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GALEN MCKINLEY

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Raw average: 3.00/5 from 2 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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ATMOCN/ENVIRST/GEOG 332
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Professor McKinley is an expert in her field, which is awesome, but that doesn't always mean being a great teacher. Her tests are super hard (The average midterm was a D) and the class assignments are random in topic (expect anything from solving mathematical equations to having to make a video) but she cares about global warming.
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660 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 5/5
many many questions and quiz on class ,speak so fast ,lot of homework and reading materials.
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Classes with GALEN MCKINLEY

No teaching recorded in Fall 2026.

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Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2017ATMOCN 699Directed Study
Spring 2017ATMOCN 965Seminar-oceanography
Spring 2017ATMOCN 990Research
Spring 2017ATMOCN/ENVIRST/GEOG 332Global Warming: Science and Impacts
Fall 2016ATMOCN 699Directed Study
Fall 2016ATMOCN 990Research
Spring 2016ATMOCN 699Directed Study
Spring 2016ATMOCN 990Research
Spring 2016ATMOCN/ENVIRST/GEOSCI/ZOOLOGY 750Problems in Oceanography
Fall 2015ATMOCN 699Directed Study
Spring 2015ATMOCN 699Directed Study
Spring 2015ATMOCN 990Research
Spring 2015ATMOCN/ENVIRST/GEOG 332Global Warming: Science and Impacts
Fall 2014ATMOCN 660Introduction to Physical Oceanography
Fall 2014ATMOCN 698Directed Study
Fall 2014ATMOCN 990Research
Spring 2014ATMOCN 311Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean II
Spring 2014ATMOCN 990Research
Spring 2014ATMOCN 999Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2013ATMOCN 660Introduction to Physical Oceanography
Fall 2013ATMOCN 698Directed Study
Fall 2013ATMOCN 801Topics in Theoretical Meteorology
Fall 2013ATMOCN 990Research
Spring 2013ATMOCN 692Senior Thesis
Spring 2013ATMOCN 698Directed Study
Spring 2013ATMOCN 990Research
Spring 2013ATMOCN/ENVIRST/GEOG 332Global Warming: Science and Impacts
Fall 2012ATMOCN 660Introduction to Physical Oceanography
Fall 2012ATMOCN 691Senior Thesis
Fall 2012ATMOCN 698Directed Study
Fall 2012ATMOCN 965Seminar-oceanography
Fall 2012ATMOCN 990Research
Fall 2012ENVIRST 990Research
Spring 2012ATMOCN 990Research
Spring 2012ENVIRST 990Research
Fall 2011ATMOCN 990Research
Spring 2011ATMOCN 660Introduction to Physical Oceanography
Spring 2011ATMOCN 801Topics in Theoretical Meteorology
Spring 2011ATMOCN 990Research
Spring 2011ENVIRST 990Research
Fall 2010ATMOCN 425Global Climate Processes
Fall 2010ATMOCN 990Research
Spring 2010ATMOCN 660Introduction to Physical Oceanography
Spring 2010ATMOCN 801Topics in Theoretical Meteorology
Spring 2010ATMOCN 990Research
Fall 2009ATMOCN 425Global Climate Processes
Fall 2009ATMOCN 990Research
Spring 2009ATMOCN 801Topics in Theoretical Meteorology
Spring 2009ATMOCN 990Research
Fall 2008ATMOCN 425Global Climate Processes
Fall 2008ATMOCN 990Research
Spring 2008ATMOCN 425Global Climate Processes
Spring 2008ATMOCN 990Research
Spring 2008ATMOCN/BOTANY/ENVIRST/GEOG/GEOSCI/ZOOLOGY 980Earth System Science Seminar
Fall 2007ATMOCN 660Introduction to Physical Oceanography
Fall 2007ATMOCN 990Research
Spring 2007ATMOCN 990Research
Fall 2006ATMOCN 425Global Climate Processes

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