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Dr. Ciucci is incredible. Incredible. Incredible. Incredible. The most personable professor ever. She's incredibly smart but teaches in a way that is palatable and engaging. As someone intimidated by STEM, Dr. Ciucci has been a large help in helping me truly understand content.Rate My Professors ↗
Ciucci was a nice person, but boy was this class tough. I know you'd expect that with any A/P class, but get ready to spend the majority of your time studying. Most of the time it felt like she was looking at the slides for the first time. She was nice but not well versed in the information because it was her first time teaching 201. It's tough!Rate My Professors ↗
Professor Ciucci is a fantastic researcher, but this class is tough. For the first few lectures, since it was her first time teaching this class, it was painful. But I'm glad I stuck with it. She's SO nice and took the time to meet with me on a weekend to answer all my questions. She really cares about our feelings and wants us all to succeed.Rate My Professors ↗
Dr. Ciucci is an incredibly smart woman, and she knows her stuff. Even with an academic background as extensive as her's, she possesses to ability to articulate concepts at a palatable level, which not all professors do well. This is an elementary level class, but you still need to work hard. Reference the learning objectives frequently to succeed!Rate My Professors ↗
Science is not my strong suit and this class is a fully anatomy and physiology class, but it was not that bad. She does just read off the slides which can get boring. You do take an exam about every 2-3 weeks, so be prepared. She does offer extra credit. I thought prof Ciucci was nice and funny.Rate My Professors ↗
I took this class because I was interested in speech pathology. It was SO hard, fully anatomy and physiology based (which I was unaware of when signing up) and Professor Ciucci had never taught this course before. She only read off the slides and would get upset when we wouldn't know anything for the exams. least favorite class ever.Rate My Professors ↗
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CHEM 699 is a directed study course involving an advanced mentored research project arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026CS&D 681 is a senior-level mentored study course for students completing theses for Honors in the Major.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
Individual mentored study for seniors completing theses for Honors in the Major as arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleCS&D 699 is a directed study course allowing students to conduct independent research or study arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026CS&D 799 is an independent study course where students arrange specific study topics with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleCS&D 990 is an advanced mentored reading and research course for students with dissertator status.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
CS&D 999 is an independent study course providing advanced mentored reading and research opportunities for students with dissertator status.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleSURGERY 699 offers independent study projects arranged with faculty.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026ZOOLOGY 682 is a mentored individual research and study course for students completing a thesis in an Honors program.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | CHEM 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2026 | CS&D 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | CS&D 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | CS&D 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2026 | CS&D 799 | Independent Study |
| Fall 2026 | CS&D 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | CS&D 999 | Independent Studies |
| Fall 2026 | SURGERY 699 | Independent Study |
| Fall 2026 | ZOOLOGY 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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