LOVED this class. The professor is super sweet and funny, and she is always so accommodating. The midterm was extremely reasonable, as was the final, and we were given a 24 hour window to take them. The weekly quizzes take like five minutes and are based on reading, which is actually pretty interesting, so they can be easy grade boosters. I took this class after taking EPS SCI 8 (earthquakes), and still felt that the majority of the course was new material, so if you liked that class you'll love this one. I would definitely take this course again, especially since its a great way to earn your diversity requirement if you aren't a fan of the more humanities oriented options like anthropology. Carolina is a great professor and loves interacting with her students, so even though lectures were recorded, I always went live. Do yourself a favor and take the class!

Fairly easy GE. Professor is funny and tries to make class engaging.

Lectures: She uses slides and uploads the slides on Bruinlearn. She also records and uploads the lectures, but she uses Pollev to track attendance in class, which is a part of your grade.

Discussion: Honestly felt like a waste of time. Mostly consists of individual presentations that is an easy project. After presentations, the TA would review basic terms and topics that were not very helpful. Attendance is mandatory and is tracked through Pollev.

Readings and Quizzes: There is no assigned homework, but it is useful to read (or at least skim) through the chapters correlating to the lectures. There are weekly quizzes that are based on the readings, but they are short and pretty easy. All multiple choice.

Exams: There was one midterm and one final. Both exams were all multiple choice, open-note, and taken through Bruinlearn. For the midterm, we were required to take the exam in a classroom on our laptops, but due to COVID, the final was remote online. The questions were a bit specific, but if you take good notes during lecture, it should be fine. Half of the final exam questions were taken from the weekly quizzes and midterm.

Extra Credit: The professor offers some extra credit assignments that were announced in class, which were usually due within 24 hours. Assignments were simple and easy.