Toxicants in the Environment: Sources, Distribution, Fate, & Effects
Examines the nature, sources, distribution, and fate of environmental contaminants and their potential for harmful exposure.
Summary
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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Course map(CHEM 104, 109, or 116) and (MATH 211, 217, or 221) and (PHYSICS 104, 202, 208, or 248), or graduate/professional standing
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Professors
Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
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.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
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Student experience
the class
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.
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Grades
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Model & dataset provenance
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"requirements_status": "valid",
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"observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00"
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