Biology
343 reviews
Average Course Reviews:
Average Instructor Reviews:
Professor Eggleston was a clear lecturer and offered a lot of opportunity to make up points lost on exams. Exams are open note and online, but Dr. E looks for very, very specific content; similar answers will be graded much more sparingly by Moody. However, a good introduction to Biology and you will learn a lot. Discussion questions while cumbersome are a good overview of the week's material. Carolyn Dash's lab is useful and a greater primer on how to write PRJA style lab reports, but she is very condescending and can make lab environment unpleasant. Would recommend Nurok instead.
Professor Eggleston was a clear lecturer and offered a lot of opportunity to make up points lost on exams. Exams are open note and online, but Dr. E looks for very, very specific content; similar answers will be graded much more sparingly by Moody. However, a good introduction to Biology and you will learn a lot. Discussion questions …Read more
Eco-evo is a major requirment for me, which is why I took it, but it was incredibly slow-paced. The material is not difficult to understand, but you must be able to remember 99% of the material by heart to do well on the exams. They are relatively easy and open-book, but the prompts are vague and are expected to be answered in a "blurt everything you can" fashion, with points deducted when you miss any of the key words they are looking for. Even if your answer is 100% correct, they will still deduct points for not including all of the keywords. Homework and reading is also simple and will not be too much to worry about. Professor Moody is kind and really passionate about his work so it is an interesting class nonetheless.
Eco-evo is a major requirment for me, which is why I took it, but it was incredibly slow-paced. The material is not difficult to understand, but you must be able to remember 99% of the material by heart to do well on the exams. They are relatively easy and open-book, but the prompts are vague and are expected to be answered in a "blu …Read more
This was an extremely challenging course to take. The responsibility of the content is completely on the student. What I mean by this and that the textbook did the teaching and questions, broad summaries were reviewed in class. The content was not taught through lecture. This meant that there was a tremendous amount of work required outside of class and most of the learning happened independently through learning. If you are a visual, aural or experiential learner Jeremy's teaching style should be avoided. He is a great person, mentor and professor for those for whom this style works. He is an awesome person to have in the bio department but has a very specific teaching style and if it does not work for you or if this does not sound like the environment you would thrive in, this class should be taken with another professor.
This was an extremely challenging course to take. The responsibility of the content is completely on the student. What I mean by this and that the textbook did the teaching and questions, broad summaries were reviewed in class. The content was not taught through lecture. This meant that there was a tremendous amount of work required …Read more