Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
PHD 2008 University of Arizona
57.1% of students reported.
Class is impossible to study for as the lectures are not cohesive without the textbook that they (the two co-professors) claim at the beginning you don't need. Even then, there is stuff on the exam that was not talked about. Lecture slides for Hernandez are extremely hard to follow and there is no recordings of the lectures.
Laura is a decent lecturer and I prefer her lectures over Milo's. She has a very clear lecture structure and stops often to see if the students understand the material. She is a laid back person so asking questions can seem prying at times, but she is helpful regardless. Grading was iffy and not clear.
Laura cares about her students A LOT if you let her. The exams were based exactly off of the worksheets, so study the heck out of those and youll be fine. Final is cumulative but shouldnt be.
Better teacher than Milo Wiltbank. Slides were more comprehensive, but no office hours and didn't give great answers to questions about her lectures. Slides contained little to no words and were very difficult to use to fill out the required worksheets which the tests are based off of. No answer keys or real checks of worksheets either.
Currently in lactation physiology, labs are great. Tests can be hard due to the fact they're mostly short answer. She's a kind teacher and knows a lot about lactation, and she does a good job of keeping it relevant and interesting.
Lots of info but relevant.
Clearly a new professor. Expected you to memorize way too much text. We learned an entire semester of human phys in 5 weeks. Too much memorization and not enough discussion about how all of the systems work together.
You can tell she's new to this. Expects you to know it its entirety 9 chapters of material. Slides are cramped with info, lectures were rushed. More useful for her section to teach yourself from the book, and listen to lectures online to supplement. Exam was straightforward, yet very nitpicky. She should get better with experience.
Tells you to know 9 full chapters of text. Lecture slides have too much text, and this section is fast-paced because they decided to include so many chapters. Very approachable and funny at times. Not great at answering questions-go to the text. Exam was fair enough. Will improve with experience.