<p>Any interesting courses recommended for this Spring?</p>
<p>Uh…</p>
<p>L&S 40C - history of hollywood
Espm 110 - primate ecology
English 80K - children’s lit
History 118C - 20th century Japan (booklist was awesome)</p>
<p>I took these for breadth, I think.</p>
<p>^How is ESPM 110? I might take it, but the only person I know who took it said it was just an okay class and that it was a lot of reading.</p>
<p>Many classes turn out to be what YOU make of it. Espm 110 is no exception. I was interested in the course material and happened to enjoy the diverting albeit dense reading :)</p>
<p>English 80K is limited to freshmen/sophomores right now.</p>
<p>WHY.</p>
<p>**** arts/literature breadth.</p>
<p>ESPM 114 is very easy and the professor, Justin Brashares, is a great lecturer with a nice sense of humor. He plays clips of nature documentaries before every class. The discussion section is a bit dry and some of the homework assignments were graded much harder than they needed to be, but all in all, the class is easy to do well in.</p>
<p>AHH I want to take 114 since everybody says it’s really amazing, but it conflicted with another class so now I think I will take either ESPM 110 or insect ecology. I loved NST 11 (Toxicology).</p>
<p>Last spring I took ESPM 110, ESPM 114, and ESPM 113 (for a few weeks before I decided to drop).</p>
<p>ESPM 114 > ESPM 110 > ESPM 113</p>
<p>ESPM 110 has very interesting material. It’s not a ton of work per-se, but you definitely can’t slack off. Only one midterm and a final, but there is a research paper. The paper wasn’t really that bad if you consulted with the professor or GSI about it while you were writing. Optional group field trips to SF/Oakland zoo. I couldn’t understand why only about 65 people signed up for it last year since there were a ton more spots left. </p>
<p>ESPM 113 requires a fair amount of work, which for a two unit class doesn’t make much sense. It really got into the nitty gritty of ecology (math, stats, etc) that I found a little difficult and boring, which is why I decided to drop it. But Dr. Welter is super knowledgeable and he tries to connect with his students since it’s such a small class. If you are more into natural history of animals, then take 110. If you like straight up ecology, take 113. Either way, you can’t go wrong IMO.</p>
<p>Any other interesting courses except for ESPM?</p>