Martin is a nice enough person, but her course content is out of touch. Her ENVS 3 is simple, just a lot of busy work, but her ENVS 40 class is completely nonsensical. It's supposedly critical thinking, but the final is a subjective mess that's barely related. It's fine if you're just taking a gen ed, but I'd avoid her to save your braincells.

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).

Professor Martin is awesome! You can tell she really cares about her students. ES 40 is super conceptual and based fully around your research project. Section was based mostly on the project and lecture was more learning about ES critical thinking. Lecture isn't mandatory. Grade is based on your project, presentation, and final essay.

Professor Martin is probably my favorite prof at UCSB. Kind, caring, empathetic, and accessible. Lectures were always interesting, and you could tell Martin was passionate about the content. This class is project based, so make sure to start the project early enough. Put in the work and you'll get an A. Overall great class.

Amazing professor

Loveee love loved Prof Martin!!! Never been disappointed by UCSB's ES department and she is not an exception! Super cool and very passionate about environmental justice

Very kind professor who cares about her students and takes the time to give positive feedback where it is due. I hope that I can take a class with Prof. Martin again before I graduate.

She speaks so slowly. Her lectures, although somewhat interesting, are incredibly boring. Her TA's lead the mandatory sections and are super helpful but also extremely tough graders. This class is a quarter-long research project where you can get advice from TA's and prof, but otherwise there is not a lot of structure to the project.

Jen Martin is a great professor and ES 40 is an easy class.

Lectures are sometimes repetitive, but interesting. Martin really wants students to do well and is really student oriented. Not a lot of work outside of the final project which is very freeform. I enjoyed this class, but wouldn't take it if I didn't have to for my major.

Her lecture slides are very brief and unhelpful. Her explanations focus on history rather than the relationship between the event and how it affected the environment. Honestly, this is just a boring history class. Would not recommend taking this class with Dr. Martin but have heard great things about this class with a different professor.

Professor Martin has a passion for what she's teaching and she makes lectures exciting and thought-provoking. History 20 is a very unique class that I would recommend to anyone with any interest in science while trying to get a GE out of the way. Definitely one of the best classes I've taken at UCSB.

I took this class because i thought it was going to be an easy GE based on her reviews, but it was unnecessarily difficult. The readings were confusing, and the lectures were boring. I do not recommend this for anyone who is looking into taking this class as their easy and chill class for the quarter.

The class is based off of two exams, a term paper, and two pop quizzes. However, as long as you study and do the readings, you'll definitely do well. She moves a little quickly through the lecture slides but she posts all the slides online. You should definitely go to lecture to learn all the concepts though. Overall really great class and easy A.

Professor goes through lecture slides way too quickly, even though a lot of your grade depends on getting the lecture information. The midterm gives you 6 random terms, so you could basically study everything but still get a bad grade if you happen to not know that one term. The material is also very vague, class seemed unnecessarily hard.

Many readings due for every class & makes you write about the readings every lecture for attendance & you're graded on details, not just completion. She will call on people in class and wait for you to participate. Information was fairly interesting, but readings can be confusing/overcomplicated. Graded on midterm, a book essay, and 3 final essays

Lectures are unorganized, boring, and overall unnecessary for the midterm and take home essays. She also keeps attendance with a writing assignment for every lecture based on the reading/lecture which is a pain. I wouldn't take it if you can't help it unless you prefer tedious readings and sitting through agonizingly boring lectures.

read the description for this class & thought it was cool, BUT I WAS WRONG! all the material is so broad and I dont see the point to this class. she's always calling on people which makes lectures unbearable. goes through slides way too quick and so many readings omg. just take another class and dont be deceived by the description. thats my advice

Jen is super passionate and is a great lecturer. She was super helpful in office hours. However, she does talk fast so get ready to type. She makes her lectures relevant and interesting. The term paper isn't bad at all if you keep up with it and the tests are super straight forward. Readings are a portion of the tests!