First of all, aside from the terrible teaching skills and random additional 1 hour lecture on top of the regular lectures, she said NO EXTRA CREDIT. And literally the second week she gave everyone who showed up to that one lecture 3 extra points. Be aware the whole class is 140 points! Also the test is so memorization heavy. Who's gonna remember 30

unclear, learn yourself

How she felt that day determined the class vibe. Lecture slides did not help at all.

This course was hard, but mainly because of the topic and amount of things that needed to be memorized. The exams seemed fair though

I LOVE OLGA!!! This class was at times challenging, but insanely doable!! Take advantage of her resources on canvas. She is hilarious in class, although sometimes content can be a bit dull, she is AMAZING!!

Very doable class if you stay on top of lectures. You can redo weekly quizzes, and she gives study materials for exams. Lots of content but she explains important things in depth. Biology is hard, but I thought her exams were true to the content. You can do this!

Olga is a queen!!! 2 midterms and 1 final, weekly quizzes that u can retake, and iclicker are what make up ur grade. If u go to lecture and pay attention u will be fine! She also gives so many practice resources and posts her lectures on canvas. She's SO FUNNY and genuinely cares about her students. These bad reviews are jealous of this stem baddie

Yall need to hop off with these bad reviews. If you're hating on her personality you're just soft. Yeah it's bio it's gonna be hard but if you take it seriously and study you will do well in the class.

Idk why there are so many negative reviews! Olga is super sweet and helpful and she's always willing to help out. In terms of difficulty, this class is a little hard but very doable. Her tests were based off of lecture content, practice quizzes, practice problems, iclicker qs, and the practice midterms. Not an easy A but def not impossible!!

I took this class for pre req for PBS. it is def harder than i thought. the questions on the exams are lowket random. about 80% of ur grade is from exams so just memorize and make flashcards for remembering. i spent SO much time studying for her exams and would only get the avg score on them. def one of the top challenging classes.

she's here to make my life a tragedy, traumatize me in the lecture. My anxiety disorder became worse all because of her. And she destroy my confidence, and passion in science, and I was very disappointed about all the materials and contents.

I really enjoyed having Azarenko as a lecturer. Her lectures could be a little dense, but I liked the format and the textbook helped break down her lessons further. She's clearly passionate about the topic and she would always answer questions. It's a course with hard material, so of course it's a difficult class, but it's very doable with her.

Idk why she has bad reviews, Prof Azarenko is amazing!! It is clear she's super passionate about the material and she cares about her students -- she has always responded to my emails and often makes jokes/reminds us to breathe during class/exams. If you study + go to class you'll be fine! 2 midterms, 1 final, weekly online quizzes, iclicker.

It feels like she has no interest in seeing her students succeed. Her feedback is rarely constructive and often borders on being rude. If you are looking for a professor who is approachable and respectful, look elsewhere. Not worth the stress.

I was wary because of her low rating, but she's actually great. She can ramble a bit, and I find her material structure to be odd for me, but I think she explains concepts fairly well and can be funny sometimes. Lectures use iClicker, but you can miss 3 no penalty. Weekly quizzes you can take twice and she gives a practice one thats pretty similar.

Explains content well and is very helpful in office hours.

Very willing to help clarify any concepts. Talking to her after class and at office hours were helpful. I enjoyed her lectures and she thoroughly explained each concept pretty well. Tests were fair I recommend reading the textbook and doing the practice problems.

Professor Olga is really passionate about what she teaches. The class is lecture and exam heavy, but the lectures and textbook do contain the material needed to do well. The class is difficult within itself, but the weekly online quizzes and paying attention in lectures will help you succeed.

Olga provided all of the information necessary to do well in the class. This is objectively a difficult, heavy course, but she was very personable and passionate and did a very good job at making it digestible. People are hating on her because they're bitter about their grade or about her being a baddie woman scientist, but I love her.

I witnessed a young woman in front of me today being verbally harassed by Olga today. She was crying because of the way Olga was talking to her and she was telling her to stop crying, no compassion, borderline evil woman.

Olga is a diva, and knows her stuff!! She is very respected and knows what she's talking about. It is truly the effort you're willing to put in.

To be blunt, she is not a good teacher. Our class average for the final was 58%, she does not curve at all and there's no extra credit. Barely any assignments so your grade relies on the exams which are really hard. She is dismissive and rude-I can't even ask her a questions without her having an attitude.

I think Professor Azarenko is overqualified for this job!! She is very educated about this subject and she does a great job of explaining the material. This class does take a lot of effort outside of class, such as reading the textbook, but her quizzes and midterms were pretty straightforward and can get a pretty decent grade from simple effort.

She doesn't care about her students and is disrespectful, she will call students out for being late to class or for having to leave early. This is college not high school.