This course helps you to reorganize your thoughts & recognition of Climate changes and environmental issues right around ourselves. You indeed need time to understand the class materials after class and search for related readings (since no textbooks are required-just recommended only) not just for finishing the group assignments to get a good grade.

Not curved.

Extra credits may be given through submitting "good-style" problems you make out.

I felt this class lacked structure and organization. The lectures were also very boring and she did not make her points clear; it was difficult to follow her throughout the slides. Your discussion and its helpfulness depends widely on your TA; mine unfortunately was also not a great teacher and I had to seek extra help and tutoring from another TA to finally feel like I was understanding the material. My original TA was so ineffective that I ultimately stopped showing up to discussion after week 4 (your attendance does not count towards your grade and is only useful for forming your initial homework groups). The homework assignments we did get were not helpful in reinforcing what we were learning in the class. I would not take another class with this professor.

I really, really liked this class. It opened my eyes a lot to environmental issues and I now feel knowledgeable enough to engage in actual conversations about climate change. It's also really easy, just 4 simple group assignments (and 4 lab assignments if you do the lab; I didn't do the lab but the lab assignments are as simple as the group assignments) that don't take that long. However I think I did so well mainly because of the PLF sessions. If you are eligible for AAP , DEFINITELY enroll in a plf for this class. All of the concepts are relatively simple to understand, and the midterm and final are both multiple choice. The only issue is her wording in the questions and answer choices. Also, iclicker 2 questions mean you have to come to class. Her slides are pretty informative though and she posts them online.

This class seemed like an easy GE. I was extremely mistaken. Granted, I am not a science person, but I found this class extremely difficult. The midterm was pretty easy, but the final was insane. The weekly homework assignments also take forever and are largely irrelevant to the class. Professor Seibt is nice, but sometimes she goes off on tangents and can be unclear. Also, if you don't already own a clicker, just know that you have to buy one for this class because I was personally very annoyed about dropping $40 on a fancy remote.

Great teacher! She was very funny and the class is not too hard itself. You definitely need to keep up with the lectures and her slide shows to truly retain the information, but other than that- you can definitely perform well with a little bit of effort. Overall, great teacher and definitely cares about her students!

I took AOS 1 with Professor Seibt in Spring 2015. I have several opinions regarding the class structure and the professor.

First, the class material was relatively easily. We studied things like the greenhouse effect, carbon cycle, atmospheric and ocean circulation, ice ages, the IPCC, and other typical environmental topics. I enjoyed the material but I have heard other students say that it was tedious and at times difficult to comprehend (such as the Coriolis effect). The only thing I really despised was that the material was never really set. The professor gave us a tentative syllabus at the beginning and we did not discuss half the topics listed on it.

Second, grading is pretty fair and yet confusing simultaneously. The structure was 30% midterm, 45% final, 25% homework. We used the infamous and costly iClicker 2. The iClicker questions are graded 50/50. 50% comes from answering 75% of the questions in class, whether you answer correctly or incorrectly. The other 50% of the clicker points comes from answering "quiz" questions. She said that iClicker could replace half of the midterm score, and I assumed she did so. However, there is no set grading scale so I do not know if the class was curved or not. I believe it was considering the averages on the exams, though.

Side note...
Averages for exams:
Midterm 83%
Final 62% (I have no idea why this was so low considering she gave us two days of review...)

Third, I think the biggest thing I realized disliked about Professor Seibt was how disorganized she was. The syllabus was not really clear in grading nor content and I feel like the homework assignments were drawn up last minute.

Also, I took the lab, and some of the assignments were just plain silly. The last lab was to write a review of the class. The labs were not hard, but just seemed like mundane assignments that didn't really teach me much. Another lab had us "google" what soil erosion was and write a half-page summary. I honestly wish the labs were thought of much better.

Overall, the class was not too hard. The professor is extremely friendly and approachable in office hours, but she is extremely disorganized. Professor Seibt will also try to make class fun and engage students which makes class better.

Final Grade: B+
Lab Grade: A

This class is very easy and Dr. Seibt is super extremely kind and funny. I miss this class the most:( This class was so nice and very easy... The TA's were also extremely nice and hard working... Everyone was so nice... I really miss class and highly recommend this class to anyone who is looking for an easy GE :(

An average professor. Hard to not doze off in her lectures, so make sure you go to discussions. Final is a bit harder than the midterm, but still doable.