Rebecca Gould

I found this course very repetitive. I felt like the perspectives we studied were not all exactly the same but not all exactly significantly different from each other either. Many books needed for this class which were interesting reads in themselves but I didn't feel like the class discussions added that much to them. I often felt like we moved on from one book to another without fully discussing the actual point some of these writers were trying to make. Despite all this, I did feel like I learnt and repositioned my point of view on human's relationship with nature and how I will think about it in the future. The diaries were cool, although it is very easy to skip one and then another before you have many accumulated.

I found this course very repetitive. I felt like the perspectives we studied were not all exactly the same but not all exactly significantly different from each other either. Many books needed for this class which were interesting reads in themselves but I didn't feel like the class discussions added that much to them. I often felt l …Read more

Professor Gould was very passionate about the course material, however, this often led to a monopolization of class discussions that made it difficult to participate. Readings and essays were the main assignments, and there were also two minor lab exercises. The class didn't demand much but wasn't particularly engaging.

This is definitely a course I would take again if I could. Discussions on very interesting readings in a relaxed environment were exactly the kind of class I needed with a busy schedule. Sometimes Prof Gould would get too bogged down in the details of a particular nuance which led to some boredom, but the topics of interest were usually thought-provoking and allowed for self-reflection.

This is definitely a course I would take again if I could. Discussions on very interesting readings in a relaxed environment were exactly the kind of class I needed with a busy schedule. Sometimes Prof Gould would get too bogged down in the details of a particular nuance which led to some boredom, but the topics of interest were usua …Read more