Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
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ALLEN LAUGHON
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Quality 3/5Difficulty 1/5
This class is meant to be a blowoff biological sciences class. It is what it is. The class is relatively simple/boring, but it is definitely an easy A, just show up. Weekly quizzes with one test at the end. He is one of 3 professors, and arguably the second best of the three. Not very exciting, but you do learn a bit about current issues.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
His lectures can go a bit fast, and he tends to go on tangents that can be really interesting but are usually not relevant to the exam material. He posts audio recordings of the lectures and the slides, but it's way more helpful to just go to class.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
He was very helpful for me. I haven't historically good at genetics, so after I was abused by the first test, I made it a priority to go talk to him before each test during office hours. He was very helpful during that time, answered my questions, and went over entire class lessons that I was foggy about. and my grade made a good recovery. (AB)Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
People hate on Laughon a lot, but compared to Engels, he was an angel. I'll admit, he goes off on tangents and lecture can get confusing, but his exams are EXTREMELY fair. He gives you practice exams that are almost exactly the same as the actual exams, so if you study properly they're not bad. Textbook is very helpful. Overall, I liked him.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
I don't know why people complain so much about him, I really liked him. He was very straight forward during his lectures and I actually thought he went really slowly at times. I got an AB on his exam and didn't really study for it, but I think if I had done some of the more complicated homework question it would have been an A.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with ALLEN LAUGHON
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