ENV S 135B I would not recommend this course if your GPA is important to you. It relies heavily on group work and student led discussions with little direct instruction. Your grade depends on teammates with few safeguards for individual effort. I found the grading strict and small issues added up quickly especially in a quarter long group project.

DK is funny and a great teacher but the class itself was boring. The content is extremely useful. Sections involve low-stakes group discussion worksheets and occasional small pop quizzes. There was no final or midterm but project assignments which were pretty doable.

DK is a funny guy. Class material wasn't my cup of tea but the discussion sections made it interesting since we looked at a case study every time. Short quizzes, ~4 assignments, and a final where you have to attend a planning hearing. Definitely take it if you have any interest in Env. Planning since it provides a good foundation.

DK himself is a great guy but the material he lectures on was not interesting to me. A lot was just read off from slides during lecture. Section has quizzes that are pretty hard if you didn't absorb ALL of the information from lecture, hard homework assignments and a final that's really hard as you have to go to a public hearing.

I think environmental planning as a course is quite boring but DK made it as interesting as possible. He's also really funny which made lecture a bit more interesting. The whole class was graded based on section attendance, pop quizzes, assignments, and a final report. The quizzes are short, but each point counts for one percent of the final grade.