Alison Lipman
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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2.9
Overall Rating
Based on 27 Users
Easiness 2.9 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 3.0 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.4 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 2.7 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: A-
COVID-19 This review was submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your experience may vary.
March 25, 2021

Lipman teaches the ecology portion. Lipman is generally a good lecturer, but the way this class is structured is really stupid, and her policies are crazy. Discussion is pointless, with a student-led presentation about articles that generally have little connection to the actual course material, so there's no point in reading them besides you have to for the grade. I think our time could have been used better but I guess that's how it is. Lipman gave the final, I did kinda bad on the midterm but pretty well on the final. I can see why people think her questions are ambiguous and very specific, but all of the material was covered, so while it wasn't new, she was super nitpicky, which was very annoying. She also was not responsive, she has a "no email policy" (wtf, you're a professor in a remote environment, email is our only form of communication, how are you going to have a no email policy) and was passive-aggressive when the ambiguous questions were brought to her attention. I would not take this class with her, and if you have no other choice, then be prepared to pay close attention to all the material, and work on understanding scientific literature.

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Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: A
May 14, 2020

The animal behavior portion with Gorlitsky can be pretty interesting but challenging. Lipman's ecology section is definitely very important stuff especially with climate change, but personally I don't find it all that interesting.
Tests were kind of hard and I had to study far in advance.

If you don't have to take this class I would recommend finding easier ones, but if you do take it definitely take EEB 100L for a lab requirement because it's pretty easy compared to other EEB labs. That's the main pro of this class unless you want to go into similar research.

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Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: NR
March 19, 2020

Not an easy class, but doable if you stay on top of the material and know going into it that it is going to be a little bit more difficult than some EEB classes you take. Make sure to do the EC field trip because it can make a big difference at the end of the class! Going to office hours before the exams really helps and both Gorlitsky and Lipman are very nice and willing to answer any questions you may have.

Selling the Animal Behavior Textbook, $45 **********

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Quarter: Winter 2021
Grade: A-
March 25, 2021

Lipman teaches the ecology portion. Lipman is generally a good lecturer, but the way this class is structured is really stupid, and her policies are crazy. Discussion is pointless, with a student-led presentation about articles that generally have little connection to the actual course material, so there's no point in reading them besides you have to for the grade. I think our time could have been used better but I guess that's how it is. Lipman gave the final, I did kinda bad on the midterm but pretty well on the final. I can see why people think her questions are ambiguous and very specific, but all of the material was covered, so while it wasn't new, she was super nitpicky, which was very annoying. She also was not responsive, she has a "no email policy" (wtf, you're a professor in a remote environment, email is our only form of communication, how are you going to have a no email policy) and was passive-aggressive when the ambiguous questions were brought to her attention. I would not take this class with her, and if you have no other choice, then be prepared to pay close attention to all the material, and work on understanding scientific literature.

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Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: A
May 14, 2020

The animal behavior portion with Gorlitsky can be pretty interesting but challenging. Lipman's ecology section is definitely very important stuff especially with climate change, but personally I don't find it all that interesting.
Tests were kind of hard and I had to study far in advance.

If you don't have to take this class I would recommend finding easier ones, but if you do take it definitely take EEB 100L for a lab requirement because it's pretty easy compared to other EEB labs. That's the main pro of this class unless you want to go into similar research.

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Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: NR
March 19, 2020

Not an easy class, but doable if you stay on top of the material and know going into it that it is going to be a little bit more difficult than some EEB classes you take. Make sure to do the EC field trip because it can make a big difference at the end of the class! Going to office hours before the exams really helps and both Gorlitsky and Lipman are very nice and willing to answer any questions you may have.

Selling the Animal Behavior Textbook, $45 **********

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2.9
Overall Rating
Based on 27 Users
Easiness 2.9 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 3.0 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.4 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 2.7 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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