This class is required for all engineering students as far as I know, so not much to say besides buckle up and tough through it. The course is very project heavy (there are no exams or quizzes, just papers, project memos, and the occasional discussion post). I found most of the assignments to be pretty useless, lots of busywork. Your proposal project group can make or break your grade, so pick good teammates.

Class content was way more useful for a civil or software engineer. As an environmental engineer, the prompts were just not set up well for enviros, and it always sort of felt like I was at a disadvantage because my field did not have the same data available as others.

Never met the professor, but the writing coaches are pretty decent people. They grade fast and are understanding, though not very quick to reply to emails.