Critical Thinking and Evidence-Based Reasoning for the Environment . ENV S 40
An introduction to the different ways that researchers and practitioners have defined and applied critical thinking skills in environmental studies. In the first half, we will focus on the three important skills: 1. finding and evaluating evidence; 2. identifying assumptions; and 3. synthesizing evidence into clear and reasoned arguments. In second half, we will bring together both quantitative and qualitative approaches through case studies, so that students can practice using key terms and analytical habits.
Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 or 2 or 3.
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Project based, only a few assignments that are based on the project and a final essay about the project. This class is as difficult as you make the project, so do an easy one, trust. Professor stopped uploading lecture slides halfway through, so take notes about the types of evidence. Everything she says you should take notes about is irrelevant.
Never responded to either of my two emails. Also, my TA graded really hard and took off points for things that weren't even on the rubrics. Really gross project that takes up the whole quarter. Lectures are really boring but attendance is part of your grade so you have to go. If you don't have to take this class, DON'T. Nobody likes it.
A lot of lecture material seemed very common sense/boring, never rlly did the readings. Prof. was super passionate abt everything though, and you really get as much out of this class as you put in. Chance to develop project of choice was cool, and grading seemed fair (no project rubric though, which sucked). Great intro to ES program.
The material covered in this class was just not very interesting to me. It felt repetitive & similar to other lower div ES classes. Had a lot of freedom on the final project but then was told about a 6 page paper less than a week before it was due during finals. Didn't really need to know the material covered in class for the final
I enjoyed this class, but the TA you get can make or break it. We were assigned a six page paper during finals week with six days to complete, which was sad because I really enjoyed the class. I wish we were able to start the paper a bit earlier or it was shorter because it seemed a bit sudden and forced, especially during all the other finals.
Prof. Martin seems to love what she lectures on, and she tried to make every lecture engaging. Grading consists of lecture and section participation, a project presentation, a project on anything environmentally related, and a final paper. Unfortunate amount of work for a lower division class but grading was lenient (depends on TA though).
David Pellow
4.9
Tom Sideris
3.0