ENVIRON 10
Introduction to Environmental Science
Description: Lecture, three hours; laboratory, one hour. Limited to undergraduate students. Introduction to environmental science as discipline and as way of thinking. Discussion of critical environmental issues at local and global scales. Fundamentals of physical, chemical, and biological processes important to environmental science. Laboratory exercises to augment lectures. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2015 - I just love environment M10 and professor d'Auria. She's funny and her lecture is intelligible. Everything seems so interesting for a math major like me. It's not a GE, but I never regret it. If you put effort, it's easy to get an A. There's not much memorization for her part of the course (although Prof Garrison is more meticulous in exams, he's funny too)
Fall 2015 - I just love environment M10 and professor d'Auria. She's funny and her lecture is intelligible. Everything seems so interesting for a math major like me. It's not a GE, but I never regret it. If you put effort, it's easy to get an A. There's not much memorization for her part of the course (although Prof Garrison is more meticulous in exams, he's funny too)
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Winter 2021 - I thought Professor Garrison was an animated lecturer and clearly very passionate and interested in the material. That was super helpful for me, since I didn't find it as interesting but his energy helped me stay engaged. The lectures were pretty clear and well paced, but the exams were a bit difficult. The course was a bit chaotic because Professor Garrison taught the first four weeks, Professor Smith taught the next four, and the Professor Garrison came back for the last two weeks of the quarter. Because of this we did not get our midterm scores back til a bit later. Professor G gives prelecture quizzes for almost every lecture on the textbook readings, which ask very specific questions but you get unlimited attempts. The labs were easy and the TAs were incredibly kind and genuinely wanted to help students out (they even held a career panel for us where we could ask questions about research, grad school, working, etc.) The only things for our grades were pre-lec quizzes, the labs, the midterm, and the final. The two tests are each 25% so I would study early, and actually read the textbook because its helpful in filling in greater details that we don't have time for in lecture.
Winter 2021 - I thought Professor Garrison was an animated lecturer and clearly very passionate and interested in the material. That was super helpful for me, since I didn't find it as interesting but his energy helped me stay engaged. The lectures were pretty clear and well paced, but the exams were a bit difficult. The course was a bit chaotic because Professor Garrison taught the first four weeks, Professor Smith taught the next four, and the Professor Garrison came back for the last two weeks of the quarter. Because of this we did not get our midterm scores back til a bit later. Professor G gives prelecture quizzes for almost every lecture on the textbook readings, which ask very specific questions but you get unlimited attempts. The labs were easy and the TAs were incredibly kind and genuinely wanted to help students out (they even held a career panel for us where we could ask questions about research, grad school, working, etc.) The only things for our grades were pre-lec quizzes, the labs, the midterm, and the final. The two tests are each 25% so I would study early, and actually read the textbook because its helpful in filling in greater details that we don't have time for in lecture.
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Winter 2024 - This class was co-taught with professor Noah Garrison this quarter. I found McKinnons lectures in comparison to be quite boring and lacking engagement. I also found her to be quite rude at times when responding to students' answers. Other than that, the class was pretty easy and manageable.
Winter 2024 - This class was co-taught with professor Noah Garrison this quarter. I found McKinnons lectures in comparison to be quite boring and lacking engagement. I also found her to be quite rude at times when responding to students' answers. Other than that, the class was pretty easy and manageable.
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