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TIMOTHY LINDSTROM

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Raw average: 4.24/5 from 21 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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ENVIR255 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Tim has a sense of humor that allows you to stay engaged throughout the lecture. The only "bad" thing I would say is that he tends to ramble or go over one topic so much that there wouldn't be enough time to cover the whole lecture that day. But it didn't affect my ability to do well on the tests. Try not to skip the lectures, though.
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ENVIR255 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Tim is super funny and sweet, if you don't love the subject its pretty boring but it's not hard. Labs are mostly busy work but you can leave early usually and if you don't wanna do hands on stuff its nice.
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ENVIR255 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Great guy, clearly passionate about the topic and his students. Lowkey a ball of sunshine. Labs are tedious, lectures can become long tangents, but all material is valuable in the end and I don't feel like I wasted my time taking this class. Not a "coast through" class per se but also not difficult by any means. You get what you give sort of thing
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ENVIR255 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 1/5
Tim's a very nice guy who's passionate about environmental sustainability, but his lectures need a rewrite. There's an incredible amount of slides per lecture (115ish) most of which don't add anything to the class. He loves a tangent while skipping the important parts of lecture while going heavy on small topics. Easy grading, labs were busywork.
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ENVIR255 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
If you're genuinely interested in diving deep into the carbon cycle, learning about energy use on campus, or need a science credit, I wouldn't particularly write off this class as a bad option. Tim is a great professor, but be warned that TAs were not very helpful, at least this past semester. Lecture attendance isn't mandatory, said Tim on Day 1.
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ENVIR255 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 2/5
Tim is nice but isn't great at lecturing. We'd often fall behind during lectures as Tim went on and on about current events at the University which is entirely negative but doesn't need to take 20-30 minutes of class. The class just felt like a waste of time and the labs had very little to do with the lecture (The TAs also did very little in lab).
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Classes with TIMOTHY LINDSTROM

ENVIRST 326 teaches systems thinking and life cycle assessment (LCA) to analyze sustainability issues across local and global contexts.

No offering record · Spring 2026

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2026ENVIRST 326Sustainability Tools: Systems Thinking & Life Cycle Assessment
Fall 2025ENVIRST 203Special Topics in Environmental Studies
Fall 2025ENVIRST/ILS 255Introduction to Sustainability Science
Spring 2025ENVIRST 326Sustainability Tools: Systems Thinking & Life Cycle Assessment
Fall 2024ENVIRST 203Special Topics in Environmental Studies
Fall 2024ENVIRST/ILS 255Introduction to Sustainability Science
Spring 2024ENVIRST 326Sustainability Tools: Systems Thinking & Life Cycle Assessment
Fall 2023ENVIRST 203Special Topics in Environmental Studies
Fall 2023ENVIRST/ILS 255Introduction to Sustainability Science
Spring 2023ENVIRST 326Sustainability Tools: Systems Thinking & Life Cycle Assessment
Fall 2022ENVIRST/ILS 126Principles of Environmental Science
Spring 2022ENVIRST/ILS 126Principles of Environmental Science
Fall 2021ENVIRST/ILS 126Principles of Environmental Science
Fall 2020ENVIRST 600Environmental Studies Capstone
Fall 2020ENVIRST/ILS 126Principles of Environmental Science
Spring 2020ENVIRST/ILS 126Principles of Environmental Science
Fall 2019ENVIRST/ILS 126Principles of Environmental Science
Spring 2019ENVIRST/ILS 126Principles of Environmental Science
Spring 2018ENVIRST/ILS 126Principles of Environmental Science

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