Special Topics in the Environment: Biological Aspects of Envir St

ENVIRST 400 covers special topics in environmental biological sciences including conservation, ecology, and health.

offering recorded1–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Zuzana Burivalova3.8/5Cooper Rosin3.7/5

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=34 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).

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ENVIRST 400

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Fall 2026
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Raw average: 4.20/5 from 5 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.89 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.89 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.87 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

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Raw average: 3.80/5 from 5 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=34 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

COOPER ROSIN is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ZUZANA BURIVALOVA is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 003Classroom Instruction6 / 57
LEC 001Classroom Instruction21 / 201

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=34 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Conservation biology
  • Environmental ecology
  • Ethnobotany
  • Tropical ecology
  • Environmental health
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Biodiversity
  • Endangered resources

Skills

  • Biological systems analysis
  • Field studies

Grades

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ENVIRST 400 · Fall 2026

Special Topics in the Environment: Biological Aspects of Envir St

Recorded 2026-09-07
ENVIRST 400 · Fall 2026

Bioacoustics for Conservation

Recorded 2026-09-07
ENVIRST 400 · Fall 2026

Ecological Restor. in Practice

Recorded 2026-09-07
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