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ES40 . Martin J A A Month Ago

Very passionate about her lectures, but they weren't applicable. Her ability to pick TA's is awful, the worst i've had on campus. They're incompetent w/ superiority complexes, the way they are grading for lower div classes. Good luck getting your grades back until 2 days before final grades are due in gold, and the quarter is long over!

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ES3 . Martin J A 2 Months Ago

Didn't stop lecture when a student passed out and started seizing in the middle of the hall. I think this speaks a lot about the type of teacher she is--she just doesn't care about her students and their success.

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ES40 . Martin J A 2 Months Ago

Shes passionate about the material but the course itself is all over the place. Your grade is based on a project that you work on the whole quarter but the intial proposal wasnt graded until week 6 so you only get 2 weeks until presentations. The lectures are mainly her reading from her notes. Its not hard to get a good grade but its painful.

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ES40 . Martin J A 2 Months Ago

Painful doesn't begin to describe it. Dull slides, tiny text, and the professor reads directly from her notes, tossing in needless jargon. One in-class exam, the rest projects. Each lecture was excruciating.

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ENVS3 . Martin J A 3 Months Ago

Honestly ES3 depends a lot on the TA you have, mine graded really harshly for what it was. Jen's lectures could get kinda boring and attendance was mandatory, but the course concepts aren't too hard to grasp. Watched some interesting films in class and the papers & write-ups weren't too bad. Took it for the ES major but honestly probably a good GE.

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ES40 . Martin J A 4 Months Ago

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.

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ENVS3 . Martin J A 9 Months Ago

4 short reading reflections, a film review essay, and a final essay about different anthropocene terms. Attendance was measured by answering in class prompt, but you were allowed to miss a couple. Class is mostly about different alternatives for the Anthropocene, such as the plantationocene, which was kind of silly.

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ES40 . Martin J A 9 Months Ago

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.

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ES40 . Martin J A 9 Months Ago

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.

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ES3 . Martin J A 11 Months Ago

Lovely professor and quite interesting material. Took for pre-major req, highly recommend. easy-breezy. Go to lecture and You'll be good! I did the weekly readings, but might be fine if you don't.

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ENVS3 . Martin J A 11 Months Ago

Takes attendance at lectures, midterm and final are papers with clear prompts for every paragraph which was nice. Some lectures were super interesting like the plantationocene one, others were boring in my opinion. It would be a free A accept for the fact that essay scores are curved (I imagine downwards) to a B.

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ES40 . Martin J A 1 Year, 1 Month Ago

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.

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ES40 . Martin J A 1 Year, 1 Month Ago

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

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ES40 . Martin J A 1 Year, 2 Months Ago

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.

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ENVS3 . Martin J A 1 Year, 2 Months Ago

This class was extremely easy, I barely put any effort and did 0 readings until writing papers. As a STEM major a welcome break and the concepts are pretty much common sense so you can simply spend a few hours writing the paper and get an A. Take it for area E!

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ES40 . Martin J A 1 Year, 4 Months Ago

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).

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ES40 . Martin J A 1 Year, 5 Months Ago

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.

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ENVS3 . Martin J A 1 Year, 10 Months Ago

Not always the most interesting class- overall concepts are interesting but lectures can get a bit boring and repetitive. A good class to add for light work and easy A. No exams and 2 papers that have clear instructions. Section participation is huge and mandatory. Lecture participation is required for about 1/2 of lectures. Passionate professor.

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ENVS3 . Martin J A 1 Year, 11 Months Ago

Overall super easy GE. Reading reflections and midterm and final essay were only assignments, but graded pretty hard. My TA was really fun and nice. Class was honestly pretty interesting despite being an engineering major. Lectures not mandatory but did have 10 lecture questions we had to do.

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ENVS3 . Martin J A 2 Years Ago

Jen Martin is a great teacher. She cares a lot about her students. Her class can get a little boring at times but overall it's a good class to take. There are no midterms or finals. She only makes you write 2 papers. This class isn't too overbearing tbh. I would definitely recommend taking this class if you are trying to finish some GEs.

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ES40 . Martin J A 2 Years Ago

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.

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ES40 . Martin J A 2 Years Ago

Amazing professor

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ENVS3 . Martin J A 2 Years Ago

In general, the material is very similar to some of the other ES classes, so if you have taken any ES class before there is going to be some overlap which helps with understanding. There is quite a bit of reading that relates to the lecture and going over it in section made everything more clear. The class itself isn't too bad, a lot of writing.

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ES3 . Martin J A 2 Years Ago

Martin is an excellent professor! The class is super interesting and lectures were posted online due to many covid breakouts in the class. TA Ahn was a super harsh grader so I ended up with a B+ but the assignments themselves are fairly easy. Be ready to write!!!

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