AI Rate Professor

Biology

Torgeir Johnsen

BIO259 · ANAT151 · BIO250 · AP150 · BIOL250 · ANAT150 · BIO150 · 20 lifetime ratings

AI rating
24/100
RMP rating
2.3/5
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Difficulty
4.1

The decision

Avoid unless and bone practicals from the book with almost support.

Best fit · Self Taught ProConfusing LecturerSelf-Teach RequiredTricky ExamsDisorganizedUnhelpful
  • Most students say lectures are vague and disorganized so you must teach yourself from the book.
  • Exams are tricky with clarity.
  • A few students call him fair and straightforward if you study handouts daily.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

Some students earn A or B only by self-studying the book and crushing quizzes; one failed exam can drop the grade about 10 percent with no .

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Heavy anatomy content, fast summer pacing, and make the material feel harder than it needs to be.

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

48/100

, but students warn that missing class or not using handouts tanks performance.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Most reviews urge finding another teacher because lectures confuse more than they teach.

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

, and no leave little room to recover after a bad test.

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Workload

Heavy

35/100

Daily studying for quizzes, dense handouts, labs, and .

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Teaching experience

Poor

26/100

, and disorganized; a minority say handouts and lecture alignment work if you listen carefully.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Weekly quizzes, midterms, finals, and bone practicals dominate the grade with little .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

20 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person anatomy and and self-taught; weekly quizzes and while bone practicals are easier.

Main concern

and unfair-feeling tests leave many students failing or teaching themselves.

What students said

“I got an A, but I had to , he is the .”
ANAT150
“ . Nice guy, but be prepared to teach yourself.”
AP150
“ ..he's all over the place!”
BIO250

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

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Exam style

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Exams are described as tricky and sometimes mismatched to lecture, with weekly quizzes and a simpler bone practical.

Tricky ExamsEssay QuestionsWeekly QuizzesBone Practical EasyLecture and PowerPoint Based

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and quizzes that can tank the grade if you fail one.

Tricky ExamsEssay QuestionsWeekly QuizzesBone Practical
“The exams are TRICKY, but if you receive good .”
BIO250
“ in lecture!!”
ANAT151

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“I got an A, but I had to , he is the . He's confusing, vague, disorganized!”

Voice snapshots generated from 20 in-person reviews spanning 2006-2012, highlighting poor lecture clarity and . Credibility rating: High.

📉 Teaching Quality

26/100

“ and all over the place.”

🚫 Recommendation

22/100

“ . Find a better Teacher”

🧠

32/100

“ . Nice guy, but be prepared to teach yourself.”

📝

42/100

“ ..he's all over the place!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

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  • Teacher's a nice guy, but is tough to learn from.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • IF YOU FAIL ONE EXAM your % grade WILL drop down by 10%
  • No given.
  • His teaching skills are sub-par. He is very difficult and unforgiving.

Theme 3

🧪 About Labs and Practicals

  • You are on your own in .
  • The bone practical was simple.
  • His bone practical is easy

Data context

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Analysis sample

20

Recent reviews read by the AI

20

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty in-person reviews from 2006-2012 are detailed and mostly consistent about poor lecturing and .

Inside 20 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
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3 out of 55
2 out of 58
1 out of 54

Course coverage

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