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Biology

Sharon Coe

BIOL107 · BIO107 · 17 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.5/5
Take again
35.29%
Difficulty
3.9

The decision

Avoid unless you need this section and are ready for , and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderTest HeavyMandatory AttendanceStrict LabsPolarizing
  • Strict, test-heavy BIO107 with and harsh lab standards.
  • and Proctorio; many call labs and exams unnecessarily hard.
  • , but and recent tone are strongly negative.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Many students still earn As, but comments , and no free A without heavy study.

Online students especially say it is not an easy A; in-person still requires serious effort despite some .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

30/100

Content is lecture- and test-heavy, paced hard, and framed as more difficult than BIO107 needs to be.

Both formats call the course hard; online reviews emphasize needless difficulty more strongly.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

Attendance is repeatedly marked mandatory, with miss-a-few-and-fail rules and skip-class-you-wont-pass tags.

and in-person reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

32/100

and many reviews urge students to stay away due to strictness and poor teaching delivery.

Online reviews ; a minority of in-person reviews still say yes.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

and stories of neatness penalties, perfect-lab expectations, and .

Format shift

Both formats report strict grading; online labs are especially picky.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Frequent quizzes, tests , and heavy note-taking load the course.

Format shift

Online labs and load.

Teaching experience

Poor

35/100

A few students find her informative and caring, but many describe boring lectures, condescension, and .

Format shift

; recent online and mixed in-person reviews pull teaching quality down.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Quizzes and and lecture-heavy patterns and limited non-test cushion.

Format shift

Online also stresses proctored quizzes and tests; .

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

12 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

and real learning, while many call lectures dry, prison-like, and harshly graded.

Main concern

Mandatory attendance, frequent tests, and .

What students said

“Hands down the .”
BIO107
“Yes the class is hard, but doable.”
BIO107
“Felt like prison.”
BIO107

Remote format

Online

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online BIO107 is widely described as overly hard, boring, and strictly proctored, with long labs and .

Main concern

, and miss-three-lectures-and-fail policies make the online format especially punishing.

What students said

“Online quizzes and . Lab online is 4 hours long and one of the most boring things in the entire planet.”
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“Makes the class way more difficult than it needs to be.”
BIO107
“If you're looking for an easy A this class is definitely not.”
BIO107

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams and quizzes are frequently proctored, closed-style, and described as extremely specific with .

Remote ProctoringProctorioWebcam RequiredTest HeavyNo Paper On Exam

Assessment risk

Strict

24/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person and hybrid-era comments , and Proctorio table issues.

Test HeavyNo Pen And PaperProctorio Table
“This professor doesn't let you use a pen and a and you have to do the punnet square problems on your head, or use proctorio's table which was impossible to use.”
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“You will have a every two weeks.”
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Online

Online quizzes and tests are remote proctored; students report Proctorio, webcam, and no .

Remote ProctoringProctorioWebcam Required
“Online quizzes and .”
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“You must use proctorio, keep webcam on, and she stares at you as you work in lab.”
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Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ .”

Voice snapshots generated from 17 reviews spanning online and in-person BIO107, with credibility Medium due to mixed eras and polarized tone.

📉 Teaching Quality

35/100

“Hands down the .”

🚫 Recommendation Rate

32/100

“0/10 recommend her for any course ever.”

🧪 And Exams

24/100

“You cant write anything, she wont give you full 10 points if . so much work!”

📅

12/100

“Miss 3 lectures and you fail.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Explains the class worse than a 5 year old
  • Lectures are dreary, uninspiring
  • Her lectures can be boring at times

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

  • If you're looking for an easy A this class is definitely not
  • They're extremely specific, and seem to be out of this world
  • Its not an easy A, but its not impossible like people say

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • she is a and you will learn a LOT about biology
  • She genuinely cares about the success of her students
  • Very genuine person

Data context

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Analysis sample

17

Recent reviews read by the AI

17

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

Seventeen detailed reviews across 2017-2022 with consistent strictness themes, though polarity and format mix lower certainty.

Inside 17 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53
4 out of 53
3 out of 51
2 out of 52
1 out of 58

Course coverage

BIO10715 reviews
BIOL1072 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

14 reported outcomes

A range

8

A+ 1 · A 6 · A- 1

B range

4

B+ 1 · B 3

C range

0

No reported values

D range

1

D+ 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1