Reviews of professor Michelle Pine

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
A hard class but I learned SO much. Start off the semester taking a few quizzes and they're hard AF. I made 2/5 on them lol but pulled an A bc I studied so much! You NEED to memorize the entire manual and GO TO OFFICE HOURS! Theyll help you a lot! There's extra credit that isn't on the syllabus so don't feel discouraged if you do bad. But pls study

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Get ready to study. Dr. Pine is exceptionally clear from the get-go that anatomy is and probably will be a challenging class. It is not to say you can't get by in it unscathed, you must just put in the effort to do well. Besides lecture and lab, to do well you must go to lab study hours with a study group to make the most out of things.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I was nervous based on some of the reviews, but I did not find myself spending a lot of extra time in lab. Make sure you have a good lab group and use your 2-2.5 hours wisely each class period. Besides that, I only went in an extra 2-3 hours right before the lab exams and I made an A on every one. Pay attention in lecture and you should do fine!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I personally found Dr. Pine to be slightly unhelpful and patronizing whenever I asked her questions. 1/3 through the course, she stopped lecturing and just posted slideshows. This class is crazy hard - you need to have enough time to live in lab and memorize everything. Pine's class at least had lots of grades to pad.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's a great prof and made all the material very understandable. Participate in class, and then the learning will follow pretty naturally.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
My favorite class! I thought the lectures were difficult but fair. My advice: study in groups, and use lab time as study time! Don't work on memorizing; work on understanding. This will save you time and frustration. When I used these tactics I went from living at the lab and struggling to spending less time in lab and succeeding. I learned ALOT!!!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
3 lecture exams, 3 lab exams, 2 finals. Pine is okay, shes probably better than the other anatomy profs out there, but this class is pure cancer no matter who you take. Hands down the most bs class Ive ever taken. Study your ass off, but you still wont do well.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not take this online. I had to due to COVID procedure, but there is a lot of identification that just seems impossible if you don't get the hands-on dissection experience. Luckily, she provides a website from a different university that's infinitely more helpful than any of her material.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
So much extra credit! Dr. Pine is very understanding and knows this class is difficult. Don't focus on memorizing facts but rather understanding and APPLYING the material. Don't just know what something is; you must understand what it does and how things affect each other.