[MrPlinkett]

This is a very weird course.

On the on hand, this class has no midterms or finals, and virtually no reading, and all you have to do is go to lectures.

On the other hand this class has no relevant to you topics, as it's pretty much made out of all sorts of environmentalist hippie topics, and you just listen the prof talk about it non-stop. Seeing how this is a night class, you basically waste 3 hours on just sitting and listening, no thought process involved.

Joel Hilchey as prof is not bad, well not the worst that's for sure. He is however not a professor, nor is he an actual prof. He is a motivational speaker outside McMaster, and he conducts the class in similar way. He is not very good at class management though, he only got a couple of TA's, and it takes them over a month (almost 2) to mark one assignment. Seeing how you have weekly assignments, don't expect to receive 90% of your marks before the last date to cancel a course. Another problem with that is that you have absolutely zero feedback on how you are doing and whether or not you are getting the general idea of the topic. So basically for 2 month you are completely clueless about your performance in class. This is the main reason why I graded easiness as 0, if you don't know how you are doing, how can you tell if something is easy or not.

Course grading scheme:

5% -- Postdated Letter with Your Grade Explanation
7% -- Choice Assignment Package
13% - Book Reflections Assignment
30% - Personal TED-Style Talk - 3-4 minute video
20% - Most Significant Perspective Change
5% -- Personal Vision Statement
20% - In-Class quizzes, 5 quizzes, each worth 5%.
1% -- Volunteer Mentoring Challenge (bonus)

The class topics, are social responsibility, ethics, food and health, politics.... Basically all topics are really vague and either have simple point like "waste less" or no clear point at all, like the ethics. In fact at the ethics lecture he said there is no clear point because noone is able to say what is right or wrong. Basically making entire course pointless.

At one of his lectures he said that it was his idea for this course, and that he was the one who proposed it to the university. I guess that's one way to ensure your employment, just create a whole new pointless course to teach, and make it mandatory too.

Overall, not a 700 dollar course. And seeing how simple it is, take it in the summer or online or something, don't waste your time with it when you got other classes to do.