Third quarter of a year-long group study of an environmental problem. Requires completion of a final report and defense.

Prerequisites: ESM401A, ESM401B. MESM students only.

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Letter

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

Graduate students only

Level Limit

Environmental science

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These majors only esm
Thomas Holden
4.5
46 reviews

Time location TBD

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ESM 401C Holden P A Winter 2023 Total: 5
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4.5
PHIL20C . 5 Months Ago

Don't take this class as a GE. I'm a phil major, and even I had a hard time fully getting what Holden was saying sometimes. Graded on 2 papers, and a final. TA grading is harsh if you get a bad one. Lots of reading. If you can keep up, it's manageable. Prof is super passionate/funny, but sometimes unclear. Fine class, difficult for a lower div tho

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PHIL20C . 6 Months Ago

If you're not into PHIL- I wouldn't take this class. I think he is funny to PHIL majors, but I found his lectures bizarre. It's really hard to adjust to a PHIL class and learn how to write those papers if you are from basically any other major.

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PHIL176 . 1 Year, 5 Months Ago

Take him. You won't regret!

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PHIL176 . 1 Year, 7 Months Ago

Class was not too difficult, he posts all of the lecture notes online. I found him to be really unpleasant, so I stopped attending and still did fine. If you're not interested in philosophy you might find the content more challenging.

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PHIL20C . 2 Years Ago

Just want to say y'all are WEIRD calling him hot get a life. A lot harder than expected. Prob will have to actually do the readings & pay attention to get a A/B. No iclicker when I took it. Not an easy A unless u alr know philosophy. Need to do more than follow rubric. Charismatic prof, gave out prizes in lecture. Also gave final Qs in advance.

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PHIL20C . 2 Years Ago

Prof. Holden is the best philosophy professor I have ever had at UCSB! He is a super funny guy, and his lectures are easy to follow even if you do not have any philosophy background. I would definitely recommend taking Phil 20c with him.

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