Karen Ing - University of Toronto - St. George Campus

Professor: Karen Ing
Department: Environmental Studies
College: University of Toronto - St. George Campus
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: ENV221
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Extremely difficult grading for a second year class, so many assignments too, literally had a paper 1 week before the exam. Exam was way too specific, she read off slides the whole time then asked weirdly specific questions in the multiple choice. The lectures are boring and not engaging. First day of class she said she "talks down" to students.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: ENV221
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
no need to come to lecture she just reads off the slides
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: ENV200
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Yes the class is pretty heavy, but as long as you stay on top of your work it is not too bad. Many expect it to be easy as it is meant to be a breadth requirement for most, but as long as you provide it with the same effort as your other classes, you can definitely finish with a decent grade.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: ENV200
  • Grade Received: C+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
We have to write 4 750 words essays for the final exam, it was hard.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: ENV200
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Easy to get an A if you have a good grasp on the course concepts
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: ENV200
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Ing, although she has a nice Canadian accent, is one of the least caring professors I've ever had. She was a total boomer in organizing online materials and was always too high and mighty to reply to emails. She appears to be a robot with no soul. I thought she seemed nice at first.... disappointed. Does not care at all.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: ENV221
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
I took ENV221 for BR. I barely paid attention to any classes and made essentially no notes and still managed to get an A-. The course is not hard but it's also not free 4.0. You don't have to do all the readings, but knowing some of the main points is very important for the final. There are only about 3-4 tutorials and it's 10%, do not miss any!
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: ENV221
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Ing explained the course concepts in a clear and concise manner. She was able to make a mandatory course interesting, and I learned a lot throughout the term. She stayed after each lecture for a question period which was helpful. Seemed to really care about all the students in her class.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: ENV200
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Shes a really good professor at making an easy course to the most hardcore course ever. Makes you attend class and creates an incomplete version ppt to post online so you have to come to class. First of all htf do you have that much spare time? Has all sorts of rules for her class, but you are taking the course and yourself way too seriously.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: ENV221
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Avoid at all costs she seems to like making students lives miserable and I honestly believe she wants you to fail
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: ENV221
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Heavy lectures, and she is a tough grader - but definitely one of the best professors I've had. If you do the readings and listen in lectures, you will do well
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: ENV221
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Takes out a ton of information from the slides, so get ready to write everything during lecture and not listen to her speak. Seriously poor teaching method, Professor Ing. Worst class I've taken in my three years here at UofT. AVOID!
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: ENV200
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
So you think to yourself - I need a Breadth and ENV200 fits my schedule, and looks pretty birdy to boot. Not a bad deal, right? Wrong. Horrendously wrong. Ing seems to be personally slighted that the dept made her teach this joke of a class, and has made it her personal mission to take it out on her poor students. Heed this warning - turn back now.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: ENV200
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Karen is like my kindergarten teacher but in a bad way. Besides her poor lecturing technique in class, she has so many irrelevant rules that need you to follow just to bring your grade down. She even told TAs to lock the door 10 minutes after the tutorial time so that if you are just a little late then you lose all the marks for that tutorial.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: ENV200
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
ENV200 is poorly structured pedagogically. Slides posted online are missing little factoids that must be taken from lecture soundbites. Karen is not a great lecturer; quality akin to high-school presentations. Only take this course if you are credit/no crediting the course.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: ENV200
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Unsure about the test yet (not taken yet). But DO NOT take this course for marks if this is to fulfill your breadth requirement. She said the tutorial will be easy 30% but the TA marks you so hard that you are expected to have the same level of critical thinking as a science student. (NOT EASY MARKS AT ALL)
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: ENV221
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Loved Karen and her class. Concepts are well explained and lectures are unbiased. Go to class and she will hint on exam concepts that do show up in exams
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: ENV221
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Honestly, Karen's not an evil being unlike how people portray her here. It's true that her exams are tough but she's a sweet person and more than willing to help students out. An Essay assignment was very meaningful. Course average was C+ which is pretty much similar to other courses.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: ENV221
  • Grade Received: Audit/No Grade
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
While some of the material was quite interesting, Karen made it stressful and boring at the same time. Her pace was rushed and messy, so we never had time to copy down slides, which often included different info than the readings. Then she tested us on random info from 45 page gov reports and obscure details from slides. Overall, bad experience.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: ENV200
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Material is easy, but Karen makes the tests extremely nit picky. Multiple choice questions in the finals are extremely poorly worded. Gives you 4 correct answers and makes you pick the one that is the most correct or the one she thinks is the most correct. This makes the tests fairly difficult to do well in. do this for cr/ncr but dont do it for4.0
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