Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
She is a great professor! Very personable and willing to help you understand. You can tell she cares about biology and helping her students understand. Tests are difficult though.Rate My Professors ↗
Current instructor
Gale Oakes
What students say
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
She puts a lot of effort into the course and is very clear about the requirements/expectations for each day. Also a very lovely person who makes an effort to get to know you.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
gale oakes is a very lovely woman. she cares a lot about this course while adding fun a whimsy at the same time. if you pay attention and show up very little is needed outside of class time.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
You're lucky if you saw Gale twice throughout the semester, course is completely TA led. Almost all of grade is based in “quizzes” but I argue their difficulty are like an exam. Averages are always low, grading is tough, no curve and no rounding. Take 151/152 sequence.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
All depends on your TA, Peter Conowall was great. If you actually study and learn the learning goals you will be fineRate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
Bio 102, managed by Gale Oakes, was a waste of my tuition. The quizzes were 90% of your grade, never returned, were fill in the blank, and took ages for them to grade. Average was a C. Gloves are $$. My TA was also unprepared and never explained topics well. No practice tests/quizzes, makeups, or joy to be found in this course. Steer away.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Gale Oakes
ANIMAL BIOLOGY LABORATORY introduces general animal biology concepts, evolutionary relationships, body plans, and diversity through dissection and ecological study.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.11 GPA, 47.3% A/AB (n=273 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.11 GPA, 49.7% A/AB (n=300 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.06 GPA, 47.2% A/AB (n=233 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026Recorded teaching history
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | BIOLOGY/ZOOLOGY 102 | Animal Biology Laboratory |
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