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Environmental Studies: Social Science Perspectives
ENVIRST 112 explores social science perspectives on the relationship between environment and society from local to global scales.
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Historical reviews of Robert Beattie, Samer Alatout: Grading relies heavily on four to five short papers, often supplemented by open-note quizzes and a final. Students note that attending lectures helps clarify paper prompts, and extra credit opportunities are available.
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Course mapNot open to students with credit forGEOG/ENVIR ST 337
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Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Samer Alatout: Samer Alatout is described as passionate and knowledgeable, though his lectures are criticized as unclear or erratic. While some students found the class easy with clear grading criteria, others reported disrespectful behavior and poor lecture quality.
ROBERT BEATTIE is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
SAMER ALATOUT is recorded teaching in Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Fall 2018. 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
Fall 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 186 / 264 | 0 |
| DIS 301 | Classroom Instruction | 18 / 22 | 0 |
| DIS 302 | Classroom Instruction | 19 / 22 | 0 |
| DIS 303 | Classroom Instruction | 22 / 22 | 0 |
| DIS 305 | Classroom Instruction | 12 / 22 | 0 |
| DIS 307 | Classroom Instruction | 15 / 22 | 0 |
| DIS 306 | Classroom Instruction | 11 / 22 | 0 |
| DIS 308 | Classroom Instruction | 11 / 22 | 0 |
| DIS 309 | Classroom Instruction | 10 / 22 | 0 |
| DIS 310 | Classroom Instruction | 14 / 22 | 0 |
| DIS 311 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 22 | 0 |
| DIS 304 | Classroom Instruction | 13 / 22 | 0 |
| DIS 312 | Classroom Instruction | 21 / 22 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews for Robert Beattie and Samer Alatout describe a low-stress, paper-focused intro course. Students generally appreciate the professors' passion and clear grading, though some find lectures bad while others find them interesting or engaging.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.49 GPA, 75.5% A/AB (n=233 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.52 GPA, 79.8% A/AB (n=223 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.52 GPA, 80.9% A/AB (n=194 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Robert Beattie, Samer Alatout: Grading relies heavily on four to five short papers, often supplemented by open-note quizzes and a final. Students note that attending lectures helps clarify paper prompts, and extra credit opportunities are available.
Historical reviews of Robert Beattie, Samer Alatout: Students find the course structure forgiving and appreciate the professors' care for student well-being. Conversely, some report frustration with unclear lectures, inconsistent TA grading, and content that feels repetitive or politically focused.
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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.
The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.
8 earlier forecasts · 0.14 GPA average error.
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1320 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.
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Environmental Studies: Social Science Perspectives
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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