[{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:58:01.360052+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5MDM2NDky","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1888945","instructor_name":"Aaron Hoskins","course_label":"BIOCHEM507","course_id":"BIOCHEM 507","course_uid":"course_db5f4d62f40468f93d50fec2","review_date":"2024-03-08 22:49:52 +0000 UTC","comment":"One of the best professors I had in undergrad! Extra credit opportunities were available for attendance, which was nice. Tests were \"unpredictable\" in that anything from lectures was fair game (it was a lot of content) but also not terribly difficult as long as you put in the work. Lectures were interesting/engaging, and very relevant.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1888945","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:58:01.360052+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4Nzk5NzY5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1888945","instructor_name":"Aaron Hoskins","course_label":"BIOCHEM507","course_id":"BIOCHEM 507","course_uid":"course_db5f4d62f40468f93d50fec2","review_date":"2023-12-27 17:38:44 +0000 UTC","comment":"His lectures were interesting but very complicated. He did the second portion of the course which covered more difficult content and the exam averages went from 75 on the first two exams to 60 and 66 on the 3rd midterm and the final exam. Very specific things are tested, which is hard since midterms are 50 min. He was passionate about biochem.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1888945","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:58:01.360052+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4NDk1Njgy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1888945","instructor_name":"Aaron Hoskins","course_label":"BIOCHEM507","course_id":"BIOCHEM 507","course_uid":"course_db5f4d62f40468f93d50fec2","review_date":"2023-12-03 02:58:34 +0000 UTC","comment":"Dr. Hoskins tries to teach but avoids giving the necessary background. I didn't expect that considering his age and experience in teaching (I think he is going to retire in like 10 years or so). He gets exhausted, and takes that frustration to himself, first, and then to the student who asks for help. Maybe he is unhappy with who he became.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1888945","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:58:01.360052+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0MDk0MTU3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1888945","instructor_name":"Aaron Hoskins","course_label":"BIOCHEM507","course_id":"BIOCHEM 507","course_uid":"course_db5f4d62f40468f93d50fec2","review_date":"2020-12-16 04:08:04 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Hoskins is a caring and intelligent teacher. He was my favorite professor of the course. The only thing I would encourage is to watch the lectures online (if they provide them in future semesters) for the glycolysis, krebs, beta-oxidation, and urea cycle lectures instead of going to lecture in-person. They are VERY content-heavy.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1888945","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:58:01.360052+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5MzI0NjY3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1888945","instructor_name":"Aaron Hoskins","course_label":"BIOCHEM507","course_id":"BIOCHEM 507","course_uid":"course_db5f4d62f40468f93d50fec2","review_date":"2017-12-23 14:33:09 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Aaron is a super nice person. He cares about his students, and he clearly explains the materials really well. The exams are challenging, and it is super easy to lose points on the exams even if you study well. I didn't read the book. however, it is highly recommended for getting an A. Previous exams are helpful too, and many recycled ques","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1888945","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:58:01.360052+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI3NzUwMTQ4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1888945","instructor_name":"Aaron Hoskins","course_label":"BIOCHEM507","course_id":"BIOCHEM 507","course_uid":"course_db5f4d62f40468f93d50fec2","review_date":"2017-01-18 17:05:50 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Hoskins is a great professor, who clearly cares about how well his material is reaching the students. The study guide he provides is very useful for studying for the exam, and he also takes questions from the problem sets. He does a great job teaching his section of the course. I liked his teaching much better than Professor Cox.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1888945","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:58:01.360052+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI3MzY1NDE3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1888945","instructor_name":"Aaron Hoskins","course_label":"BIOCHEM507","course_id":"BIOCHEM 507","course_uid":"course_db5f4d62f40468f93d50fec2","review_date":"2016-12-07 10:35:28 +0000 UTC","comment":"Dr. Hoskins is good about helping in office hours. He lectures very clearly and obviously cares about students. Exxams are fair but tough.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1888945","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:58:01.360052+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2MDI4NjQ2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1888945","instructor_name":"Aaron Hoskins","course_label":"BIOCHEM507","course_id":"BIOCHEM 507","course_uid":"course_db5f4d62f40468f93d50fec2","review_date":"2016-02-04 15:11:07 +0000 UTC","comment":"Great lecturer, really interesting material. Would take again.