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There was no graded homework throughout the semester, which was nice, but it was replaced with weekly quizzes. Lectures could sometimes be ambiguous, but there were ample examples given for each subject. Practicing for quizzes and midterms is just a lot of repetitve examples from lecture and the book.Rate My Professors ↗
At the start this class was amazing, lectures were interesting, assignments were doable, grading was acceptable. However, after the drop date passed she changed her style completely, the grader changed and became more tough almost need to be 1000% correct to get a grade. The lectures got dull and long and the assignments were impossible. RUN!!!!!!!Rate My Professors ↗
I had hicks for civil engineering 421, environmentally sustainable engineering and she was great! She seems to genuinely care about her students and their learning. The class was very easy, one short writing hw and one medium length hw a week. One semester long group project. Class was super interesting and hicks cared about the subject.Rate My Professors ↗
Professor Hicks was a very good professor this class. The homework actually helps your learning, you're given the answer keys before they're due and they're graded on completion. The grading is more than fair for exams and will help you. Most of all she genuinely seems to care about teaching and student learning. Highly recommend her as a prof.Rate My Professors ↗
The exam questions are ambiguousRate My Professors ↗
The class was very straightforward. The midterms were quite reasonable and based exclusively off of the lecture material. The cumulative final format was chosen by the class. Some of the questions were rather obscure. An example is one that was technically in the lecture slides but only mentioned once in a graphic.Rate My Professors ↗
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Independent Study for civil or environmental engineering under faculty supervision, involving conducting and reporting on research.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleSupervised graduate research or thesis work integrating multidisciplinary knowledge to address civil or environmental engineering questions.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Pre-dissertation research under faculty supervision where students integrate multidisciplinary knowledge to develop and test civil or environmental engineering research hypotheses.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Thesis work under faculty supervision where students integrate multidisciplinary knowledge to develop and test civil or environmental engineering research hypotheses.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Advanced Independent Study allows students to conduct and report on independent civil or environmental engineering research under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2023 · limited sampleIndependent research and writing course titled RESEARCH, focused on fulfilling thesis or dissertation requirements.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Distinct courses recorded per term
Explore courses taught by this instructor →| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2027 | CIVENGR 699 | Independent Study |
| Spring 2027 | CIVENGR 790 | Master's Research or Thesis |
| Spring 2027 | CIVENGR 890 | Pre-dissertator's Research |
| Spring 2027 | CIVENGR 990 | Thesis |
| Spring 2027 | CIVENGR 999 | Advanced Independent Study |
| Spring 2027 | ENVIRST 990 | Research |
| Fall 2026 | CIVENGR 699 | Independent Study |
| Fall 2026 | CIVENGR 790 | Master's Research or Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | CIVENGR 890 | Pre-dissertator's Research |
| Fall 2026 | CIVENGR 990 | Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | CIVENGR 999 | Advanced Independent Study |
| Fall 2026 | CIVENGR/GLE 421 | Environmental Sustainability Engineering |
| Fall 2026 | ENVIRST 990 | Research |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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