Current instructor

Andrew Bent

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Raw average: 3.30/5 from 20 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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What students say

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PLANT123 · course not matched2025-12-13

Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5

Knowledgeable. Lecture is worth attending because it is entertaining. A good science class for people who are not good at science. Tests are not extremely difficult. Worth taking.

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PLANT123 · course not matched2025-12-06

Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5

Professor Bent was amazing! His canvas was super organized, the grading rubric for papers/assignments was straightforward, and he held exam review sessions where he would give exam hints. His lectures could sometimes be all over the place, but it was pretty easy to get the main points. I would recommend taking this for an easy A

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PLPATH 3752024-12-19

Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5

Bent is an amazing professor, you will learn SO much from him. The assigned readings seem like a lot, but all the learning is done through discussions on them so definitely read before class. Super knowledgeable and caring guy, if you care he will go out of his way to make sure you succeed. Feel like a better person bc of the way he made me think.

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PLANT123 · course not matched2024-11-04

Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5

He is definitely a character, that is the best way I can describe him. Lectures are pretty useless but are required. Everything you need for the exams are on the slides and the exams are pretty straightforward. He can't get enough of the Irish potato famine.

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PLPATH 3752020-06-02

Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5

Dr. Bent is decent at teaching content, but his lectures are laced with a pretentiousness (MIT alum) that's a turn-off for interest in the content. Unlike prior course professors, he requires textbook reading, and you won't understand the lecture content unless you read the book. He also becomes quite frustrated if class participation is lacking.

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PLANT123 · course not matched2019-12-16

Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5

He was a very good teacher with well structured and informational lectures. Tests and labs were very easy.

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Classes with Andrew Bent

GENETICS 990

Research

1–12 credits

GENETICS 990 is a research course where students conduct independent laboratory research under faculty supervision to prepare a graduate thesis.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Jeff Hardin Francisco Pelegri+62 more

No recorded grade history

PLPATH 299

Independent Study

1–3 credits

PLPATH 299 is an independent study course involving research work in Plant Pathology under faculty guidance.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Mehdi Kabbage Richard Lankau+11 more

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Spring 2022–Spring 2023 · limited sample

PLPATH 517

Plant Disease Resistance

2–3 credits

PLANT DISEASE RESISTANCE covers conceptual and applied aspects of host resistance, including evaluation techniques and incorporation into new varieties.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.77 GPA, 81.8% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.38 GPA, 62.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.75 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

Andrew Bent

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Fall 2024 · limited sample

PLPATH 590

Capstone in Plant Pathology

1–4 credits

A capstone course in Plant Pathology focusing on synthesizing research, multidisciplinary approaches, and professional communication.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Mehdi Kabbage Richard Lankau+13 more

No recorded grade history

PLPATH 699

Special Problems

1–5 credits

PLPATH 699 is a special problems course offering individual advanced work in Plant Pathology under faculty guidance.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Mehdi Kabbage Richard Lankau+15 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample

PLPATH 990

Research

1–9 credits

PLPATH 990 is a research course for graduate thesis preparation under faculty supervision.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Mehdi Kabbage Richard Lankau+18 more

No recorded grade history

Recorded teaching history

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Term	Course	Title
Fall 2026	GENETICS 990	Research
Fall 2026	PLPATH 299	Independent Study
Fall 2026	PLPATH 517	Plant Disease Resistance
Fall 2026	PLPATH 590	Capstone in Plant Pathology
Fall 2026	PLPATH 699	Special Problems
Fall 2026	PLPATH 990	Research

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