guy. He is passionate about his work and teaching. He is always willing to help out and explain things. He even holds extra study sessions before tests. He puts up practice tests before the test and he uses some of the same questions. The class is hard but Steinmaus makes it less painfull.

BIO 435 Graduate Student Grade Earned: N/A Elective 8:10 am, Mar 19, 2006 Report Evaluation		Dr. Steinmaus, an applied plant physiologist and experienced professor in his 7th year at Poly, taught the lab portion of this class. He was outstanding in his enthusiams for the subject, his explanation of the materials, and his genuine interest in each of his students. I strongly recommend him as a teacher, and hope that he and the department will consider assigning him both lecture and lab portions of this class at least one quarter every year. He's too good and experienced to be given just the lab.

BIO 213 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 7:24 pm, Jan 11, 2006 Report Evaluation		Very enthusiastic. Scott is very easy going and funny. Every time I went to class he made me laugh. He also has a way of making the material interestig. He is enjoys what he does. Great experience.

BOT 121 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 10:31 pm, Dec 16, 2005 Report Evaluation		Steinmaus is quite the character. He is really scatterbrained and goes off on a lot of random tangents that aren't really relevant to the subject. He also didn't explain the labs very well... he just set up some stuff on the sides of the room and said, "Do these lab exercises in the lab manual." He did do a slide show during almost every lab, which was kind of like another lecture, but it did help. He also set up some "quizzes" (not for a grade) so you could see how you were doing. His labs almost always got out early. Not the best professor to take if you really want to learn the subject, but it's pretty easy to pass.

BIO 213 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 11:29 pm, Dec 15, 2005 Report Evaluation		Avoid him!! Major pain of a class and a professor. There are two quizzes (online) a midterm and a final. He pushed his ideas on his students and is very judgmental about religious viewpoints. In order to pass his class you must be a world class runner who understands all the lingo, thing that there is not a chance of harm with genetically modified foods, and that God didn



BIO 213 Senior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 9:41 pm, Dec 5, 2005 Report Evaluation		Decent instructor, he spends a little too much time trying to convince his students of the virtues of genetic crop modification. Although this is supposed to be an intro to biology class, many pieces are conspicuously absent, especially evolution. He seems to have a tremendous amount of freedom to teach pretty much whatever he feels like, so get ready for plenty of plant biology and "human performance" (read: photos of him doing marathons and cross country skiing in the mountains.) His lectures are entertaining and funny, and he obviously has a lot of enthusiasm for the class, in spite of the fact that engineers probably aren't his usual audience.

BOT 121 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 11:33 pm, Dec 4, 2005 Report Evaluation		STEINMAUS IS AMAZING!!! Seriously, botany sucks, but professor steinmaus is one of the coolest, smartest, interesting teachers ever! This guy knows his stuff; he loves plants, interacting with students, and is nothing like the other botany teachers! If you HAVE to take botany, try to get steinmaus, if not, try to get into one of his other classes just to hang out with him, he's a funny guy.

BIO 213 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 8:57 pm, Jun 19, 2005 Report Evaluation		Steinmaus is a great teacher and made sitting in a two-hour class each week a lot easier. He has great enthusiasm for biology and tried hard to convey the subject matter to all of us who were just trying to get the class out of the way. Cellular biology has never been an interest of mine, but he made it interesting, which is saying a lot. I definitely recommend him. By the way, the textbook isn't necessary. It's nice to have occasionally to clarify the material, but nothing from the textbook is required for the class.

BIO 213 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 5:03 pm, Jun 15, 2005 Report Evaluation		Steinmaus is awesome. He's funny and very energetic in all his lectures. Even so, the subject is extremely boring and is a waste of time for engineers. But you have to take the class, so you definately should take it with him

BOT 121 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Support) 1:55 pm, May 16, 2005 Report Evaluation		I have been told that Dr. Steinmaus is a great instructor for his upperlevel classes, but I feel that he is terrible in an entry level class like Bot 121. He rambles on about stuff that we dont need to know wheich makes the class more confusing, and he anwsers your questions with questions. He is a really nice guy, but I feel like he doesnt know how to relate nor break things down to an entry level class. I would get the heck out of this class if I were in Bot 121 Lab. Take someone else that can break it down better.

CRSC 321 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 7:44 am, Nov 19, 2003 Report Evaluation		He is the best instructor that I have ever had. He is more concerned with kids learn and understanding the information. He is always available and extremely patient when you don't understand. Very motivated and enthusiastic, and it rubbs off on his students. I reccomend him.



CRSC 221 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 2:07 pm, Oct 10, 2002 Report Evaluation		Dr. Steinmaus is a fantastic teacher. Next to Terry Smith for SS 221, the most information I ever learned in a Cal Poly course was in Weeds. And it's not that bad if you're a little organized, and you go to most of the lectures. Adv. weeds started out good, but I think Steinmaus kind of went off the deep end, or did too many drugs because it becomes all theoretical and weird. I didn't learn much useful information in that class. In other words: take 221, but not advanced weeds.

PSC 221 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 10:07 am, Mar 11, 2002 Report Evaluation		He is an awesome teacher. He loves to work with the students, he has interactive labs, and he is funny. Take him if you can.

CRSC 221 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 8:29 am, Feb 28, 2002 Report Evaluation		He's kind of cocky in a mad scientist sort of way. But He's really motivated (which is few and far between on this campus) and extremely knowledgeable (less common). He gives you a lot of different ways to learn the material, which is great if you care about remembering any of it. Advanced weeds doesn't have a whole lot of applicable information to being a PCA. It gets kind of theoretical, and sound more like philosophy or physics than weed science.

CRSC 221 Sophomore Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 8:42 am, Apr 3, 2001 Report Evaluation		I consider steinmaus to be the best instructor at calpoly. He presents info to students easily and relates to them. He is usually not to busy to answer any questions and makes class enjoyable. I recommend him to everyone.

CRSC 212 Junior Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 9:17 pm, May 23, 2000 Report Evaluation		This is in my opinion the best teacher that has taught at Cal Poly. I would recommend this teacher to anyone that is in agriculture.

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