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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 ↗
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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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CIVENGR 699 is an independent study course conducted under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleCIVENGR 790 is a Master's research or thesis course conducted under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
CIVENGR 890 is a supervised research course for pre-dissertator students.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
CIVENGR 990 is a thesis course conducted under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
An advanced independent study course in civil engineering conducted under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2023 · limited sampleApplies sustainability paradigms to strategic environmental initiatives and manufacturing systems.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.76 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.68 GPA, 78.9% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.78 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=30 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Fall 2024ENVIRST 990 is an independent research and writing course fulfilling thesis or dissertation requirements.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 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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