Reviews of professor Julia McGuire

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Honestly, this class was not good. Julia McGuire does not teach in a helpful manner and tends to not take feedback well when regarding her teaching. She does a flipped model class (so you do work and learn outside of the class). This class was easy but you DONT LEARN ANYTHING.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Honestly, the easiest class I have taken this semester. But it made me hate biology because of the insane amount of busy work that isnt even graded. I didnt learn a thing while being in her class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She did not adapt well to online learning. This course was extremely heavy in reading and the workload is super heavy. I've spoken to upperclassmen who are surprised at how intense BIO100 is, even my tutor had a hard time helping us. Everything was graded by TA's, the only contact with Julia herself would be through office hours. Students stressed.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
You are graded on lecture and lab for one grade. Nothing you do in lecture is used in the lab. She assigns so many readings before lecture and then they are not referenced. I feel like I taught myself this whole class. There are no tests.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
 Julia is nice and she wants to teach but her teaching style does not work for most students. She does a flip classroom with a small amount of lecturing in class. She gives long wordy directions that contradict themselves.  The class is set up in a way you do not learn the material. I feel completely unprepared for BIO 200.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
It's tons of busy work, the easiest class I've ever taken, but I didn't learn a single thing.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
It's easy to get an A in this class without learning a single thing. The "lecture" focused on application of knowledge through case studies that are very hard to follow. She doesn't teach concepts. She's a very nice + passionate person, & grades are mostly based on completion, but I wish she taught the concepts. I enjoyed the lab, not the lecture.