AI Rate Professor

Biology

D Barker

BIO212 · BIO12 · ENVIROBIO · BIOBIO · BIO212L · ANATOANAT · 212L · BIO12L · 40 lifetime ratings

AI rating
75/100
RMP rating
3.8/5
Take again
75%
Difficulty
3.1

The decision

if you value hands-on biology support and can keep up with dense material and regular preparation.

Best fit · Effort For RewardCaring teacherHands-on labsExtra creditDense lecturesMixed clarity
  • Many students praise Barker as caring, passionate, helpful, and especially strong in lab settings.
  • Grades can be good with , and steady effort.
  • Negative reviews , and inconsistent communication.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

70/100

A strong grade is realistic with steady study guides, , and lab support, but students still describe dense material and real work.

All because there are no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Standard

50/100

Biology content is manageable for prepared students but often described as dense, overwhelming, and .

All and lab reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

55/100

Reviews , but class participation, labs, pop quizzes, and in-class help make attendance important.

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

74/100

and hands-on learning, though a sizable minority warn about unclear lectures and heavy work.

Recommendation .

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

72/100

, and clear review tools can boost grades for students who stay current.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

46/100

, and dense reading make the workload steady and sometimes heavy.

Format shift

All .

Teaching experience

Good

76/100

Students often praise her care and lab teaching, but lecture clarity and communication are inconsistent across reviews.

Format shift

All teaching evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .

Assessment method

Balanced

58/100

Assessments include exams, quizzes, homework, lab reports, projects, study guides, and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

40 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person reviews are mixed but lean positive, with strong praise for labs and and unclear guidance.

Main concern

Some students find the lectures overwhelming, study guides too broad, and workload heavier than expected.

What students said

“She gives and if you follow her advice it's pretty easy to get an A.”
BIO212
“The amount of information was overwhelming and required a lot of self-teaching.”
212
“The but you'll learn alot and it is fun.”
BIO212L

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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Reviews describe standard biology exams and quizzes supported by study guides and , with some complaints about time pressure and broad preparation.

Study GuidesPop QuizzesLab ExamsTimed ExamsDropped Exam Or Quiz

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

guides, and limited exam time, but do not clearly prove open-book, closed-book, or proctoring rules.

Study GuidesPop QuizzesLab ExamsTimed Exams
“ as long as you do the study guides.”
BIO212
“Opened door late and by the time we started we got 40 minutes max.”
BIO212
“I felt her study guides and exams.”
BIO212L

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“She gives and if you follow her advice it's pretty easy to get an A.”

Voice snapshots generated from 40 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

76/100

“She is passionate about the lab and makes sure that you understand concepts.”

📚 Workload Reality

46/100

“The amount of information was overwhelming and required a lot of self-teaching.”

⚖️

72/100

“ and quiz. This really helps boost your grade.”

Theme 1

👩‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She really cares and wants everyone to do well.
  • She is easy to listen to, and sshe really helps you understand things when you aren't quite sure what's going on.
  • Her lectures were not that helpful.

Theme 2

🧪 About Labs

  • Fun fun lab class! We always did an interesting lab and it was all hands-on from start to finish.
  • The but you'll learn alot and it is fun.
  • The the lecture.

Theme 3

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

  • if you follow her advice it's pretty easy to get an A.
  • The lectures are really dense because it is one day a week.
  • Her study because they are basically asking you to know everything in the chapters.

Data context

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Analysis sample

40

Recent reviews read by the AI

40

Lifetime ratings

91/100

Evidence confidence

The analysis uses 40 in-person reviews across many years with detailed but , and workload.

Inside 40 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 524
4 out of 54
3 out of 54
2 out of 52
1 out of 56

Course coverage

BIO21219 reviews
BIO127 reviews
BIO212L6 reviews
212L2 reviews
BIO12L2 reviews
Show 4 more courses
2121 review
ANATOANAT1 review
BIOBIO1 review
ENVIROBIO1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

14 reported outcomes

A range

11

A+ 1 · A 10

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 1 · Not_Sure_Yet 1