Historical grades cover up to five years through the selected term. Grade sorting prioritizes courses with at least 100 letter grades.
Introductory Biology covers plant physiology, organismal kingdoms, evolution, and ecology.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
The botany portion requires plenty of memorization. Lectures are dense in content but explained clearly and slowly, with pauses for questions.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026BOTANY 299 is a directed study course that introduces students to research questions and provides mentorship in a botany research environment.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleBOTANY 499 is an intermediate directed research course where students explore botany research questions under faculty mentorship.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleBOTANY 691 is a senior thesis course focused on individual research conducted under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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BOTANY 692 is a senior thesis course involving individual research arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleBOTANY 699 is a directed study course where students explore botany research questions under faculty mentorship.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleBOTANY 995 is an independent research course in the area of Plant Ecology.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Explores how physical and biological factors affect the distribution of terrestrial biomes, ecosystem types, and biodiversity.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
The course includes weekly quizzes, readings, group presentations on biological papers, and a final essay, with tests described as clear and straightforward.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025CHEM 699 is a directed study course involving an advanced mentored research project arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Bassam Shakhashiri: Reviewers rated the difficulty as low, with scores of 1 and 2 out of 5.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Introduction to how the Earth system works and what makes Earth livable.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Workload centers on four non-cumulative exams. Some find exams tough due to content volume, while others report easy tests if attending lectures. Textbook reading is often considered optional.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026ENVIRST/GEOG 127 introduces physical environmental systems and their interconnections through case studies and field work.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Exams are considered difficult and heavily weighted, requiring students to study lecture notes and readings rather than relying solely on posted slides or lab work.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleGEOG 920 is a graduate seminar that surveys recent and classic works in physical geography.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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