Introduces students to the built environment from a global perspective and explores the ways in which infrastructural arrangements are shaped by politics, technologies, ecologies, and ideas. Case studies include hydroelectric dams, nuclear power plants, pipelines, electrical grids, undersea cables, roads, bridges, canals, seawalls, and more. Students build on course concepts to research possibilities for ecologically adaptive and resilient cities in the age of climate change.
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UnitsOptional
Grading1
PasstimeUpper division only
Level LimitLetters and science
CollegeI loved this class so much as it was super interesting without being overly stressful. Professor Gray does a fantastic job at organizing this course in a way that if you put in the work, you are set to get a lot out of it while getting good grades. Lectures were very compelling. Would highly recommend!
I loved professor gray and her es 155 course. TAKE HER CLASSES! Im literally fangirling because she honestly is so knowledgable and such a great teacher I genuinely learned so much in her class. She knows her stuff and was able to make the class challenging and so interesting. overall my favorite professor at ucsb.
Professor Gray truly cares about her students and puts in time to make the class worthwhile. Im super excited to take another class with her this fall because env s 155 was really cool and a lot of the ES classes can sometimes be really generalized and just review for a lot of it but her makes hers really interesting and more specialized.
Professor Gray truly cares about her students and this class. She is very accommodating, and is clearly passionate about teaching. She shows a lot of videos in class, pulling from a wide variety of disciplines. A lot of assignments, but none of them are too difficult. Take this class!
Summer Gray is so knowledgeable and inspiring! You can tell this course has been amazingly well thought out and she comes to every lecture extremely prepared. She teaches this course through a social justice lens and its so refreshing to have an entire ES course taught this way (for more than just 1 lecture) by someone so well-versed.
AMAZZING!! I had her my first quarter at ucsb and she was so thoughtful and kind. I learned so much in her class and will always remember her being one of the best profs at this school. So approachable and even when the material was hard she found a way to make it easier for us!