Professor
Peter Kareiva
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Most Helpful Review
Fall 2019 - I was really excited about this class but I was severely disappointed. PK is very knowledgeable but his lectures were very disorganized. I found myself constantly looking at the time because I was so disinterested. The discussions, labs, and four writing assignments felt like a waste of time, they didn't help with the retention of the course material at all but the TAs graded them generously. The midterm and final were divided into multiple-choice questions (which had varying weights, from about 2 to 6 points) and one group question. Most of the midterm questions were based on small details from lectures and readings that were insignificant to understanding the major topics and the group portion basically asked to remember one of the studies and replicate the graphs from the lecture. The final was much better in terms of multiple-choice questions (1 to 2 points each) but the group portion was a bit more difficult. I failed the midterm but did much better on the final. However, I think the extra credit (up to 11% grade boost) literally saved my grade.
Fall 2019 - I was really excited about this class but I was severely disappointed. PK is very knowledgeable but his lectures were very disorganized. I found myself constantly looking at the time because I was so disinterested. The discussions, labs, and four writing assignments felt like a waste of time, they didn't help with the retention of the course material at all but the TAs graded them generously. The midterm and final were divided into multiple-choice questions (which had varying weights, from about 2 to 6 points) and one group question. Most of the midterm questions were based on small details from lectures and readings that were insignificant to understanding the major topics and the group portion basically asked to remember one of the studies and replicate the graphs from the lecture. The final was much better in terms of multiple-choice questions (1 to 2 points each) but the group portion was a bit more difficult. I failed the midterm but did much better on the final. However, I think the extra credit (up to 11% grade boost) literally saved my grade.
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