Current instructor

Hiroshi Maeda

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About this rating

Raw average: 4.62/5 from 21 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

Original student reviews · all captured dates

BOT130 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
I loved having Hiroshi! He was a very good lecturer, and I was engaged the whole time! He has coffee breaks in between slides. You can tell he really enjoys talking about this topic! Overall, a very good professor to have had.
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BOT130 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
His lectures are clear. Exams are a little bit difficult but manageable
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BIOCHEM/BOTANY 621
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Maeda is a great professor and he makes the course very engaging and very easy to understand. He is also very lenient when it comes to grading and allows for regrades. The class overall is pretty easy since there are only 6 take home quizzes/homework and one journal presentation. As long as you pay attention in class, you will do good in his class.
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BOT130 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Mr. Maeda was an amazing professor. You can tell he genuinely cares about the subject he is teaching and is more than happy to help if you're struggling in the class.
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BIO130 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 5/5
Awesome professor. He's a kind soul and makes concepts easy to understand. Might be my favorite professor yet.
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BOT621 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Hiroshi is hands down one of THE best profs and humans on campus. It's obvious how dedicated he is to science and students learning, you'll be lucky to have him as a professor. I seriously cannot recommend him or his classes enough. The folks in his lab help out occasionally and they're all amazing (shout out soyoung, marcos, and jorge you rock).
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Classes with Hiroshi Maeda

BOTANY 299

Directed Study in Botany

1–3 credits

BOTANY 299 is a directed study course that introduces students to research questions and provides mentorship in a botany research environment.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

Simon GilroyDavid Baum+13 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
BOTANY 499

Intermediate Directed Research

1–3 credits

BOTANY 499 is an intermediate directed research course where students explore botany research questions under faculty mentorship.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Simon GilroyDavid Baum+12 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
BOTANY 681

Senior Honors Thesis

3 credits

BOTANY 681 is a senior honors thesis course involving individual research arranged with a faculty member for Botany majors.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Simon GilroyDavid Baum+15 more

No recorded grade history

BOTANY 682

Senior Honors Thesis

3 credits

BOTANY 682 is a senior honors thesis course involving individual research arranged with a faculty member for Botany majors.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

Simon GilroyDavid Baum+14 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
BOTANY 691

Senior Thesis

2–3 credits

BOTANY 691 is a senior thesis course focused on individual research conducted under faculty supervision.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Simon GilroyDavid Baum+14 more

No recorded grade history

BOTANY 692

Senior Thesis

2–3 credits

BOTANY 692 is a senior thesis course involving individual research arranged with a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Simon GilroyDavid Baum+11 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
BOTANY 699

Directed Study

1–4 credits

BOTANY 699 is a directed study course where students explore botany research questions under faculty mentorship.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2014: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

Simon GilroyDavid Baum+14 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
BOTANY 960

Seminar-plant Physiology

1 credits

BOTANY 960 is a graduate seminar covering topics and recent advances in the literature of Plant Physiology.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

Hiroshi Maeda

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2024–Fall 2024 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026BOTANY 299Directed Study in Botany
Fall 2026BOTANY 499Intermediate Directed Research
Fall 2026BOTANY 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026BOTANY 682Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026BOTANY 691Senior Thesis
Fall 2026BOTANY 692Senior Thesis
Fall 2026BOTANY 699Directed Study
Fall 2026BOTANY 960Seminar-plant Physiology
Fall 2026BOTANY 996Research-plant Physiology

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

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