AI Rate Professor

Biology

Noah Decker

BIOL40 · MICRO30524 · BIOL20 · BIO40 · 13 lifetime ratings

AI rating
68/100
RMP rating
3.7/5
Take again
69.23%
Difficulty
4.4

The decision

if you want a challenging biology course with strong teaching support, but if you need an easy or forgiving class.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerHard Biology CourseAmazing LecturesTough GraderAccessible Outside ClassPolarizing Style
  • Most positive reviews praise his lectures, humor, real-life examples, and extra help.
  • The course is consistently described as hard, test-heavy, and requiring serious study.
  • A minority of students say he makes difficult material harder and leaves them self-teaching.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

An A is possible, but students repeatedly say the course requires heavy studying and he does not hand out good grades.

because there are no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

25/100

The biology material , and more demanding than lower-division courses.

All course .

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

65/100

as not really mandatory, but students say going matters because lectures help a lot.

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

72/100

and support, but several strongly warn against his difficulty and teaching style.

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

30/100

Students call him fair but tough, with no easy grades and no in key reviews.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

25/100

The class demands a lot of , and test preparation.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Good

78/100

Many students praise his explanations and availability, but several describe him as .

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Tags and comments repeatedly describe the class as .

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

13 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

but clearly warn that the , and effort-intensive.

Main concern

The main concern is a and a polarizing teaching style.

What students said

“This class is HARD- you have to really put in the work as he doesn't hand out good grades and does not offer .”
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“ but he makes the class so interesting it's hard not wanting to go; in all honesty.”
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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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The exams are described as truly hard and test-heavy, but reviews .

Hard ExamsTest HeavyNo Clear Proctoring Evidence

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and a test-heavy structure, but do not clearly prove closed-book rules, proctoring, midterm format, or .

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“TEST HEAVY”
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Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“This class is HARD- you have to really put in the work as he doesn't hand out good grades and does not offer .”

Voice snapshots generated from 13 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and support; credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

78/100

“He is able to explain things very well to help you remember by using analogies.”

📈 Difficulty and Grades

32/100

“This is not an easy class.”

👍 Recommendation Level

72/100

“I would 100% recommended him.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • I like how he ties biology into real life experiences.
  • He is able to explain things very well to help you remember by using analogies.
  • Does not know how to teach.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • This is not an easy class.
  • His course is definitely tough, but and truly cares.
  • .

Theme 3

❤️ About Support

  • .
  • He provided an extra study hour during the week to help review lectures and answer any questions I had.
  • He opened an extra hour before class to help students struggling better understand things.

Data context

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Analysis sample

13

Recent reviews read by the AI

13

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Thirteen detailed in-person reviews show a consistent pattern of high difficulty and mostly strong teaching, with .

Inside 13 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 59
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 54

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 2 · A- 1

B range

3

B 3

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

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F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1