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Professor Amann is deep down a good guy. However, his class is run controversially. He talks very fast, contradicts himself sometimes, and briefly mentions content that he forgot about before. There is no way to makeup lectures (except copy your friend) and tests are more unrepresentative of material than any other upper science I've taken.Rate My Professors ↗
Zoology 570 is a great course to tell you if you enjoy science as a discipline and if you are ready for a higher degree in it. In my opinion, the topics are explained well and thoroughly and he goes through the mechanics of the experiments that uncovered the knowledge. I still use notes from this class in my PhD program. Strict, but good guy.Rate My Professors ↗
Super bright guy. Has been doing this long enough to incorporate some feedback from students. They pay a lot, you make a lot, time to revisit your lectures.Rate My Professors ↗
He's such a bad lecturer and is super disorganized; he presents material in the most illogical way. Test questions are made to trick you. The only reason I succeeded in the class was because of prior knowledge from other classes. Definitely would not recommend taking unless you absolutely have toRate My Professors ↗
Don't let his bad reviews scare you. GO! TO! CLASS! EVERY! DAY! pay close attention, take thorough notes, and you will be just fine. He wants you to do well, but he is going to make you work for it. He's super helpful, funny, and friendly. Seriously tho do not ever miss lecture because ppl are not kidding that he doesn't post anything on Canvas.Rate My Professors ↗
Kurt Amann is an okay guy, but a bad teacher. With the lack of slides or recordings, it's easy to miss content, and if you miss a class, you have to get notes from somebody else or you miss the material. It's 2025, and he has no willingness to adapt or change. Even contradicts what he says sometimes, making his lectures increasingly hard to follow.Rate My Professors ↗
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