General: Grade was composed of completing online lessons with questions at the end of each video, homework assignments (based on correctness........ sigh), a midterm, and a final.
Pros:
I genuinely think a lot of the content in this class is not only relevant but really important to know. I took this class thinking that I would not enjoy it at all (was nearly the only GE left) and I was somewhat correct (because learning about atmospheric pollution isn't really interesting to me) but I'm still glad I took the class. The professor always responded to emails and made sure that everything was running smoothly. While they were difficult, the HW and final really made sure that you actually knew the material. The midterm and final are not hard at all, they were open note and five hours to answer four short answer questions. The online format worked well for me because as soon as the lessons for the week opened up on Monday, I would complete them within that day and then not have to worry about the class for the rest of the week (except for discussion and weeks were HW was assigned)
Cons:
Firstly, lectures can get boring sometimes, I took notes to stay engaged but sometimes the things that the professor talked about went super in-depth to the point where I was questioning whether it was really important for us to know (I felt this way in particular when he was talking about the solar system) The questions in between videos were sometimes very specific and I'd have to rewatch the video again even though I took notes just to get the answers. I didn't feel like the discussion section was necessary, I didn't really need a recap of the week's lessons and we did assignments that I thought weren't super helpful. We did the assignment in groups, but because of the online format it was over zoom and ngl I would've been fine doing them on my own and a lot of the time we all just worked in silence. Homework, again, was very difficult and every time everyone would be confused in the GroupMe.
Final thoughts: Just looked at what I've written so far and clearly I do not know the word concise! But yeah, I don't know, I don't think I would recommend this class, but it's doable for sure. I took the lab portion with this class and that was doable as well, but the assignments were definitely time-consuming and sometimes confusing. I think it's important for everyone to learn about atmospheric pollution, and if you've taken APES some of the concepts may be familiar, but this was definitely not my favorite class of this quarter. Sorry for the long review!

EASY AHH CLASS DUBSSS I lowkey wish I learned more about atmospheric pollution but that's on me, it was chill as frick. Do it with a friend it's chill!

The class was super easy! Would definitely recommend taking for a GE! It was all asynchronous and the midterm and final consisted of straightforward essay questions. Definitely a bit of work keeping up with the weekly homework and all the lectures but still super easy!

Super easy free GE. Fully online, mcq online exam with some frq which are easy. The final was literally 7 mcq questions. You can even attend mandatory discussions via Zoom. You jsut watch some videos, answer some quizzes on BruinLearn which are your assignments/homework and it is all self-paced with some later hard due dates. You can knock out a week's worth of lectures within a day. Super doable. Please take the class as the professor is hella chill and knows most of his students are just taking it for a GE requirement so he makes it as stress-free as possible. 10/10 would take again.

I made a last-minute choice to enroll in this class and I am so happy I chose A&O SCI 2 as my science GE. The class is asynchronous with one in-person discussion (that you could still do on zoom) each week. We had a lab every week due and some quizzes based off the slides he would post weekly. This class made my schedule feel open, I never felt overwhelmed. You do need to do some math and some memorization. The midterm and the final were online multiple/short answer questions. Overall, I highly recommend this class!