Hodges taught plant/botany section for EEMB3. He is really enthusiastic about plants but his lecture slides suck. They are all pictures and little to no words so you don't really have a good guide to study off of. He is nice and attentive when you ask questions, and also visits the lab sections and finds the plant specimen we study in lab.
Carlson taught microbiology section for EEMB 3. Lectures were cool but had a lot of content and kind of dragged on. Tests were overall straightforward but still fair amount of questions that were worded weird/tried to trip you up. He is a pretty ok professor, as long as you pay attention and study notes you will be fine.
Scott is really passionate about plant diversity. He says "my favorite plant is the one I saw last". I never showed up to class bc it was an 8am but I always looked forward to watching the lectures online. Studying for the midterm was a great time. Scott's part of the class was definitely my favorite in the bio series.
Teaches moderately clearly, but his powerpoint slides have few words on them. His tests require alot of memorization. His midterm was tough, but his portion of the final was insanely difficult- it had questions that seemed to be more advanced and in-depth than what was covered. Seems to be helpful.
Teaches clearly and gives iclicker questions in class. His tests require alot of memorization. Seems to be helpful.
Hodges loves his plants and his enthusiasm makes lecture a lot better. His tests are fair as long as you prepare. His slides lack the detail he goes into in lecture and are often just pictures. Make sure to attend lecture.
Hodges makes an effort, so i respect him. However, he is unable to present material in a clear way. Additionally, the content is the most boring thing on earth. literally wanted to die every second of that class. exams were easy and he doesn't try to trick you. This
Very clear and loves what he teaches. Lecture slides have little information on them but that's all you really need to know. Midterm was very easy and he reuses test questions
very nice guy. he had a good sense of humor and joked about the fact that none of us were actually interested in plants. his test for the midterm and final were relatively easy. just a lot of memorization for all sections of the class. i would definately like to take another class from him. oh and he takes A LOT out of the text book so read!
very cool guy. sexy too. there was a lot of material but his test for midterm and final were pretty easy. approachable and friendly.
not a hard class, its plain memorization...his quizzes are like his tests and he recycles questions.
Ive never seen a man so interested in plants as much as Hodges,it's really cute.The way he presents himself during lecture is quite feminine.Hes a pretty good teacher, even though the material was really boring but at least it was Finkelstein!His tests arent that bad but make sure u know the specific dates and time period of when each plant evolved
Because of Carlson, I might actually go into microbiology... a field I never even considered before him. He made it really interesting. The only bad thing was that it was sooo much material. You need to be able to remember A LOT of stuff, most of which were the foreign names of bacteria. It also sucks that the final is cumulative
He was very nice but extremely boring. Of the three bio teachers i had that spring quarter i went to his class the least and hated it the most. Which might have been due to the fact that Carlson taught bacteria. His tests are hard but fair. Study the lecture notes more than the book.
I hate plants and never liked them, but Hodges made it alot easier to understand them. Although he throws a lot of material on his lecture slide, it is not hard to follow along if you do the readings before hand. Overall, he made the class exciting and a learning experience for me. He is defintely one of the better bio professors I've had.
He seems like a good teacher when the class starts and his lectures are fairly interesting; his tests, on the other hand, have nothing to do with anything that he teaches. I never missed a lecture or CLAS tutorial, I did the assigned reading / studied lecture slides, etc., and his test was absurd and NOTHING like what you would expect.
class is really great. he is VERY enthusiastic about plants. good professor. very clear.
One of the most georgeous men I have ever seen. I want him to whisk me away and have brilliant little scientist babies with me. Soooooo bummed he's married with kids, God I hope my husband looks like that. Needs a new haircut though. Oh yeah the teaching- he actually made me like bacteria.
great teachers, tell exactly what's on the test, notes are very clear, simple.
He's interesting and nice, but the material is just hard, which is why the tests are sooo difficult. He's very clear when he speaks.
Cool Guy, straigt forward lectures
Intro Bio department couldn't find a professor to teach the plants section of the course so they had us watch Scott's online COVID lectures. His lectures were all over the place; I'd recommend reading the book in-depth rather than watching his lectures as he does not stray far from it.
Prof Carlson is fantastic. He taught marine microbio with Prof. Santoro and they were a great duo. Carlson is great at explaining everything & teaches at an excellent pace. Both professors really care, the final lecture was dedicated to reviewing lecture material. If you put in the effort you will definitely do well! Take this class!
He doesn't respond to emails. Doesn't grade his own exams, the TA does. His tests were very straightforward (doesn't mean easy). He didn't seem to care much about individual students doing well in the course, sort of just went through the course as if it was his 10th time doing it. His lectures were interesting & directed us towards things to study