This has been one of my favorite courses. It is applicable beyond the A-School and is under different mnemonics in the college. Each week/day is a different course topic ranging from economics to fashion and I enjoyed most every lecture. Prof. Crisman takes student opinions and interests into account when planning her course and brings in a variety of different guest lecturers from the University. She was very approachable and understanding but was also straightforward and clear with her expectations. The course work was very reasonable with 10 lecture reflections due before Thanksgiving, a few discussion boards that were extremely easy, and the final project- the Advocacy Letter. The readings were not necessary except for when writing lecture reflections, but some were very interesting. I would highly recommend this class to anyone who is even slightly interested in sustainability.

This class was incredibly interesting and an amazing way to learn about sustainability. The professor was fantastic—she was knowledgeable, engaging, and often brought in professors from other disciplines. This made the class dynamic and gave us the opportunity to hear diverse perspectives on sustainability issues. The class size was fairly large, and while grading could be slow, the assignments were manageable and straightforward. We had five discussion posts, ten short writing assignments (about a page and a half) reflecting on lectures and readings, and a final project: an advocacy letter. The readings were somtimes intense but aren't always necessary.
Overall, this class was a great introduction to sustainability. Highly recommended!

I could not recommend a class more. This class was one of my favorites at UVA, although it is important to know that I am a GSVS major so I could definitely be biased. This class was composed of like 8 total hw assignments, 2-3 small projects, and 1 big final project that was an advocacy letter based on something that you cared about. Lecture attendance was not necessary after completing the HW classes and almost each class was a guest lecture. If you have any interest in sustainability, this course provides and interdisciplinary look into sustainability in so many different lenses. Also I don't think there was a single time that the deadline for an assignment was not extended. Very chill class that does not have a ton of work but isn't totally miserable to sit through. I loved it and recommend.

The Global Sustainability course is one that is multi-disciplinary that covers so many different topics ranging from economics to politics. I particularly enjoyed the course especially with the guest speakers that came to the different lecturers. This helped provide a greater insight into the different aspects of sustainability and how everything is interlinked. As far as the assignments go you need to complete 7 reading responses for the assigned readings or videos before class (35%), complete 3 exercises (Systems Diagram,Climate Simulation and GapMinder) (25%), 3 Discussion posts (10%), and the Advocacy Letter Project (30%). Therefore, in this class it is very manageable to achieve an A without feeling overwhelmed.
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This course has been my favorite at UVA so far! I loved that Professor Crisman brought in a different professor each week. Other courses related to sustainability fail to paint the full picture, but I think this course does a great job covering all of the bases. There is a decent amount of reading for lecture, but a lot of it is enjoyable and modern. This semester there were no quizzes or exams just a paper, reading responses, and other small assignments. This made for a relaxed and enjoyable learning environment. As someone who gets really stressed out about grades, this was an amazing opportunity for me to learn about a subject I am passionate about in a low stress environment. However, Professor Crisman did mention adding exams back into the course in the future due to a lack of attendance, so I would not count on this course being as relaxed in the future. While this is listed as an architecture course, there are students from all across the university in it. This is a class I have been and will continue to highly recommend to people.

This class serves as a great introduction to Global Sustainability and actually encouraged me to apply for the minor. Unfortunately, I believe that the class size is actually detrimental to quality for this class. Grading was extremely slow, and if a student wanted feedback we would have to indicate that before receiving our actual grades. I understand that this class may have been hard to manage due to its popularity and large size. Other than that, this class was great! There were some excellent guest lecturers from other departments at The University. Professor Crisman is a great lecturer, and her interest in urban architecture was absolutely fascinating. I would recommend this class to anyone. It was not a difficult class, and it gives you a lot of information of things we can do to make our planet healthier.

I took this online bc zoom university but I liked this class. Each lecture was interesting and the revolving door of guest lecturers brought new perspectives on new topics. Organized class and graded fairly imo. We did have some technical difficulties and slow grading but it be like that sometimes.

Course layout: 4 quizzes (40 pts), 1 short written assignment (10 pts), 1 powerpoint presentation (10 pts), particpation (5pts), final "advocacy letter" paper (35 pts).

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The structure of this class was absolutely horrendous. 1) we were supposed to have 6 reading quizzes throughout the semester, but we only had 2. then 3 were crammed in at the end. and you could get a quiz on a topic from 3 weeks ago as if you look over your notes every night. 2) while it was cool having a different professor every week talk about a sustainability topic that was unique to his/her profession, the teaching style differed every class so you don't even get to understand how Crisman teaches or then what the final will be like. 3) Friday workshops were nice because it meant we never had a quiz or anything, but they were supposed to help with our project pitches and they did not...at all. it would've been more effective to have these people speak in the classroom and show pictures of the places. seeing it in person didn't make it easier to understand. also sometimes it took me 25 minutes to get to the obscure location so if you have class before, it's difficult to make it. 4) the final was supposed to cover "big ideas" but had a lot of really random/obscure terms. at the end of the day, for the amount of time it took to do the readings and the amount of detail you needed to take from lectures, you feel like so much information wasn't tested.
still ended up with a good grade, but wouldn't recommend unless you have to take it.

Global Sustainability has to be one of my favorite classes that I have ever taken! Yes, I agree that the class itself was a little bit incoherent and sometimes hard to follow, but you will leave the class with a better understanding of what sustainability is and what impact it has on your life. It was especially interesting because we had different professors from different areas of the university come and give lectures every class, and it was cool because sometimes they pitched their classes and you looked at how what they do ties in with sustainable actions. Honestly, it was not really hard to get an A because you got points in easy ways, such as attendance and short reading response passages. I do have to say that the final exam was somewhat obscure, and everyone was taken by surprise by it. However, the Think Global Act Local Project, which is also several points is quite easy to accomplish in a really short amount of time. TAKE THIS CLASS! You won't regret it.

I took this course during Fall 2018 and absolutely despised this class. The course structure was incohesive and so unorganized. Its a shame because initially I was very excited about the class then as we got going, it went downhill from there. Very true about the workshops being a scramble to get to considering its only a 50 min class. The guest lectures were the things that kept me going they were interesting. There are three ta's for the course along with the professor and all of them were unresponsive and unhelpful when it came to receiving clarification on something. The concepts and ideas we learn in class arent hard to grasp, but the course structure makes you just want to rip your hair out.