Lectures provided were from 2 years ago. No effort at all. Had to rate the professor when he basically was not present, and test was prepared by someone else on topics that were not covered. Lectures are boring and monotonous. The only good thing tbh was a cute dog Tyler, this guy was the only thing I was looking forward to when watching them.

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.

He was a really sweet professor who really cares about his students. He showed us really cool videos about his dog and plants that he sees on his hikes. Informational, inspirational, and interesting. Hope he continues making them!

Prof. Hodges is a really passionate, kind instructor. Lectures are detailed and reflective of exam content. CLAS and practice questions (especially from in-class quizzes) help. Organization could be better, and there is a lot of studying involved in his portion, but overall I recommend taking this class!

Extremely disorganized lectures which seem to jump all over the place, but if you pay attention and take good notes you'll catch on. He provided a practice final which contained a handful of exact questions from the midterm we were graded on, which was nice. No need to even open the textbook for this entire class.

passionate lecturer, but very disorganized. his powerpoint slides are hard to follow. its difficult to study when you're just looking at diagrams from the book and blurry videos of his dog. his midterm was very generous tho.

Listen: if his lectures were more organized, he'd probably be my 2nd favorite eemb prof behind Latto. Hes so nice, so passionate, and the video bits with Tyler were really fun. I had to take really intense notes on his lectures since the slides were so bare/confusing, but maybe that was helpful? idk

Great professor, goes over a lot of detail but as long you take great notes you'll be fine. Shows plenty of videos of his adorable dog Tyler looking for plants. Overall great professor.

Lectures are pretty organized yet dense. He's definitely real passionate about plants and wants us to learn well. He greatly emphasizes life-cycles and phylogenetic trees so make sure to remember those! The videos of him and his dog Tyler were a nice touch lol. The midterm for his section was pretty hard though and sometimes had ambiguous wording.

Ok, so cuz of coronavirus, we're online right now, and Professor Hodges is doing great. He teaches everything in great detail and even incorporates fun little videos of his dog Tyler in nature showing us the plants we are learning about. He is so passionate about the subject and it's wonderful. Highly enthusiastic and fun guy, definitely cares.

Professor Hodges was fine, but he got behind the lecture schedule. His section was probably the hardest and most demanding of the 3. He does do iclickers that are graded for accuracy too. There's a ton of information you need to memorize in this class so it's best to review the recorded lectures since anything he says might be tested.

Hodges is very enthusiastic and really cares about plants. However, the slides have almost no information on them, the material is super dense and complex, and his tests are TRICKY. His portion of the final was by far the most difficult. STUDY STUDY STUDY for his section. The other two profs of this class present the material more clearly.

His portion of the EEMB 3 final was extremely difficult and Tricky. Also, introbios grading was terrible this quarter. It seems they curved down as my grade should have been a B- but was a C+.extra credit didnt make a difference at all, iclicker points make a big impact so attend lecture.

Slides are bare bones, he's very passionate about plants but its kinda unclear what you're gonna be tested on. Be prepared to pay attention as well as self-study from the start or its really easy to get behind.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

As an updated review of the course, I would say it is a relatively easy course. The best parts are also the worst however, there just is simply not enough time to pull off a genetics course that encompasses the entire field. This is especially true within a quarter. Be ready for a lot of botany based lectures, since this is his main expertise.

Hodges tries to do a good job teaching and be entertaining. However, he often is very unclear. TA was very helpful (Derieg) and more clear. Textbook is helpful but all exam material is from class. The content of class is interesting, but is made less interesting by the fact that he uses flowers and plants for his examples.

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

Really helpful and friendly! Make genetics extremely clear and comprehensive. He provides a lot of example problems in class, so review those for the test and also review the practice test he posts online. I never read the textbook, just went over his lecture slides and did some book problems! Great professor and extremely approachable!!

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