This is for ENVS 163B. It is a tough class and arguably the hardest in the Environmental Studies department. Perrone is a great professor and extremely knowledgeable. Be prepared to study hours each day after class. You will struggle with early assignments, but your grade will improve throughout the course. Fortunately there was a generous curve.

Lecture itself is great! Very clear and quizzes are open note on your own. There is a textbook she wrote but I just scanned photocopies of it at the library, it's not really needed but good. Section is different. Very difficult problem solving sets that are graded harshly. The websites linked are old, confusing and difficult to use.

This class was very hard but for good reason. This class is heavily based in the coding language R which I did not realize when I added the class. I now have an incredibly useful new skill that I can put on my resume. I even sent work from this class to potential employers!

Dr. Perrone is by far the best professor I have ever had and it is not even close. I took two of her courses and they changed the way I thought about my degree and what I want to do with my career moving forward. Shes literally the best of the best and UCSB is lucky to have her.

Dr. Perrone was amazing! She is super passionate about what she teaches and cares a lot about her students. Quizzes were very manageable as long as you go to class and take notes. Weekly group projects in section were pretty easy as long as you show up. Textbook for the class not mandatory but can help learn material if you miss lecture.

Debra Perrone's ENV S 193SW course gave me an unforgettable lesson in overcoming difficulty. She pushes everyone - but out of genuine desire to see us all succeed. ENV S 193SW could be either extremely easy or extremely difficult depending on how you absorb information. But after this course, I plan on taking every other course Dr. Perrone offers.

Very passionate professor who cares about what she teaches. Awesome classes and really tries to help her students as best as she can.

Prof Perrone is so amazing and accommodating. I took 163A during Winter '22 during the weird online-in person mix, and the lectures had all the information required to complete quizzes/labs. The labs were incredibly relevant to water issues facing different regions, and we used real data from government water suppply websites, it was super cool

Great professor who is passionate about what she teaches. Very helpful and attending lecture is highly recommended. This class can be tedious but it is definitely rewarding.

Excellent Professor. She's knowledgeable and will teach specific/high level information. Even though I don't plan on pursuing a career in water management I would definitely take more of her classes. She constantly posts job/internship opportunities and makes class as interactive as possible (took the class online).

Weekly quizzes are based on the weekly reading assignment (usually not long) and study guides are helpful for making sure you have all the key information from the readings. Very caring prof and understanding of circumstances