middCourses
with Jeff Howarth2 days ago

I took this course as required for my major; however, I was relatively disappointed with what I got out from this course. While there were extenuating circumstances that contributed to my lack of excitement for the course material, the curriculum was relatively unstructured and somewhat random. The two major essays were extremely open-ended, but so open-ended to the point where I was questioning what I was getting out of writing them. Maybe I'm just simply uninterested in studying Earth's climate and environmental geography, but the class having a lot of busy work that only sometimes amounted to a class discussion made it not as enjoyable as it could have been.

I took this course as required for my major; however, I was relatively disappointed with what I got out from this course. While there were extenuating circumstances that contributed to my lack of excitement for the course material, the curriculum was relatively unstructured and somewhat random. The two major essays were extremely ope …Read more

Chill and RelaxedFair GradingNo Exams
4hrs / week Very low difficulty Average value Would not take again
with Niwaeli Kimambo2 years ago

I found this class to be overall pretty manageable. Niwaeli expects you to read the textbook, which sometimes covers very elementary topics. In class, though, you learn about interesting things. A major component of this class is a group presentation where you teach a class and design a worksheet that your classmates complete. Overall, this class was alright, but not always the most engaging to me.

I found this class to be overall pretty manageable. Niwaeli expects you to read the textbook, which sometimes covers very elementary topics. In class, though, you learn about interesting things. A major component of this class is a group presentation where you teach a class and design a worksheet that your classmates complete. Overal …Read more

Chill and RelaxedFair GradingEasy Exams
3hrs / week Low difficulty Average value Would take again
with Niwaeli Kimambo2 years ago

This was a somewhat interesting course although it covers a lot of things that I already had a good sense of just from paying attention to the world around me. Not a challenging class in terms of work load although the exams were harder than expected. Overall, with it being Niwaeli's first time teaching this class, it was pretty good and she definitely grew on me throughout the semester.

This was a somewhat interesting course although it covers a lot of things that I already had a good sense of just from paying attention to the world around me. Not a challenging class in terms of work load although the exams were harder than expected. Overall, with it being Niwaeli's first time teaching this class, it was pretty good …Read more

Chill and RelaxedTough GradingDifficult Exams
3hrs / week Average difficulty Low value Would not take again