GEOG M115
Environmentalism: Past, Present, and Future
Description: (Same as Environment M132 and Urban Planning M165.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Exploration of history and origin of major environmental ideas, movements or countermovements they spawned, and new and changing nature of modern environmentalism. Introduction to early ideas of environment, how rise of modern sciences reshaped environmental thought, and how this was later transformed by 19th-century ideas and rise of American conservation movements. Review of politics of American environmental thought and contemporary environmental questions as they relate to broader set of questions about nature of development, sustainability, and equity in environmental debate. Exploration of issues in broad context, including global climate change, rise of pandemics, deforestation, and environmental justice impacts of war. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Summer 2020 - She has a sloppy syllabus and no rubric or feedback on exams and assignments. You don't know what you're expecting and she gives you a random grade without telling you what you did wrong, nor there was a rubric beforehand. She is very inconsiderate of students during this pandemic and when students try to communicate to her as a class, she never replies or sticks to her original plan with no consideration after many students talk to her about the course in lecture. The only thing she improved was giving more time for the final, but that doesn't really make a difference since she chose to omit the study guide (which was included in the midterm), and no rubric for the final. If students request something from her and she changed it, she would make other parts of the course harder or more confusing so she can grade harder. Also, the quiz questions does not reflect the readings we did. We could simply command+F and find it in the PDF. Reading beforehand does nothing as she doesn't put effort in constructing quiz questions. Command+F will get you a higher score than reading the assignments. :)
Summer 2020 - She has a sloppy syllabus and no rubric or feedback on exams and assignments. You don't know what you're expecting and she gives you a random grade without telling you what you did wrong, nor there was a rubric beforehand. She is very inconsiderate of students during this pandemic and when students try to communicate to her as a class, she never replies or sticks to her original plan with no consideration after many students talk to her about the course in lecture. The only thing she improved was giving more time for the final, but that doesn't really make a difference since she chose to omit the study guide (which was included in the midterm), and no rubric for the final. If students request something from her and she changed it, she would make other parts of the course harder or more confusing so she can grade harder. Also, the quiz questions does not reflect the readings we did. We could simply command+F and find it in the PDF. Reading beforehand does nothing as she doesn't put effort in constructing quiz questions. Command+F will get you a higher score than reading the assignments. :)
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All I can do is reiterate what was already said about Hecht. Lectures were unorganized and for the most part, irrelevant. Readings were uninteresting and painful. The take-home midterm and final were on vague topics and it was always difficult to know what she wanted. Hecht always spoke to us in a snarky and condescending manner. She turned what could have been an interesting and dynamic class into an AWFUL experience. DO NOT TAKE ANY OF HER CLASSES, for your own sake.
All I can do is reiterate what was already said about Hecht. Lectures were unorganized and for the most part, irrelevant. Readings were uninteresting and painful. The take-home midterm and final were on vague topics and it was always difficult to know what she wanted. Hecht always spoke to us in a snarky and condescending manner. She turned what could have been an interesting and dynamic class into an AWFUL experience. DO NOT TAKE ANY OF HER CLASSES, for your own sake.
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