Fall 2026

Water and People

WATER AND PEOPLE explores cultural significance, engagement, and access to water through US case studies and human impacts on the water cycle.

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Summary

1 / 5

Historical reviews of Mattie Urrutia: Exams are described as extremely difficult with insufficient time, and lectures are dense and fast-paced, leaving students to learn concepts independently.

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Prerequisites

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Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Mattie Urrutia: Mattie Urrutia received uniformly negative reviews for ATMOCN/BSE/SOILSCI 132. Students reported that her lectures were dense, fast-paced, and difficult to understand, leaving them to learn concepts independently. Reviewers criticized her for tough grading, lack of curves, and poor communication regarding assignments and exam performance.

MATILDE URRUTIA is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews of Mattie Urrutia: Reviewers strongly advise against taking this course under Mattie Urrutia, citing extreme difficulty, poor communication, and a lack of support.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.80 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.30 GPA, 60.0% A/AB (n=45 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.70 GPA, 84.4% A/AB (n=173 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Mattie Urrutia: Exams are described as extremely difficult with insufficient time, and lectures are dense and fast-paced, leaving students to learn concepts independently.

Historical reviews of Mattie Urrutia: Students report the instructor is unhelpful, unwilling to communicate, and lacks flexibility for sickness, while also withholding exam answers and class averages.

Topics

  • Water's role in Earth's functioning and human cultures
  • Human influence on water quality and quantity in a changing climate
  • Differential impacts on racial and ethnic communities in the US

Skills

  • Identify human influence on water quality and quantity
  • Explore perspectives on cultural significance and access to water

Grades

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

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