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1888945","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:58:01.360052+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0MTg1ODc4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1888945","instructor_name":"Aaron Hoskins","course_label":"BIOCHEM507","course_id":"BIOCHEM 507","course_uid":"course_db5f4d62f40468f93d50fec2","review_date":"2014-12-25 15:32:15 +0000 UTC","comment":"Hoskins did a good job. Everything is based off the lecture slides, unlike Cox, so make sure you go to review lecture. 507 is one of the hardest classes at Madison. There is an insane amount to memorize and Hoskins does a decent job presenting the material. I've had better teachers, but he did a good job.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1888945","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:58:01.360052+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0MTU0ODY0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1888945","instructor_name":"Aaron Hoskins","course_label":"BIOCHEM507","course_id":"BIOCHEM 507","course_uid":"course_db5f4d62f40468f93d50fec2","review_date":"2014-12-20 13:19:35 +0000 UTC","comment":"Well, what can I say... this class is hard. They expect you to know a lot of material, more so than what they elaborate on in lecture, so be prepared to do extra work outside of class. I thought Hoskins was okay. I just wish they would explain how to do certain problems and ask more clear questions. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1888945","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:58:01.360052+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIzNzYzNjk5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1888945","instructor_name":"Aaron Hoskins","course_label":"BIOCHEM507","course_id":"BIOCHEM 507","course_uid":"course_db5f4d62f40468f93d50fec2","review_date":"2014-11-07 00:47:27 +0000 UTC","comment":"Aaron Hoskins is a fabulous professor. His lectures are crystal clear and, although he's not the most animated lecturer on campus, he genuinely tries to keep things interesting by throwing in fun little references and factoids into his PowerPoints. Would highly recommend taking his class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1888945","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:18:31.837731+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0MTg1ODcx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1038394","instructor_name":"Michael Cox","course_label":"BIOCHEM507","course_id":"BIOCHEM 507","course_uid":"course_db5f4d62f40468f93d50fec2","review_date":"2014-12-25 15:30:13 +0000 UTC","comment":"Cox is a nice guy. Always wore a suit to lecture which was cool and a really respected teacher. The class was really tough but Cox does a good job. With cox, reading the textbook is the difference between and A and a B so read it if you have time. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1038394","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:18:31.837731+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIyNzk3OTA1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1038394","instructor_name":"Michael Cox","course_label":"BIOCHEM507","course_id":"BIOCHEM 507","course_uid":"course_db5f4d62f40468f93d50fec2","review_date":"2014-01-27 19:44:09 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Cox was an average teacher. DEFINITELY do the practice exams, he recycles questions off them and the problem sets. All of our lectures were recorded which was nice, so if you're going to miss class for sure watch the lecture later. Very helpful and very thorough. Fast pace for the course but there's a lot of material to cover.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1038394","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:18:31.837731+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIyMjA2NDg4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1038394","instructor_name":"Michael Cox","course_label":"BIOCHEM507","course_id":"BIOCHEM 507","course_uid":"course_db5f4d62f40468f93d50fec2","review_date":"2013-10-23 14:08:46 +0000 UTC","comment":"Cox is a pretty cool guy. His office hours are very helpful. He sometimes has to go through his lecture slides quickly because he runs out of time. His exams cover a ton of information, and there are some smaller details that he expects you to know.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1038394","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:01:44.960346+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMTk2Mjc4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3097548","instructor_name":"Timothy  Grant","course_label":"BIOCHEM507","course_id":"BIOCHEM 507","course_uid":"course_db5f4d62f40468f93d50fec2","review_date":"2025-05-07 18:00:22 +0000 UTC","comment":"His lectures are confusing as he sweeps past concepts that he either doesn't understand or doesn't care to explain. In office hours, we spent 45 minutes on one problem. He tried googling the answer. Then he told me, \"I can't quite remember how to solve that one. I know there's an equation and you have to do some math but yeah I am not sure\".","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3097548","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:01:44.960346+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMTQ0OTkz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3097548","instructor_name":"Timothy  Grant","course_label":"BIOCHEM507","course_id":"BIOCHEM 507","course_uid":"course_db5f4d62f40468f93d50fec2","review_date":"2025-05-03 17:30:02 +0000 UTC","comment":"There's so much material in this course that going to lecture alone isn't sufficient, you have to read the textbook too. That being said, the exams were fairly easy compared to the material. Prof. Grant was a good professor and his lectures were very organized and easy to follow along with. His British accent also made class more engaging too tbh","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3097548","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0}]