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HARVEY JACOBS

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 3 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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What students say

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ES843 · course not matched2014-08-05

Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5

Great Professor. Not easy material, but well explained and he is approachable.

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ENVIRSCI449 · course not matched2013-08-16

Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5

Professor Jacobs is able to get you hooked and absolutely fascinated by land use policy, zoning and property rights law. He's very approachable, incredibly helpful and an engaging professor. The tests can be a little tricky, but if you go to class every day your grade will be fine. Despite that, I'd take another class with Jacobs immediately.

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ENVST900 · course not matched2008-11-10

Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5

Harvey is a terrific prof. He is knowledgeable and thoughtful about many fields and thinks about them synthetically. He is organized and can be a bit formal. At the same time he is very accessible and responsive to students' ideas and needs. He chooses readings carefully, assigns a substantial reading load and grades based mostly on essays.

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Classes with HARVEY JACOBS

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Instructor identity & provenance

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