Molly Costanza-Robinson

I have absolutely no issues with Professor Costanza-Robinson. in fact, I rather enjoyed her high-energy lectures and clear enthusiasm for the subject. The issue lies in the content of the class. I understand that it is a survey course that serves as an introduction to the environmental studies department and major/minor but the subject matter is incredibly broad (almost common sense to anybody who has even the bare minimum interest in the environment) and we spend more time on parts of it than they merit: three weeks to discuss feedback, another three focusing on the nitrogen or water cycle. The workload is relatively easy if reading heavy, only ramping up when one of the three lab reports you'll write crop up.

I have absolutely no issues with Professor Costanza-Robinson. in fact, I rather enjoyed her high-energy lectures and clear enthusiasm for the subject. The issue lies in the content of the class. I understand that it is a survey course that serves as an introduction to the environmental studies department and major/minor but the subje …Read more

Professor Costanza-Robinson is very passionate about her work in environmental science, particularly chemistry. The class is very introductory and I found it relatively easy and elementary. Lots of exam questions you could probably guess correctly without having taken the class. The tougher part was the lab reports, but there were only three major ones. They are just time consuming and require you to sharpen your scientific writing skills.

Professor Costanza-Robinson is very passionate about her work in environmental science, particularly chemistry. The class is very introductory and I found it relatively easy and elementary. Lots of exam questions you could probably guess correctly without having taken the class. The tougher part was the lab reports, but there were on …Read more

The course itself is fine - systems and feedback are intuitive ideas, and there isn't any serious science to make it difficult. Homeworks are mostly readings, exams are reasonable. The lecture is large (40+ people) and can feel boring, but not intolerable. The lab feels like an entirely separate class with different assignments and content, which is fine because the workload still isn't terrible. My one real complaint is that Prof. Costanza-Robinson uses Teams to do everything instead of Canvas, while the lab profs used Teams and emails - this made it really hard for me to be sure where my work was and that I was on top of things.

The course itself is fine - systems and feedback are intuitive ideas, and there isn't any serious science to make it difficult. Homeworks are mostly readings, exams are reasonable. The lecture is large (40+ people) and can feel boring, but not intolerable. The lab feels like an entirely separate class with different assignments and c …Read more