My favorite professor I had at UCSB! Such an amazing class, I highly recommend taking 163A + B with Perrone. You learn a lot about analyzing/evaluating data, scientific writing, etc that lots of ES classes don't have. We also had super cool guest lecturers! The grading can be harsh but for me it was motivating.

She is probably the best professor I have taken throughout my college experience. Even though lecture is not mandatory I went to all lectures because she is amazing at teaching and making the class interactive

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.