She was the worst prof ever! She asked us to buy the textbk which she never uses it. Her online quizzes are so hard and irrelevant to what is taught!! People say this is a GPA booster Course, but it truly isn't. Also, whenever i email her, she replies really rudely and short without answering what i asked. And she holds a very high expectation!!!!

Leah is incredibly rude and not helpful. This is a good course to take, but only if you never have to deal with Leah. She is the worst part of this course.

Course was pretty easy. Do not buy the textbook as it was completely unnecessary. Do not ask the prof any questions as she is extremely rude and hostile. Prof should not have a place at UBC.

Extremely rude professor. Course was relatively easy, but the way she handles students is inappropriate.

Awful lecturer. She's a guest lecturer for this course. Unfortunately, because of her lack of understanding that those who take EOSC 314 are NOT science students, she often switches between terminology and favors the more scientific terms, as opposed to helping us understand the material. Quizzes differ from slides, and overall, hard to understand.

I had a course with her in my last semester at UBC, was so scared i wasn't going to pass it. Honestly I wouldn't recommend this course to anyone. She's a tough marker and isn't really clear with what she wants. For the final exam help, she wont really help you answer your questions, she just responds with another question. Wont recommend.

She is the most rude prof I have ever encountered. Although I am in an online course, her responds to my emails are absolutely horrible and rude and very un-professional. Avoid her if you can! She is late on posting course content and does not try and help when I have questions and concerns. Unhelpful and unorganized.

Ridiculous course load. The readings she assigns are fairly heavy and there's very little explaining done. You have to keep up with her online readings + textbook chapters and the textbook is worth about $100. Have to pass the final to pass the course. It's an uninspiring course. In fact, I think I hate the ocean now.

horrible, ridiculous amount of readings and online discussions NEEDED. homeworks are stupid, irrelevant to course, and she grades them incredibly hard. seriously some questions asked are "is this a primary, secondary, or tertiary resource"? Which seems like it would be an easy but i swear it depends on her mood and im in third year and this course

Leah was not a good prof for this course. A horrendous amount of reading, online discussions and quizzes were NECESSARY. I am a senior (4th year student) with a background in basic sciences and kin (I took first year science courses) and this course was insanely dense. The final itself has an individual and group component.

Unnecessary homework assignments; although articles to be read were related to the class content, the questions on the assignment are like what you learn from English class; unfair since that is not what we are learning in this course. Prof was also a little rude/showing unnecessary attitude when replying to emails.

Honestly, she's a loser like how is she a prof at Ubc. This isn't a goddamn English class. How can a professor be so rude something should be done by the Dean.

ridiculous amount of effort needed to pass this course. THIS IS NOT gpa booster.

TOOK THIS COURSE ONLINE. PROFESSOR WAS VERY INACCESSIBLE; RUDE AND DISMISSIVE WHEN RESPONDING TO EMAILS. CRITERIA FOR PAPERS WAS SEEMINGLY CLEAR BUT THEN NOT EFFECTIVELY USED WHEN GRADING. BOTH PROFESSOR AND TA NOT WILLING TO LISTEN WHEN ASKING ABOUT GRADE.

HORRIBLE PROFESSOR. Her lecture slides are bad, and her lecturing ability is pretty poor. Most importantly, her exam questions are also ridiculously hard. One good thing about her is that she responds to piazza pretty quickly. But other than that, shes horrible.

She assigns so many assignments that are utterly pointless. Class was a total waste of time, don't take it.

She assigns homework that has nothing to do with the actual course content, that take hours to do. Many of these questions are also up to interpretation. It's harder to do well on the homework than on the quizzes.

As the final approaches for this course I have a few things to say: I won't do well, Leah May Ver is condescending, the course grading is often debatable but only has one right answer and overall this is something to avoid. I didn't take it as a GPA booster but I needed a science credit. Take a better course than hers she is NOT a good professor.

WORST PROF EVER. She is literally the worst. I'm an A-B student who takes her mark very seriously. It was an online course and the lectures take HOURS to get through - after reading AND taking notes on these lectures I still did not achieve good marks on the quizzes... When emailing her she responds with attitude and IS NO HELP.

Take any other science class than one taught by Leah. The class was full of homework assignments irrelevant to the topic, the exam questions always asked something outside the learning objectives, and concepts are not well explained to students bad at science. I somehow got an A-, but it was not worth the trouble.

Initially took this class due to my interest in the subject matter but was quickly discouraged by the absolutely terrible teaching in this course. I would not recommend this course to anyone I know, do not take it! There were no lecture videos just reading and the quizzes were difficult and unclear. Also not accommodating to online learning.

Dr. Ver is a terrible prof, she expects you to learn solely by reading the textbook and then her notes and is very rude and passive-aggressive when you try to communicate with her. I regret taking this class.

