Erika Catanese

BIO11 · BIO30 · BIOL4 · ENVS1 · BIO4 · ENVS01 · ENVS02 · EVNS1 · ENVS010 · 114 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 44/100
RMP rating: 3.7/5
Take again: 41.82%
Difficulty: 3.2

The decision

if you can handle messy modules and ; avoid if you need a light load.

Best fit · Effort For RewardDisorganized CanvasHeavy homework loadField trips and passionMetacognition heavyPicky but allows resubmits

Workload is consistently heavy with readings, annotations, and busywork-style modules.
Canvas organization is a top complaint, especially online, and .
In-person students often love her passion and field trips when they can handle the load.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Content is often manageable, but volume and work and careful instructions.

Online adds organization friction; in person rewards participation and field-trip engagement.

Is the course easy?

Standard

55/100

Material is usually GE-level and interesting, but metacognition focus and .

Both formats call content doable; online difficulty often comes from workload chaos rather than concepts.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

38/100

, and in-person field trips or participation matter for success.

Online is mixed; in and trips.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

46/100

Students ; because of workload and disorganization.

In-person recommendations are stronger; online reviews split hard.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

52/100

Often picky on wording and AI tone, but late work and resubmits are frequently allowed.

Format shift

Online complaints about AI accusations and .

Workload

Heavy

24/100

Lots of , and modules are the dominant complaint across years.

Format shift

Online workload is especially crushing in short terms; in person still heavy but more rewarding.

Teaching experience

Average

55/100

Passionate and , yet many students feel they teach themselves through messy modules.

Format shift

In-person teaching and field trips score higher than online delivery.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Grade , and modules more than big exams.

Format shift

and .

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

23 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

field trips, passion, and inspirational lectures, still with lots of homework and .

Main concern

and .

What students said

“She is tremendously knowledgable and .”
ENVS01

“this professor was sadly so disorganized and was frankly on a high horse.”
ENVS1

“ . Genuinely good human, who wants to make the world a better place.”
ENVS01

Remote format

Online

27 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Online is often called a mess of , and AI suspicion, with occasional praise for accessibility and resubmits.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“ . her assignments are extremely tedious and redundant”
ENVS1

“RUN AWAY!!!! She is by far the ! Her online class is a nightmare”
ENVS1

“It's an alright GE lab course with exam.”
ENVS1

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and quizzes; several online sections have exam.

Assignment heavyQuizzes over midtermsGroup project finalsPop quizzes in personResubmits allowed

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

68/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In person uses quizzes, homework, and and participation.

Pop quizzesField tripsParticipation mattersHomework heavy

“This class had a lot of modules, and many of the .”
ENVS1

“ , but .”
ENVS01

Online

Online , but frequent quizzes, papers, and .

No midterm or final commonDifficult quizzesGroup projectsHeavy assignments

“It's an alright GE lab course with exam.”
ENVS1

“the so the class could simply finish incomplete work”
ENVS01

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“Sure she assigns a lot of work and her modules are a , but use the and you'll be fine.”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, balancing online organization complaints with . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

55/100

“Prof. Cat is great... and super understanding”

📚 Workload Reality

24/100

“the amount of work you have to do is ridiculous. Not even a 6 unit course compares to this.”

🗂️ Organization

30/100

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👍 Recommendation Split

46/100

“Take her class if you need a science GE.”

Theme 1

❤️ About Character

Love prof Cat!
She's a nice person but her online course was not enjoyable
Genuinely good human

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

, but you need to put in the effort
she allows you to resubmit if you're not satisfied
LOTS of HW!!!

Theme 3

🗂️ About Organization

modules messier than the government
and

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

114

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across years consistently emphasize heavy workload and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 552

4 out of 521

3 out of 513

2 out of 516

1 out of 513

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

43 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 2 · A 15 · A- 3

B range

B+ 4 · B 6 · B- 1

C range

No reported values

D range

D+ 1

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 3 · Incomplete 2 · Not sure yet 5 · Rather not say 1

Erika Catanese

x x x x x x x if you can handle messy modules and x x; avoid if you need a light load.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

FairEffort

Standard

Mandatory

Depends

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Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🎯 Teaching Quality

📚 Workload Reality

🗂️ Organization

👍 Recommendation Split

❤️ About Character

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

🗂️ About Organization

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

if you can handle messy modules and ; avoid if you need a light load.