Environmental Studies
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This course had a lot of detailed work, but it was enjoyable. Making maps and learning new skills in QGIS and Adobe Illustrator were nice breaks from other class work. Jeff is a fantastic professor, and I highly recommend taking a class with him.
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
I found this course to be slightly too unstructured in it's form. I am so interested in the course material but the class discussions felt shallow and aimless and about half way through the semester I wasn't motivated in any way to do the readings and engage.