Lecture itself is great! Very clear and quizzes are open note on your own. There is a textbook she wrote but I just scanned photocopies of it at the library, it's not really needed but good. Section is different. Very difficult problem solving sets that are graded harshly. The websites linked are old, confusing and difficult to use.

Dr. Perrone is by far the best professor I have ever had and it is not even close. I took two of her courses and they changed the way I thought about my degree and what I want to do with my career moving forward. Shes literally the best of the best and UCSB is lucky to have her.

Dr. Perrone was amazing! She is super passionate about what she teaches and cares a lot about her students. Quizzes were very manageable as long as you go to class and take notes. Weekly group projects in section were pretty easy as long as you show up. Textbook for the class not mandatory but can help learn material if you miss lecture.

Prof Perrone is so amazing and accommodating. I took 163A during Winter '22 during the weird online-in person mix, and the lectures had all the information required to complete quizzes/labs. The labs were incredibly relevant to water issues facing different regions, and we used real data from government water suppply websites, it was super cool