Adam Winters

I think generally lighter workload than some other UW classes with harder teachers. 4 Essay Progressions (just like all UW classes) Weekly homework reading/writing assignments that were A LOT chiller than what I heard the homework assignments were like for the other UW Climate Humanities professor, Elizabeth Walters. He doesn't technically check if you've done your annotations, and I think he only reads homework submissions briefly. Though he does occasionally call on random people during class discussions. The homework is useful for writing essays though. Exploratory draft and formal draft before final submission and you get feedback on the formal from him and a peer. (He had a tendency to push the due dates back for formal and final submissions which was nice) He's honestly a pretty chill grader I think. I did quite well on my first two essays and I read my friend's essays from their class with Elizabeth Walters that I think would've definitely gotten an A with Winters but got a B on it with Walters.

Great class, kind professor who is understanding and easy to talk to. He generated useful discussions with freewrite questions and I feel like he effectively conveyed what the main points of the class were with the writing process. Classes basically start with a freewrite (he doesn't check these) usually on readings from the homework or on the current essay we're working on, followed by class discussion. Then it was just a mix of going over other readings we did or another discussion.

Standard UW workload - 4 papers. A lot of pre-class assignments (but ungraded) so DO NOT spend too much time/efforts on them.

Take Adam for UW if you can. He is accommodating, and a generous grader. I did poorly on my first paper and still got an A- lol. Same with my peers. I put more effort on the other papers and got As! So I would say as long as you take his advice, you would surely get good grades. His feedback for your drafts would be on-point. However, since he has a lot of students, you might not get his feedback in time quickly. Defo recommend going to the Writing Center twice a week to polish your essays. If you care about your grade, take Adam!

Excellent professor, and very friendly, but didn't really feel like I had learnt a lot though.

UW norm- Four papers with drafts Assignments due for every class Readings

Adam is a fantastic UW professor. Engaging during class, approachable after class, and his comments are usually helpful and constructive. Initially, I was worried the Sustainable Development section would be a preachy liberal shit-fest, but I turned out to be wrong (about Adam at least). The readings were engaging and varied to the point it didn't feel like we were covering the same thing all semester. Workload is similar to most other UW classes, but luckily the readings are typically short and don't include literature by anybody who died over two centuries ago. He is also a fair grader and will not hesitate to help struggling students. ASK FOR HELP IF YOU NEED IT! Take Adam's section of UW, you won't regret it. P.S. If you regret it, you're probably just a really shitty writer who ignored his comments.