Dr. Kane is an incredibly sweet lecturer who demonstrates a lot of care for both the material and the student experience. Our lectures were in the morning and she usually spent the first 5 or so minutes just chatting or letting people file in before actually speaking. The lectures themselves aren't super impactful, I think they could have used a little more depth or gone a little faster, but they're also very clear and move at a manageable pace. Dr. Kane is kind of bad at responding via email though.

The class itself is an easy A, it just requires you to do a couple of readings before each class so you can take a short multiple choice quiz. These are super easy and they're practically recycled for the exams, which were mostly multiple choice. There were a couple of free response and always had small bits of extra credit. I kind of wish the class taught more, but it was definitely a fun class to take to get some units without putting a major burden on your schedule. Really wish the discussion wasn't mandatory though, that shit was always some hot trash. I don't know if my TA (Onny) was responsible but they started with the TA giving a mandatory 20-30 minute yap session about the same conservation topic every time.

I highly encourage taking this class with this professor. She was very understanding throughout the quarter and genuinely wanted students to do well on exams. She assigned us weekly quizzes on a scientific article and a separate quiz ("end of the week quizzes") that was super straightforward as long as you were caught up on lectures. Highly recommend!! Loved this class!

This was by far my favorite class taken at UCLA thus far. Professor Kane gives extremely engaging lectures, and made EEB 142 amazing. The class itself is very interesting, and Kane was able to get everyone really excited about aquatic communities.

Exams in this class were pretty straightforward. Study her slides and learning objectives really well and you'll have no problem doing well on them. The tests consists of T/F, multiple choice, and short answer style questions. Discussion is very important in this class and makes up 220 of the 600 total points in the class. Discussion assignments including writing summaries and questions on the assigned papers, taking quizzes on CCLE, and writing a critique.

Overall, a wonderful class. You will have lots of fun and will not have a problem getting a good grade.

Very interesting and chill class. Kane tells you exactly what to expect on midterms and exams. Class is straightforward in expectations.

Super fun! If you liked 109, youll probably enjoy this class too.