Fall 2026

Toxicants in the Environment: Sources, Distribution, Fate, & Effects

Examines the nature, sources, distribution, and fate of environmental contaminants and their potential for harmful exposure.

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Historical reviews of Phillip Barak: The review indicates a difficult environment where reporting issues led to severe academic penalties, including zero grades on exams.

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(CHEM 104, 109, or 116) and (MATH 211, 217, or 221) and (PHYSICS 104, 202, 208, or 248), or graduate/professional standing

CIVENGR/M&ENVTOX/SOILSCI 631

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Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical reviews of Phillip Barak: Phillip Barak is described as a corrupted professor who allegedly gave unfair exam content and ignored student complaints. Reviewers claim he falsely accused students of cheating and gave them zeros after they reported poor teaching quality to the department.

PHILLIP BARAK is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

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A historical review describes Professor Phillip Barak as corrupt and abusive, alleging he falsely accused students of cheating and gave them zeros after they reported poor teaching quality.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.58 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.58 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.78 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Phillip Barak: The review indicates a difficult environment where reporting issues led to severe academic penalties, including zero grades on exams.

Historical reviews of Phillip Barak: Students reported that complaints to the department were rejected and that the professor retaliated against those who raised concerns.

Topics

  • Contaminants in air, water, soil, and food
  • Fate and distribution of environmental contaminants
  • Potential for harmful exposure

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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