Exposes students to current research topics in ecology and evolutionary biology. Students will attend the EEMB departmental seminar each week and participate in a discussion of the seminar research, critiquing the presentation and the content, and drawing parallels with topics from other courses. Students will write a term paper describing and critiquing one seminar.
1
UnitsPass no pass
Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeUpper division only
Level LimitLetters and science
CollegeClass was honestly quite boring. Mandatory iClicker. Midterm + final + a debate group project that was not graded harshly at all. Very chill dude, but the material was really boring if you have ever taken any other bio or envs classes.
Doug is truly a great professor. He makes it clear that he cares about our digestion of material, and makes lecture very interesting. There's a lot of storytime during lectures, so attending is crucial to understanding the concepts thoroughly!
I really enjoyed Professor McCauley's lectures. He's INSANELY educated and well spoken on these topics. Very kind human, he brought in guest speakers which was super cool. He doesn't curve but it's not impossible to get an A. I got a B even though I missed a few iclicker quizzes and i got a 70% on both exams (they're mc). Highly highly recommend
Doug is super knowledgable and has so many cool experiences in the conservation and ecology fields - he's really inspiring. Love him!
Hillary is all over the place man. We got a 10% curve on this final because she couldn't write the test properly. The first half of the class was not taught by her and was great. She ruined the second half, horrible slides, mid lectures, horrible final. Still a super easy class though.
Lectures are impossible to follow and unorganized. quiz questions are poorly constricted (and tricky) and often ask about material we don't cover nearly enough