The course gives a multidisciplinary view on Fire Ecology, covering both the natural and social sciences. Carla is clearly an authority of the field and conveys her knowledge effectively. Carla is kind and enthusiastic but also reasonably demanding. Her lectures are informative and engaging - highly recommend but watch out for high workload!

Class is hard, listen when he says to practice problems throughout the week and not all at once. Didn't have any past coding experience, but reworking and understanding the homework helped a lot, as well as office hours. He allows a page of notes for midterm and final, helpful since he gives hints as to what type of questions are on tests

Lecture sucks, homework is challenging but by no means excessive, online quizzes every week are a free 10% of the grade in the class, you get an entire front and back page of notes on the midterm and final. The entire page of notes is the only reason I passed - course feels disorganized and moves at a sporadic rate. Good luck if you've never coded

Goes through material very quickly, and without prior programming experience the class is very very difficult. He is a nice guy and is very friendly, but just needs to slow everything down a bit. Allows a notesheet for the midterm/final too

He is not good at teaching the material that is required to do the homework to succeed at his exams. Unless you have previous experience with coding you will surely fail the class because even the basics are not taught properly. He skips around and goes on about things that really are not relevant. He is completely disorganized.

Tie doesn't know what it means to be friendly -- he cringes when someone talks to him outside class and goes on rants against people who miss class or don't understand the homework. He goes on tangents about random computing ideas which don't apply to the homework or tests. You'll need to be a good critical thinker to pass this class.

If you have a chance to take this class, take this class! It was absolutely my favorite class I have ever taken here at UCSB. Every Friday you go on a field trip to different areas near SB (guadalupe dunes, carpenteria salt marsh, etc) and one weekend you get to stay as SNARL and explore the Sierras. You learn a lot, and have fun while doing so.

Carla is the best professor I have had at UCSB! She is extremely engaging and probably the most knowledgeable teacher in the ES department. She is super fun, down to earth and easy to talk to! This class was very informative and the field trips were all very interesting and fun.

Don't even hesitate to take a class with her. She is helpful and takes the time to really make sure that her students understand the concepts she covers. Exams were very straightforward and based upon her lectures. Take her class!

ES128 was one of the best classes I have taken at UCSB because professor D'Antonio makes her lectures engaging, interactive and relevant to current events. She was always incredibly helpful and willing to answer any questions. The exams were easy because she tells you exactly what is going to be covered. Take one of her classes if you can!!

This class will frustrate you if you're a real bio major. ES majors take it seriously but the whole class is infuriatingly unscientific. The lessons are all just anecdotal bits and pieces about what works for eco restoration. They say the exams let you "think" but they dock you if you don't regurgitate enough.

Carla is a fantastic professor. Her exams are very straight forward. Open book/open note. The exams provide you the opportunity to add a personal touch (opinion). One of the best classes I've taken in EEMB. The labs are great too, especially if you love being outdoors

carla is a hip, hip lady. she is an excellent scientist as well as a great professor. she is engaging, insightful and rootsy too ("down to Earth")