Stephanie Mutz

BIOLAB101 · ESRM1 · BIO37387 · BIOLAB · BIOR101 · BIOL101 · BIOLR101 · ESRM01 · BIO101 · 27 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 38/100
RMP rating: 2.9/5
Take again: 42.86%
Difficulty: 2.7

The decision

if you need the GE and can self-drive; skip if you need a .

Best fit · Self Taught ProRude attitudeFishing detoursLecture heavyWeekly quizzesPhone strict

Personality and professionalism complaints dominate many reviews.
Content is doable but tone, delays, and organization drag the experience.
; in-person feels harsher.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Many students earn A or B , and finishing work, but tough policies and .

Online GE comments lean easier with skimming; .

Is the course easy?

Beginner

62/100

Material is standard intro bio or ESRM level and often manageable if you keep up with quizzes and discussions.

Online reviewers more often call it doable GE work; in-person difficulty feels similar but tone is harsher.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

and tags warn that skipping hurts your grade.

; online still expects weekly logins and deadlines.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

40/100

About two in ; positives exist, but rudeness and .

Online has a few GE-friendly yes votes; .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

and clear and slow or picky grading balance out.

Format shift

Online mentions and early quiz lock-in; and harsh paper grading.

Workload

Moderate

42/100

Weekly quizzes, long discussions, midterms, and but not always crushing load.

Format shift

Online ESRM/Bio comments stress long discussions and .

Teaching experience

Poor

38/100

Energetic moments and field passion show up, but rudeness, fishing tangents, and unprepared feel dominate.

Format shift

; online focuses more on outdated lectures and distance.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Weekly quizzes, discussions, midterms, finals, labs, and .

Format shift

Online leans quiz-and-discussion heavy; , and pop quizzes.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

20 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person students split between energetic funny lectures and rude call-outs, fishing tangents, and .

Main concern

Disrespectful tone and .

What students said

“Terrible attitude, disrespectful, ego/control issues”
BIOLR101

“Her lectures are all about her fishing experience and nothing else.”
ESRM01

“it's an easy A if you show up and do all the work”
BIOL101

Remote format

Online

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online Bio is workable for and skimming lectures, but students still report cold tone, outdated audio, and policy strictness.

Main concern

Distant communication and uneven video quality make the course feel unsupported.

What students said

“It's a good class to take online to get your GE's out of the way.”
BIOL101

“ .”
BIOL101

“The online class, just awful Her audios are outdated, and poor quality”
BIOL101

Exam style

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Assessments are standard quiz and clearly open-book or heavily proctored.

Weekly quizzesLengthy midterms and finalsOnline testsPop quizzes

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reports midterms, long finals, pop quizzes, and .

Two midtermsLong finalPop quizzesNo phones on tests

“You will take 2 mid term exams which are unnecessarily lengthy and one final exam that took me at least 5 hours to finish.”
ESRM1

“ . If she suspects you do & you actually do have it she'll fail you.”
BIO101

Online

Online sections center on weekly quizzes and video-based work; .

Weekly quizzesVideo lecturesDiscussion posts

“There is a and the work load can get time consuming.”
BIOL101

“ , but the class isn't unbearably difficult if you just log in and finish.”
BIOL101

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“Terrible attitude, disrespectful, ego/control issues, extremely open about the fact that she spends most of her time on a boat fishing.”
Voice snapshots generated from 27 reviews, highlighting teaching tone, workload, and . Credibility rating: High.

😤 Classroom Tone

32/100

“Professor Mutz was at most times rude (cusses a lot).”

🎣 Off-Topic Lectures

35/100

“Her lectures are all about her fishing experience and nothing else.”

📝 Workload Reality

42/100

“Makes you do a lot of discussions and always requires at least 200 words”

🎯 GE Path Option

58/100

“It's a good class to take online to get your GE's out of the way.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Class is boring, she just posts videos and expect you to do a discussion
She's energetic, likeable, and funny.
used old lectures,

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

it's an easy A if you show up and do all the work
If you put in the time and work you can pass easily.
.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

Shes just so darn rude !
She is an awesome teacher!
be prepared for a bad attitude and to be talked to like you're in kindergarten.

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

27 reviews spanning 2011-2023 with detailed comments and a consistent split on personality versus course doability.

Inside 27 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 57

4 out of 53

3 out of 57

2 out of 50

1 out of 510

Course coverage

BIOL10117 reviews

BIOLR1012 reviews

ESRM12 reviews

BIO1011 review

BIO373871 review

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

20 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 3 · A 5

B range

B+ 3 · B 5 · B- 1

C range

No reported values

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 1 · Rather not say 1

Stephanie Mutz

x x if you need the GE and can self-drive; skip if you need a x x x.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

FairEffort

Beginner

Mandatory

Depends

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

😤 Classroom Tone

🎣 Off-Topic Lectures

📝 Workload Reality

🎯 GE Path Option

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

❤️ About Character

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

if you need the GE and can self-drive; skip if you need a .