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FARRAH MADISON

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Raw average: 3.15/5 from 13 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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BIOLOGY/BOTANY/ZOOLOGY 151
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
Madison is one of the three professors for Bio 151 and when compared to the other two, her lectures are not as engaging. Overall she lectures well, but I found myself spending more time outside of class to understand her topics. The labs also required some outside class hours but the TAs are also helpful to guide you through completing lab reports!
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BIO151 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
She isn't the best lecturer ever but the content she teaches is fairly interesting.
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BIO151 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
My favorite lecturer for BIO 151 - she is very passionate about the concepts she covered during her portion of the class. She was slightly disorganized in relaying her thoughts, but she corrected/caught her mistakes.
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BIO151 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
Uses tophat so you gotta go to lecture. Clearly very passionate about the topics, but a bit unorganized. Sometimes it felt like she didn't know what she was talking about and was just reading off the slides. A TON of content, way more than the first two units. Exam was decently straightforward, but very small details ended up on the exam.
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BIO151 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Dr. Madison's unit was a lot of material, but super interesting. You can tell she is passionate about physiology and it makes lectures more engaging and she can often be funny. She is very organized and clear about what material we are responsible for knowing, which I really appreciated. Overall, I really enjoyed having her!
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BIO151 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Her unit definitely contained the most content, but she was great at explaining everything. Her slides were well organized and had lots of visual aids which also helped a lot. If you fill out the learning objectives you'll do well on her exam.
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Classes with FARRAH MADISON

ZOOLOGY 990

Research

1–9 credits

ZOOLOGY 990 is a graduate research course where students conduct advanced biological research under faculty mentorship to fulfill program requirements.

No offering record · Spring 2026

Karen StrierJohn Hawks+31 more

No recorded grade history

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2026ZOOLOGY 990Research
Fall 2025ZOOLOGY 699Directed Studies in Zoology
Fall 2025ZOOLOGY 990Research
Spring 2025ZOOLOGY 299Directed Studies in Zoology
Spring 2025ZOOLOGY 699Directed Studies in Zoology
Spring 2025ZOOLOGY 962Seminar-ethology
Spring 2025ZOOLOGY 990Research
Fall 2024BIOLOGY/BOTANY/ZOOLOGY 151Introductory Biology
Fall 2024ZOOLOGY 153Introductory Biology
Fall 2024ZOOLOGY 699Directed Studies in Zoology
Fall 2024ZOOLOGY 990Research
Spring 2024ZOOLOGY 299Directed Studies in Zoology
Spring 2024ZOOLOGY 400Topics in Biology
Spring 2024ZOOLOGY 699Directed Studies in Zoology
Spring 2024ZOOLOGY 990Research
Fall 2023BIOLOGY/BOTANY/ZOOLOGY 151Introductory Biology
Fall 2023ZOOLOGY 153Introductory Biology
Fall 2023ZOOLOGY 699Directed Studies in Zoology
Fall 2023ZOOLOGY 990Research

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