Reviews of professor Christopher Groen

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amazing new professor. I had Cell Bio with him last semester as a freshman and he was helpful and informative. Nothing was overly hard. He does talk pretty fast and I found more helpful to take my notes before class and then listen and highlight while I was there. Currently taking 241 with him and it is same teaching style.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Groen was an amazing professor. Attendance was mandatory, and we had in class worksheets that were sometimes announced ahead of time. His learning objectives for each unit are what you need to study for the tests, and if you go over those, you'll do fine in the class. The final is cumulative, but the other tests are not.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Had Prof. Groen for Spring of 2023. Grades were based on few writing assignments and exams. Teaching style was interpreting diagrams, reading off powerpoints, and reading the TB. Lots of minor details of lectures to remember for exam. Dr. Groen is a respectful person, tough prof., but was kind enough to allow make-up exam due to personal situation.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Groen just started last year and is still ironing out some kinks, but he clearly knows the subject. Study guides tell you exactly what to know for the test. Presentations are graded leniently. Exam grading is slow because of written responses, and he sometimes miscalculates how long lectures will take, but he should improve with practice.