(Taken Spr. 2008) Anna Mills is a fine instructor, who chooses to focus her curriculum on the various facets of global warming. She is patient, informed, and tries her best to keep the class engaged. Pay close attention to the syllabus because all the grading and assignment instructions are clearly explained, and she does enforce them. Personally, she is extremely approachable and friendly. Although she focuses on the general topic of global warming, and you can tell she is pro-environment, she explores all aspects of the problem, including opposing viewpoints. In fact, she seemed to enjoy the class most when various aspects of a problem were being debated by the students. She offers extra credit in the form of visits to the Writing Lab, which can improve your Homework grade. There are a total of 4 main essays in addition to the midterm and final, with moderate readings from various sources including the web. I strongly recommend you attend the peer-review days to avoid a mandatory trip to the Lab. The peer-review days are no big deal... you basically form a small group and just exchange essays to look for errors or give suggestions. Thankfully, she also keeps a nice web-page up with announcements, assignment schedules, and links to homework and study guides. If given the chance to take another of Anna's courses, I gladly would.