Professor Seibt was an awesome professor. For my first quarter at UCLA, the class was a total breeze and her humor added to the overall lighthearted atmosphere of the class. There was a total of three assignments, all of which were writing-based (not too complicated and graded easily) that we worked on in assigned groups. Other than that, points came from the midterm, final, and participation (clicker questions asked throughout every lecture; not graded on accuracy - only a measure of attendance). I found a majority of the material to be pretty straight forward and definitely manageable for a north campus major taking it as a physical science GE! 10/10 would recommend.

I took this course during the COVID-19 panini, and honestly I think it was great for a four-unit GE.

Lectures were recorded online and viewable asynchronously, slides were posted and clear to use, and attendance wasn't mandatory, so I actually didn't attend very many lectures. Considering the relative ease of the exams (as a STEM major), and the amount of quiz make-up opportunities available, I would strongly recommend anyone to take AOS 1, whether that's as a GE, a GPA boost, or just as a glimpse into the environmental science world.

Professor Seibt is, especially at 2x speed, very easy to listen to and understand. I think her classes — and the last homework, an at-home demonstration of thermohaline circulation — were really fun, and a good way of making the topic truly unforgettable.

Professor Seibt was honestly a really funny professor and she must produce some amazing research because she really does not know how to run a class. During the first day of lecture she literally had nothing planned and was curious of the things we wanted to learn that quarter. I never even had a high school teacher that asked such questions. As much as she was funny, the class was very disorganized and the TA's reflected her disorganization. Luckily, the class was pretty easy and she gave us up to 5% extra credit, but the grading made absolutely no sense. Neither Professor Seibt or the TA's had a clear sense of what they wanted to see on the midterm or final. However, I would recommend this class for those who want to take a family easy GE while having a good laugh in lecture just due to her German bluntness with people.

While the course material is very interesting, Seibt's lectures are not that interesting, because she isn't very engaging with her slides. I liked her assignments and her projects, and thought I learned a lot from those. She offers clicker points for extra credit (~5%). Her exams are all free response, and timing is never an issue on them. I believe she is a fair grader. I would take this class again because of a personal interest in climate change, but she is a bland lecturer -- I think the class has so much potential, but maybe take it with a more interesting instructor.

AO SCI 1 is an extremely interesting class. Hell, if Ulli Seibt managed to make the class somewhat engaging then I think that means the content of this course is good. However, this class is extremely poorly structured and I would not recommend taking it with Ulli Seibt. For starters, she is extremely disorganized and has changed the syllabus multiple times throughout the quarter. Moreover, her lectures and slide deck are inaccurate to the content of the exam, and I now understand why there are so little people taking this class this quarter. The only positive thing I could say about this professor is that she gives extra credit for iClickers, other than that I would say to take AOS1, so long as it is not with Ulli Seibt.

This course helps you to reorganize your thoughts & recognition of Climate changes and environmental issues right around ourselves. You indeed need time to understand the class materials after class and search for related readings (since no textbooks are required-just recommended only) not just for finishing the group assignments to get a good grade.

Not curved.

Extra credits may be given through submitting "good-style" problems you make out.

I felt this class lacked structure and organization. The lectures were also very boring and she did not make her points clear; it was difficult to follow her throughout the slides. Your discussion and its helpfulness depends widely on your TA; mine unfortunately was also not a great teacher and I had to seek extra help and tutoring from another TA to finally feel like I was understanding the material. My original TA was so ineffective that I ultimately stopped showing up to discussion after week 4 (your attendance does not count towards your grade and is only useful for forming your initial homework groups). The homework assignments we did get were not helpful in reinforcing what we were learning in the class. I would not take another class with this professor.

I really, really liked this class. It opened my eyes a lot to environmental issues and I now feel knowledgeable enough to engage in actual conversations about climate change. It's also really easy, just 4 simple group assignments (and 4 lab assignments if you do the lab; I didn't do the lab but the lab assignments are as simple as the group assignments) that don't take that long. However I think I did so well mainly because of the PLF sessions. If you are eligible for AAP , DEFINITELY enroll in a plf for this class. All of the concepts are relatively simple to understand, and the midterm and final are both multiple choice. The only issue is her wording in the questions and answer choices. Also, iclicker 2 questions mean you have to come to class. Her slides are pretty informative though and she posts them online.

This class seemed like an easy GE. I was extremely mistaken. Granted, I am not a science person, but I found this class extremely difficult. The midterm was pretty easy, but the final was insane. The weekly homework assignments also take forever and are largely irrelevant to the class. Professor Seibt is nice, but sometimes she goes off on tangents and can be unclear. Also, if you don't already own a clicker, just know that you have to buy one for this class because I was personally very annoyed about dropping $40 on a fancy remote.

Great teacher! She was very funny and the class is not too hard itself. You definitely need to keep up with the lectures and her slide shows to truly retain the information, but other than that- you can definitely perform well with a little bit of effort. Overall, great teacher and definitely cares about her students!