Reviews of professor Brian Essien

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He does get a lot of bad reviews however, he really is a good professor. I met with him every week during his office hours and it helped so much, I got a lot of extra points too by showing up for everything. It's a lot of studying but very doable. He definitely cares, you just have to prove to him you care too by putting in the time and effort.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Essien is passionate about teaching anatomy but he lets his frustrations with other students who don't do the work and don't show up to class affect how he works with students who just don't get it. He is extremely difficult to talk to as he tends to be very dismissive and disrespectful towards students who show up and just don't understand class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's a pretty good prof, makes lecture enjoyable with his sarcasm and jokes. He does have an accent like the rest of the comments say, but it's not as hard to decipher as I thought. My only complaint is that the lab is entirely taught by TAs with no teaching experience. You don't need the actual textbook, but you absolutely need the lab binder!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Essien's classes are all very hard. Myself and many others have taken this class and everyone I know has failed/experienced a huge GPA drop after taking. His teaching method is hard to understand, his lectures move fast, and he is SUPER test and homework heavy. In lab, you'll have a quiz at the end of each class over what you learned THAT DAY.