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Evelyn is fine, but boring. She reads slowly off the slides and that's about it. Makes it hard to focus in lecture so the textbook is a good supplement since most of the content is from there. Takes off random points on exams but overall the ecology exam of 381 was not hard.Rate My Professors ↗
Evelyn's lectures consisted of reading everything from the slides slowly, while providing minimal additional information. Her grading is absolutely random as she would take off fractions of points for no apparent reason, and give minimal justification. She allegedly had a rubric for assignments which seems to be imaginary. Bizarre professor. Avoid.Rate My Professors ↗
Her slides are purposefully confusing just so people do not skip lectures. Her grading is based in nothing, written all in pencil and impossible to read, and you will lose 0.2 points because she feels like it. No study guides or practice exams. She is terrible with technology, boring in lectures, and overall not a good prof. I don't rec. Biocore.Rate My Professors ↗
It is difficult to learn from her slides. They are often loaded with text and it becomes difficult to know what is actually expected from you on the exams. I still suggest taking 381, but it will be a lot of independent work. There are no practice exams available, no note cards, and she usually answers students questions with another question :/Rate My Professors ↗
Prof Howell is such a frustrating teacher to learn under. Her grading criteria is stringent and not based in anything, just her objective opinion of the assignment. Her lectures are boring and are often screenshots of the textbook. She is difficult to access during her office hours and can be condescending to her students during office hours.Rate My Professors ↗
Evelyn was an okay professor. She could definitely use some help with technology as she sometimes messed up her slides, but it didn't ruin lecture. Her lectures were sometimes boring, but the material wasn't too hard and you don't have to read the textbook.Rate My Professors ↗
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