Pretty interesting class, with a heavier emphasis in the Discussion portion. Here, there are weekly quizzes, two group presentations (one on a book and the other on a volunteer organization), the actual volunteering event, and an individual book report (on all books being presented by the groups). The exams would be done in the Lecture portion, which were quite ambiguous in what was wanted. It seems to ask questions that allows for many potential answers, given proper reasoning, but the grader would want something specific. The lectures are not recorded, although the slides are uploaded.

Mixed feelings about this class, but overall I do recommend it. In terms of actually educating you on the state of our planet and climate change, this class is a must-take. Absolutely life-changing class, the course material is very very interesting and important, and VERY eye-opening. Prof. Lipman does a good job teaching, the textbook is optional but helpful, and the labs, while better in person, are still good. The major downside to this class is the tests, which are very harshly graded. A nice thing though, is Prof. Lipman usually allows a group option for either the midterm or final, which can help, if your group is good. But besides the harsh grading, this class is very important and good to take in terms of actually educating yourself. Oh and please do the extra credit opportunity, it comes in clutch.

Where do I start? This class is ridiculously annoying. While the material is easy to comprehend, the professors methods of testing are very unclear, specific, and out right frustrating. I feel I was constantly having to mind read what the professor and TAs were expecting in terms of answers to the very specific questions. Don't let the free response format fool you! The professor delivers the necessary information, but it is difficult to gauge the simplicity/difficulty of each test question. Lastly, the TAs, at least my TA was useless!! She always looked at me awkwardly and with confusion. I felt perpetually screwed in this class because even after seeking for help, I didn't know what to expect

This is literally the worst class you will ever take at UCLA. I took it with Lipman and Gorlitsky and I thought Gorlitsky was bad until I had Lipman. Both the midterm and the final were insanely difficult for no reason at all and discussion section questions were graded very difficultly. Both are dry lecturers with nearly no personality and little regard for the welfare of their students. Moreover, Lipman frequently incorporated her own political opinions into lecture in order to brainwash her students. Please save yourself before its too late.

The final was unnecessarily difficult. I could not believe I was tested on the concepts she chose as they were explained very briefly during lecture. I almost shed a tear. I felt as though I had a good grasp on concepts but apparently that did not matter because we were tested on ~15% of the information on the final.

I am currently taking EEB100 right now with Alison Lipman and Gregory Grether, and I'm not going to lie, I was scared to take this class when I saw the Bruinwalk reviews. But, after the midterm and quizzes from her half of the class (which was on topics that only *she* covered), I think she has improved her teaching style and tests since the last Bruinwalk reviews. She was very clear during lectures, and the answers for the weekly quizzes we take are explained almost word-for-word in her lectures. I got a 100% in almost every quiz just by pressing "ctrl+f" through the lecture transcripts. But beware, you should at least still watch the lecture to actually comprehend the quiz questions thoroughly.

I got a 90% on the midterm with minimal studying, although I know other students had their grievances with the number of calculations on the exam. The class average was 87%, so I think the majority of students did very well. I'm glad to see that she realized she needed to change something about her class and actually listened to students- she also made her exams open-note once students voiced their opinion. Also, with consideration that not everyone could attend/afford an off-campus extra credit assignment for 10 points, they later offered a couple of on-campus options for EC.

In conclusion, I was very satisfied with the ecology section of this class. I will write another review for Gregory Grether's section on animal behavior on his Bruinwalk, but Alison gets 5 stars from me!

Meh. I'd avoid it honestly.

I took this class with both Dr Lipman and Dr Gorlitsky. Dr Gorlitsky taught the first 5 weeks on Animal Behaviour, whereas Dr Lipman taught the latter 5 weeks on ecology. With that being said, Dr Lipman's portion was not only more engaging, but her exam was also markedly easier. Overall, I enjoyed both professors and the class. The textbooks were also helpful for further clarification on subject material.

I'm only writing this review because the GroupMe for this class seems to be going crazy. Professor Lipman is an exceptional teacher. She stays up to date with effective teaching methods and successfully employs them in class. She taught the second half, i.e. the ecology portion, of the EEB100 class. She truly believes in the importance of her work and its real-world applications. To that end, she often mentions how we as students can get involved in conservation efforts which is incredible. She is incredibly engaging. I have to admit I would tune into live lectures and just watch TikTok for the hour and 15 minutes but I would still end up having learnt something every single time. For the final, I just skimmed her slides and rewatched the recorded lectures at 2x speed for any confusing concepts like the diversity indices and life history tables. I never bothered reading the textbook. She covered everything in plenty of depth in her lectures even for someone who wasn't even really listening. She encourages class participation to work on problems together. She does assign a lot of weekly articles and documentaries. I didn't read or watch any of them but answered the relevant questions on the final with nothing more than common sense. The final was incredibly fair and I truly believe I would have gotten an A without any review. The answers to the questions from the discussion articles could basically be found in the abstracts of each paper. The GroupMe however seemed to think that the exam was impossibly hard and unfair. They misinterpreted her lecture slides and tried confronting Professor Lipman. I was curious so I went back to the lecture recording to the relevant sections and I really don't see how they managed to confuse themselves. The average for the final was still in the 80s so I have no idea what they were tripping on but there was some beef there. I only wrote this review because it seems like there's a small but vocal group with an agenda against her and I wanted to present the other side to this story.

This class is a great GE! It gives you an overview of all the environmental problems we are facing today without going too into detail on any topic. There's a midterm and a test which are both pretty straightforward and easy. There's one lifestyle change project that was pretty fun to do, and you also need to write a book report on any book related to environmental issues. I liked that this class focused more on being informative rather than on grades. Also, yo u really don't need to buy the textbook. Professor Lipman is great, and I would recommend going to her office hours--she always has some sort of project going on that you can help out with (and looks good on your resume).