Historical instructor

LAURA SENIER

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Raw average: 5.00/5 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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What students say

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CESOC533 · course not matched2011-07-30

Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5

Huge expectations, but also huge pay off. This was the best class I have ever taken!

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C&ESOC/SOC 5412010-11-01

Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5

Laura is an awesome professor. She expects a lot out of her students and assigns a lot of reading, but classroom discussions are engaging and she's a fair grader.

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Classes with LAURA SENIER

C&ESOC 299

Independent Study

1–3 credits

C&ESOC 299 is an independent study course allowing students to conduct research in Community and Environmental Sociology under faculty supervision.

No offering record · Spring 2013

Jane Collins Jack Kloppenburg+1 more

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2008–Fall 2012

Recorded teaching history

Distinct courses recorded per term

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Browse recorded courses

Term	Course	Title
Spring 2013	C&ESOC 299	Independent Study
Spring 2012	C&ESOC 399	Coordinative Internship/cooperative Education
Spring 2012	C&ESOC 699	Special Problems
Spring 2012	C&ESOC/SOC 533	Public Health in Rural & Urban Communities
Fall 2011	C&ESOC 699	Special Problems
Spring 2011	C&ESOC 399	Coordinative Internship/cooperative Education
Spring 2011	C&ESOC 699	Special Problems
Spring 2011	C&ESOC/SOC 533	Public Health in Rural & Urban Communities
Fall 2010	C&ESOC 699	Special Problems
Spring 2010	C&ESOC 699	Special Problems
Spring 2010	C&ESOC/SOC 541	Environmental Stewardship and Social Justice

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