Professor Kane was the most absolute sweetheart. I would retake this class if I could. The work was clear and very manageable. I took this class over the summer during the 6-week session and it went by extremely fast which was awesome. I never had a true interest in the marine side of ecology but after this class, I might not be so sure anymore. The class was structure to a method I really enjoy learning, so maybe that is why I also enjoyed the class. You had modules due every week ranging from 2-4 that had quizzes to go with them. There was a midterm during week 4 (no work that week) and then of course the Final Exam. The exams were very reasonable and very straightforward. I loved her exams for that reason since she wasn't trying to trick you on any of the questions. It was just a matter of looking through your notes and matching the best answer. The discussion portion was not bad either, I did like the lecture just a bit more though. Oh, also the quizzes you took could be opened for days as they were not timed and due on a specific day. So you had plenty of time to construct and find answers.

Really fun, doable class that dives (haha) into conservation, marine life, chemical cycles, physical cycles!

This class consisted of 1-2 weekly multiple choice "quizzes" or homework assignments that assessed basic knowledge from lecture recordings, other videos, and the assigned readings. They're super doable, and you can use your notes to help you! We also had 2 midterms and a final, and all were very very fair exams.

Overall, really straightforward and enjoyable class!

This class is completely points-based. There are 774 total points: 120 Midterm 1, 120 Midterm 2, 200 Final, 135 lab worksheets, 64 clicker, 45 launchpad activities, 45 PCRQs, 45 PEQs.
Like 7A, Launchpad is just busywork. Try to find the PCRQs on Quizlet so you don’t have to waste hours clicking through the content, although not all of the questions are there so you may have to either guess on a few questions or actually read some of the content. Labs are also time-consuming and mostly done as groups, and only somewhat helped in learning concepts. There aren’t as many extra credit opportunities as 7A had, just the syllabus quiz, LA/TA/instructor evals, and mini midterms. Mini midterms consist of a reflection survey and a mini midterm that allow you to earn some extra points on the midterm up to 123/120 points. There is no mini final.
Kane uploaded prelecture slides at the beginning of the week, but she wouldn’t post a complete set of the slides she showed in lecture, even though she usually showed new slides so unless you wanted to watch the recording, you were left with an incomplete slideshow. Kane was also really bad at explaining anything and asking her questions often left me more confused. While she posted practice questions for the midterms and final, there was no answer key, and we were instead told to compare answers with classmates. Even the “feedback” you get on the midterm questions is useless; it consists of telling you the learning objective for the question and sometimes, if you’re lucky, you’ll be told that the question is based on the week 2 lab. The grading for the midterms and finals took a really long time considering that the tests are all MC and done on CCLE which has the capacity to grade MC questions right away. Kane is also not an accommodating person and is extremely unapproachable. She’s often rude and expected us to have good wifi all the time even though she knew most of us were using unreliable wifi networks on campus. Sometimes in lecture, she’d have us go into breakout rooms and talk, but then she’d get annoyed if no one was sharing a screen even if we told her about wifi issues. She would also go overtime for almost every lecture and sometimes even have clicker questions for us to do after class was supposed to end so even if you left the zoom on time, you’d have to keep the app open to make sure you answered at least 75% of questions. Overall, I would strongly recommend taking this class with a different professor and only with Kane if you’re desperate to finish prereqs or have no other choice.

Professor Kane was nice, but not the best at explaining topics clearly.

I had to attend lecture outside half of the time because I had class right after this, so the wifi was bad and I would give up on listening to lecture halfway through. Kane was an okay professor, but the class was kind of boring. At least the tests weren't too hard, and it was open-book. Our discussion sections were almost 2 hours, but I often had to email my TA to let her know I'm going to turn in the lab worksheet a little late because I couldn't finish during class. They were ridiculously long, in my opinion.
In terms of asking for help, I would go to office hours and LA workshops, but the LA workshops were more helpful. When I asked Kane a question during office hours, she would sometimes get confused herself and tries to reason through it and take me in circles, ultimately giving a weak answer. The class overall wasn't too bad, though, so don't worry.

I love Dr. Kane. Her class is extremely reasonable. Highly recommend taking her class if you can!!!

I really like professor kane but she is not a good teacher. I went to her office hours, to every problem solving session, and made sure I understood her lectures as well as I could but the exams did not reflect what she taught. Her lectures were lazy and unhelpful. On the last day instead of reviewing for the final like other teachers she showed us random videos of crabs and fish instead. I watched other professors lectures like Professor Burton and they lectured about the class way better than she did. Also you arent allowed to see your exams but that for the whole 7B

This class does what my old community college professors called "reverse teaching." Basically, you have to teach yourself the material before lecture and lectures are just an iclicker quiz to try to reinforce whatever you learned. This may work for some, but for me this method was not enjoyable. I did not take notes during lecture AT ALL. All my notes were based off independent readings I did from the textbook.

Lecture and Lab were very engaging. The activities were incredibly useful and taught skills that were VERY IMPORTANT on the exams. iClicker and attendance were mandatory.

Grading is very forgiving, with you being able to miss multiple assignments/couple of days and still receive full credit. Exams are rather rough. You are given plenty of time however the questions may get very convoluted and are kind of built to trick you. However, if there is an unprecedented number of incorrect answers the question may be nulled entirely which is really forgiving on Professor Kane's part. I had Erika as my TA and she was incredibly helpful. Take advantage of problem solving sessions if offered, and utilize the practice midterms/finals/clickers they give you. An A is achievable but not easy.

Great upper division EEB course. Kane is a wonderful professor and kind lady, I can not wait to take another course with her. Do not miss out on taking this class!

I took this class with Katie Hannibal and I could not in good faith recommend it to anyone. The most frustrating part of the class was the unclear instructions from the TA regarding the labs and the final project. I visited office hours multiple times to clarify what I would need to do when submitting assignments and get a better grade, but when it came to grading I would get marked off of what I was told to do during office hours. Regarding grading, in a six-week session, we would get our labs back two weeks after we submitted them, however, there were multiple times when something would be taught in week 4 for example but we'd get marked off in our week two lab when we did not even learn the material yet.