Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
Her test is the easiest, talk super quick and jump around during lectures.Rate My Professors ↗
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CATHERINE DRERUP
What students say
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Quality 1/5Difficulty 2/5
She is a very fast talker, somewhat patronizing, and expects you to have a lot of background knowledge of complicated brain structures. Her test was probably the easiest of the class though, even though her lectures were the most confusing. She is obviously very smart, so I suspect she doesn't realize that what she says is confusing.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
Quizzes were a breeze. Lecture was painful. Felt like she didn't enjoy teaching. Lots of content, semi-interesting but overwhelming. Needed better explanations. Exam for this section was easy but could easily have not been. Review session was really helpful for exam. Despite easy exam, lectures were super frustrating and confusing.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
The professor is great. She is very knowledgeable and can tell she enjoys the job.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 5/5
Professor Drerup kept asking the class if we had questions and was always met with silence. She went through the content so fast that I couldn't understand or even think about what was being taught. MENTALLY PREPARE yourself for a rough unit, you will have to force yourself to get through it!Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Katie was a good professor but her lectures were hard to follow. She really knows her stuff but ended up speaking too fast, not giving us enough time to digest the material. The lectures are extremely content heavy and the slides are overwhelming. It was difficult to focus in person, and I had to take breaks even while watching the recording.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with CATHERINE DRERUP
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