Current instructor

Nisa Karimi

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Raw average: 2.80/5 from 15 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

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311 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
If you are a farmer, take this class; she will love you. Lots of reading and group work. SO hard to get an A (94%)
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311 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
Professor is clearly passionate about her research, but can be passive aggressive at times. I really liked 311 but she was disorganized on canvas and grading took a long time.
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311 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Nisa was a wonderful and knowledgeable professor. You go over a lot of interesting content and she has field experience that she brings in which helps to exemplify issues and make things interesting! Lots of extra credit opportunities and has clear grading criteria. Almost weekly group projects (in-class).
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311 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
She is a kind and passionate professor who truly cares about her students and the topic. Lectures are engaging and she explains assignments clearly in class, so going really helps (she also makes that clear in the syllabus). The homework connects to the lectures and exam content, which helps, & there are many extra credit opportunities that add up!
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311 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
I think she is a little over hated. I agree that she is a little disorganized, but when I took her class, she was the only instructor, grader, and course coordinator. She is very passionate about what she teaches and is very kind and understanding if you go to her office hours.
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311 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
I find the assignments sometimes has unclear instructions and lectures are sometimes disorganized and not clear
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Classes with Nisa Karimi

BOTANY/PLPATH 123

Plants, Parasites, and People

3 credits

This course explores the interaction between society and plant-associated microbes, covering the Irish potato famine, pesticides in agriculture, crop disease economics, and genetically engineered organisms.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.77 GPA, 83.8% A/AB (n=117 letter grades).

Nisa KarimiAdam Bigott

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026
PLPATH 799

Practicum in Plant Pathology Teaching

1–3 credits

Practicum in Plant Pathology Teaching provides instructional orientation, supervised direct teaching, student testing/evaluation, and teaching performance analysis in agricultural and life sciences.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Nisa Karimi

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Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027BOTANY/PLPATH 123Plants, Parasites, and People
Spring 2027PLPATH 799Practicum in Plant Pathology Teaching
Fall 2026PLPATH 311Global Food Security

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