Extremely down to earth type of person. Ms. McClellan knows the material well and every topic/example she described relates back to the course: environmental justice. She is extremely well organized and has a reason for why she mentions/uses what she does in slides and lecture. Flexible in grading, tests are direct, she tells you what to expect on the test, and always accepts feedback on what she can do better and ACTUALLY implements it. There's also a field trip and group presentation/paper that you won't dread because it's interesting. Also guest speakers come in. You use iClickers for attendance participation. Would take a class with her again.

Professor McClellan is very knowledgeable in her topic and classes are interesting. However, the workload for this class is very very heavy and she is pretty harsh on grading. Her tests are very straightforward.

This is seriously one of the best classes I've ever taken. I haven't completed it yet but Professor McClellan is always gracious to help you and always asks the class for our feedback for improvements. She breaks it down nicely so that even though it is a heavy workload, you have a lot of different opportunities to perform well. I would absolutely take this class again.

More organized than the first quarter and the lectures are engaging. We have one midterm and 2 papers. Lectures are interactive and the readings generally pertain to what is addressed in class. However, I would suggest reading because anything is fair game for midterms. I have learned a lot in this class thus far and it helps you understand the food system.

Although the readings and the guest speakers organized through this class were interesting, I was overall a little bit disappointed in the subject material in part due to some things that were said by Professor McClellan and her handling of the situation. Light workload, easy grading based on completion and heavily group project based finals and final project.

I recommend this class to any non-environmental majors who are interested in the environment because it is a great way to knock out science GEs and it is pretty interesting. What I liked most about this class was that all professors were extremely accommodating during covid and made each student feel like they mattered. This cluster felt like a real community :) Professor Levi and Professor Moana each taught for half of the quarter and Professor Moana was my favorite from this class, but Professor Levi was the easiest. The class is more focused on environmental topics as opposed to food, but food is still a focus. The first quarter of this cluster is more challenging than the second because students are introduced to college-level research and writing for the first time. Group in-class activities every week are good because you can make friends, and often they were pretty easy and graded for completion. TA Aaron Montenegro is very chill and mostly gives grades for participation.

I give all 5s to this class. Interesting, easy, never stressful. I never didn't want to go to this class, I actually enjoyed it. Moana's section was about water for us, and the exams were easy.

If you are looking for a cluster to take... take the food cluster! It is by far the easiest and most fun! For this professors section of the class she actually brought in some interactive stuff for us just for fun. Her lectures were well layed out and super informative, you learn alot about water that if useful to life and I think eyeryone should know, so if you are interesting in envi sci take this. I also appreciate that her part of the cluster didnt have much group work.
(i will add, that while this specific professor did not give out work, the discussion section for this cluster does have quite quite a few projects and group work, but that is to be expected for a 6 credit class)

Perfect class. Learned a lot, really enjoyed it, great and helpful Professor, very straightforward exams. If you show up to class, or even just read the uploaded slides, you will get an A in this class for sure. Easily my favorite class I've taken so far, really fun and very interesting information.

The food cluster is hands down the best one if you need to fulfill science and/or social GE credits. It integrates both scientific and social issues beautifully and utilizes food as a way to study them. The class is so interesting because it applies to our everyday life as we eat food daily. Moana is a fantastic lecturer and is very hands-on. I was never bored in a class with her. The discussion sections are fairly easy for M1A. There are labs and a final research proposal that some may struggle with if they have never done one before. Lots of participation and group work is involved (virtually everything is in a group, even 2 of the exams). The workload is super manageable and the exams are easy and open-note. TAKE THIS CLASS!