| Term | Evaluations | Course rating | Instructor rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| Summer 2024 | 4 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| Summer 2023 | 2 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| Spring 2023 | 1 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| Fall 2022 | 1 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Summer 2022 | 2 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
2 of 2 instructors
Foundational course required for Biology majors with a focus on the ecology and resilience of living systems across all levels of spatial scales. Topics introduced in this course include evolution, population dynamics, behavioral ecology, ecosystems, co-evolution, and human ecology.
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
| Spring 2022 | 1 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| Fall 2021 | 1 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| Summer 2021 | 1 | 4.3 | 5.0 |
| Spring 2021 | 1 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| Fall 2020 | 1 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| Spring 2020 | 2 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
Written reviews 4
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4 of 4 reviews
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actual content is pretty easy, what makes this class hard is the amount of content on each exam. So much to memorize and missing 5 questions tanks your exam grade. put in the work and you'll be fine. i didn't pay attention to a single lecture and ending w an A-
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The course content is not hard, but the sheer amount of content is what makes this class difficult. There are a lot of small assignments, but they aren’t worth much so your grade is basically determine by how you do on exams. And overall, Professor DaCosta is a good lecturer.
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if you aren't a bio major DO NOT take this class
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Her tests will have SUPER SMALL DETAILS and even if you thought you knew the answer, the wording of the questions are MADE TO TRICK YOU no matter how well you know the material. Also the TAs are all useless and on a power trip for some reason when it comes to grading.