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Has anyone taken that class? How is it like? what do you learn? Is it fun? I'm looking for a class to satisfy the humanities group and that one sounds interesting, but I do not have much info about it. If you have any recommendations about any other class or about this one let me know! Thanks.

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I took that class one semester. It’s honestly pretty easy it’s mainly just a writing class that centers around world news. It was a class of about 100 people so all the quizzes were with an iclicker and the questions were easy. There’s a lot of readings involved but I never read any and still manage to pass with an A. There are some group assignments but they are also simple. I think right there’s only one professor who teaches that class and he’s really cool. He’s super tall and has a long gray ponytail I can’t remember his name but you’ll have a lot of fun in that class. It’s a plus if the librarian is still teaching the class with him those two together are really funny.

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Took it , fun class, you will need an iclicker, when I took it we did a final report project in group using the movie ghost in the shell (the original anime one), and the class centers about writing and watching videos such as one where innocent people got killed by the US military.

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According to Todd Crowl, Director of FIU’s Institute of Environment, this funding comes at a critical time for South Florida. “Coastal ecosystems represent our health, wealth, and well-being,” said Crowl.  

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