I liked him a lot. He is clear on what he wants us to know for the test and seems passionate about what he is teaching. As long as you watch the lectures and pay attention to what he is saying while he explains his slides you will succeed. Nice professor.
Meh. Lectures are not the most interesting, and slides are not informative at all. Need to really pay attention as he's wiggling around topics making it hard to grasp. Not the worst but definitely not the best.
Prof. Carlson's portion of the class is informative and well-organized. The quizzes and exam material is pulled mostly from the lectures, with a small portion coming from assigned readings. Lecture slides are fairly detailed, so studying is pretty straightforward. The practice midterm is really helpful too.
Professor Carlson is like a celebrity amongst my friends. He's an amazing lecturer, my favorite out of the three EEMB3 professors and is incredibly clear and interesting. He obviously cares a lot about microbes and his enthusiasm is infectious. Aside from that, hes like a literal dilf. My friend says he has "firefighter energy" and I have to agree.
Extremely boring but his lectures are organized and make sense once you review them. The exam was fair and expectations for it were clear. He also responded very promptly to emails. Can't really ask for much more.
His lectures are pretty good and straightforward. The test questions are directly from lecture stuff, so there's nothing really tricky about the class. However if you have extra questions I wouldn't really recommend office hours. The answers were dry and short most of the time.
Very boring lectures-great organization, but got very dull very fast. The exam on his section was relatively straightforward, but SO dense
There's a ton of material and looking back at the recorded lectures is really helpful. His portion of the class was not my favorite, but he was still pretty engaging for an 8 am. He does do iclickers and unfortunately, the questions are usually about things you haven't discussed in lecture, but other than that, he's a solid choice.
Great professor. tests were straight forward, material was presented clearly, and goals for the class were clearly laid out.
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.
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!
Teaches clearly and gives iclicker questions in class. His tests require alot of memorization. Seems to be helpful.
very cool guy. sexy too. there was a lot of material but his test for midterm and final were pretty easy. approachable and friendly.
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.
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.
Wow, Prof. Carlson is really HOT! And what a nice guy...Really helpful, interesting lectures, good sense of humor. Definitely take a class with him!
Cool Guy, straigt forward lectures