Exams are majority of your grade and if you do not have the exact answer on the answer key you will not get any credit. Professor is not willing to talk through short answer problems where points were taken off on exams either. Would not take this class unless required or have a deep passion for horticulture.Rate My Professors ↗
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LAURA JULL
What students say
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Quality 2/5Difficulty 5/5
Quality 1/5Difficulty 2/5
Was for Hort 121. Laura Jull was by far the worst professor I have had at UW Madison, and I had Joel Rogers. I just typed 1000 words of why she was so bad, but I only get 350. Class was interesting but she ruined it. In summary she's rude to guest lecturers and individual students, uncaring, and horribly disorganized.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Students are graded on exams only, which were not graded on understanding concepts, but rather being able to spew memorized text from boring ppts of 50+ slides. Attendance mandatory for listening to her read slideshows. She also displayed inappropriate social skills and consistently went past scheduled class time. Don't take if not required.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Has us remember literally HUNDREDS of slides of information word for word, but she can't even remember the names of her 12 students (originally 15, but 3 dropped the class the day before the drop deadline because it's that bad).Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
My semester with Dr. Jull was nothing but desperately studying 12+ hours for each exam to get nothing but B's. When asked what else I can do to get an A, she wouldn't give me an answer. She plays the victim every day. Singles out students and shames them for their majors. Tells us we aren't trying hard enough. Tests are unnecessarily hard.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Sad it's this professor for such an interesting class. She bases your grade off of 4 tests that are 100% memorization of terms and techniques. Learning is not the priority, instead it is memorization for different benches and tents. Really hard. Tests are super long and require so much memorization. Labs are kind of fun, but professor is demandingRate My Professors ↗
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Classes with LAURA JULL
LANDARC/PLANTSCI 263
Woody Landscape Plant Identification, Culture, and Use
Credits unavailableCourse covers field identification, culture, and landscape use of woody ornamental plants including trees, shrubs, and vines.
No offering record · Fall 2023
with this instructor · course overall, matching historical terms
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2019–Fall 2019 · limited sampleRecorded teaching history
Distinct courses recorded per term
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | LANDARC/PLANTSCI 263 | Woody Landscape Plant Identification, Culture, and Use |
| Fall 2021 | LANDARC/PLANTSCI 263 | Woody Landscape Plant Identification, Culture, and Use |
| Fall 2019 | LANDARC/PLANTSCI 263 | Woody Landscape Plant Identification, Culture, and Use |
| Fall 2018 | LANDARC/PLANTSCI 263 | Woody Landscape Plant Identification, Culture, and Use |
| Fall 2017 | LANDARC/PLANTSCI 263 | Woody Landscape Plant Identification, Culture, and Use |
| Fall 2016 | LANDARC/PLANTSCI 263 | Woody Landscape Plant Identification, Culture, and Use |
| Fall 2015 | LANDARC/PLANTSCI 263 | Woody Landscape Plant Identification, Culture, and Use |
| Fall 2014 | LANDARC/PLANTSCI 263 | Woody Landscape Plant Identification, Culture, and Use |
| Fall 2013 | LANDARC/PLANTSCI 263 | Woody Landscape Plant Identification, Culture, and Use |
| Fall 2012 | LANDARC/PLANTSCI 263 | Woody Landscape Plant Identification, Culture, and Use |
| Fall 2011 | LANDARC/PLANTSCI 263 | Woody Landscape Plant Identification, Culture, and Use |
| Fall 2010 | LANDARC/PLANTSCI 263 | Woody Landscape Plant Identification, Culture, and Use |
| Fall 2009 | LANDARC/PLANTSCI 263 | Woody Landscape Plant Identification, Culture, and Use |
| Fall 2008 | LANDARC/PLANTSCI 263 | Woody Landscape Plant Identification, Culture, and Use |
| Fall 2007 | LANDARC/PLANTSCI 263 | Woody Landscape Plant Identification, Culture, and Use |
| Fall 2006 | LANDARC/PLANTSCI 263 | Woody Landscape Plant Identification, Culture, and Use |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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