Forget being a good professor, shes not even a good human being. Very unaccommodating and will do absolutely nothing if you want help with the class, literally just grinning behind her camera because UBC pays her to sit back in her chair and do absolutely nothing. Do not take this class if you want any guidance at all from your professor.

This course does not have any prerequisites which it should as I was totally not prepared for the extent and level of knowledge she requires. Does not have lecture slides rather word documents of overly detailed notes. Tests and quizzes are very difficult. Worst elective taken thus far

DON'T TAKE THIS COURSE!!!!!!!Lots of Reading! Unnecessary Reading Assignment. Lots of tricky questions in the quiz. Dont take EOSC 114!!!!!!!

I wouldn't even say she's a tough grader, more like a confusing grader. She assigns tons of readings and notes with no videos for explanation, puts out a test guide and grading criteria, AND THEN COMPLETELY IGNORES IT. she has all the answers in her head. looks for very specific answers that are not found in the material.

DO NOT TAKE THIS COURSE!!!!!!!!! Assignments are unrelated to lecture materials and learning goals. You need to spend most of your time reading lecture notes which were posted on Canvas. Assignments are Class Map and Reading Assignment. If you want to be depressed, you can take this course.

Don't take this course! I took this because I thought it would be a GPA booster. Her assignments are not related to the material but they are time-consuming. You learn by reading all the lecture notes with a super long list of learning goals. She's like all the deadlines are on Canvas and it's your fault to be behind schedule.

I took EOSC 114 async. Is the prof nice? On the surface, yes. Async mode, not at all. Does she answer your questions? Depends, most of the time she refers you to TAs for assistance - not helpful... Realize you have a need for academic concession, be prepared to taste a condescending tone. If you MUST take a course with her, do it with a friend.

I 100% regret taking this class. It was a waste of time and money. Prof was not helpful at all.

Awful class. Assignments are confusing and the readings don't help at all. Quizzes are a little better but often include questions that are not talked about at all in the readings.

Half the class is about to fail because she makes it so that if you fail the exam you fail the course. This is a SERIOUSLY hard course, esp compared to Eosc 310 where you were allowed a cheat sheet for the final.

If you're an Arts student looking to complete that pesky science prereq, don't come into this class expecting a good time. Dr. Ver is perhaps the rudest professor I've met so far at UBC. Her coursework is unclear, time-consuming, and often irrelevant to the learning goals. Please learn from my mistakes and avoid this hellish class at all costs!

the worst prof I met in UBC. unorganized schedule, inconsistent modules, homework & map work too heavy and 50% of them not insightful at all. Content is easy but she is making it very very hard for students to learn. Don't take it, just terrible.

heavy course load and overwhelming amount of information for 100 level elective condescending to students assignments measure applied memorization of material

Content is A LOT for a first-year course. The content is interesting but extremely heavy reading and heavy homework. Only take it if you have a real passion for learning the science behind these things and not take it because it seems like an easy credit. You must pass the final to pass the course or you fail.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS AS YOUR SCIENCE REQUIREMENT. Take it from someone who messed up and chose this class. The final exam is at 8:30 am, on the last day of the finals season, and is worth 45%. Incredibly difficult grading and a heavy amount of memorization.

Lectures are incredibly disorganized, and we are told to focus on the "learning goals". Come exams, material is tested that is not included under the goals and concepts that were discussed for maybe 2 minutes in one lecture are emphasized. Grading is incredibly tough, if you don't include specific words she is looking for you will not get credit.

This class was horrible. It was the bane of my existence. Do not ever take it if you want to take a science requirement fulfillment class. There are many reading assignments and questions from finals were on it from there which was never disclosed. Need to pass the exam to pass the class and everyone I know was struggling - even the science kids

Didn't explain concepts very well, average for her midterm was 62%, the class overall was very confusing.

She told me I needed better time management skills when I was in the process of getting accommodations for my chronic illness. The course had a heavy workload with many assignments, and while I was able to get a good grade, it was a hassle to do so.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. I'm a fourth year and I struggled to keep up. Insane amount of reading, assignments complicated and irrelevant, quizzes way more difficult than lecture material. She is also condescending, says if we're doing poorly that we're not trying hard enough. If you're just trying to satisfy your science credit, stay away.

Literally the worst. The amount of lecture material is ridiculous for a first year class. Assignments so confusing and not applicable to lectures. Final exam is definetly easier but some content was never discussed. I'm a straight A student and I got in the 50s on 2 of the reading assignments. I'm worried about passing the final.

Arts students, don't take this class. Take EOSC 118 instead. Worst class ever taken at UBC

Lectures are half fluff and actual useless information. I spend 3 hours on homework (every 2 weeks). 1 hour on graded quizzes (every 2 weeks) and 4-6 hours on lectures a week. Fighting for my life for 1% of my grade.