100L is a drag. It's not difficult to earn an A, but of course, work is required throughout the quarter to design your research project, turn in proposals, presentations, results, etc. There are no tests. I recommend Alyssa as a TA, she is helpful and chill

Not an easy class, but doable if you stay on top of the material and know going into it that it is going to be a little bit more difficult than some EEB classes you take. Make sure to do the EC field trip because it can make a big difference at the end of the class! Going to office hours before the exams really helps and both Gorlitsky and Lipman are very nice and willing to answer any questions you may have.

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The animal behavior portion with Gorlitsky can be pretty interesting but challenging. Lipman's ecology section is definitely very important stuff especially with climate change, but personally I don't find it all that interesting.
Tests were kind of hard and I had to study far in advance.

If you don't have to take this class I would recommend finding easier ones, but if you do take it definitely take EEB 100L for a lab requirement because it's pretty easy compared to other EEB labs. That's the main pro of this class unless you want to go into similar research.

Took this lab with Alyssa and she is the bomb.com. The class itself is pretty boring, but she did her best to keep our spirits up during the pandemic. Unfortunately, in an online format the research design is pretty limited so i'd recommend taking it in person. Although it is an easy A for an online class IMO.

Amazing!! This class is highkey extremely life changing and will affect the way you see and do things in your day-to-day life. I HIGHLY recommend taking this at some point.

Professor Lipman is really cool. Documentaries in this class were spectacular. This class is also super doable!

I loved the class and professor Lipman so much. It's a perfect science GE for those who are not pursuing a major in STEM, but who are interested in current events going on within the realm of the environment or science. I thought the material discussed in the course was relevant, engaging, and very important. Prof Lipman is very well versed within this field and she's laid-back and funny.This class honestly changed the way I think and act. Due to COVID, the midterm and final were 24 hour open-book and were pretty easy as long as you watched lectures and maybe lightly skimmed the course readings and films. There is quite a bit of extra material, I found it interesting so I didn't mind watching it. I don't think its completely necessary if you'd rather skip it. There are a few group projects in the lab which were kind of difficult online. Overall, TAKE THIS CLASS! It's seriously awesome.

Grading was:
50 points -- midterm which we had a weekend to complete (four short answer questions, with multiple points)
50 points -- final exam which we had 24 hours to complete, or could go during the 3-hour time slot and do it with a group they assigned on zoom (same structure as midterm)
70 points -- quizzes based on lecture and readings each week, not too bad if you paid attention, worst quiz grade is dropped
80 points -- discussion section, includes a 10 min group presentation on conservation organizations and a 30-40min partner presentation/discussion you lead based on a reading, as well as general participation in other people's partner discussions

Prof Lipman is very passionate about what she teaches. Her lectures were super relevant for the exams but she also gives a lot of very specific examples of conservation efforts that are interesting but take up a lot of lecture time and don't come up again. I never read the textbook, but I did check it a few times during the exams.

The exams did mark off on specific things (like if you didn't mention MEAT agriculture when you said agriculture) but were doable if you take decent notes and can come up with general ideas for conservation plans. Pay attention in lecture when people brainstorm ideas/annotate on the slides because you can use those ideas on the exams.

Discussions require participation but Alec is a really chill TA so take him if you can. The presentation aren't too bad.

Even though I received an A, I would not recommend this class. TA's are extremely unclear with expectations for the midterm. Your grade is highly variable and there is no way of knowing what the professor/TA wants at any given moment. This extends to the midterm and final. Even though I answered all parts of the question with factual evidence, points were continuously marked off with TA's saying "this is correct but you also could have said this..." TBH this class could have gone either way for me and I could have just as easily gotten a B. I just happened to get lucky.