Reviews of professor Maria Davis

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Pre-Lab talks are useless, basically reads out of the lab manual. Expected to know everything on arrival to lab. Marking is very rough, almost seeming unfair and with vague feedback. Pretty friendly but will tell you to look in the lab manual if you ask for help.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Labs are a mess. Confusing and unstructured. Insists you "learn on your own" and prelabs are around an essay long INCLUDING the prelab work for notebooks she insists you must have for the lab. Gives bonus assignments because the class average marks are so bad. Take this class only if you are taking 3 classes because it will take all of your time.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Biol 205 with Dr Davis was way too much work and I was still confused. It wouldn't have been so bad if I had 3 classes with 2 labs but someone with 5 classes and 4 labs it was draining. Don't be discouraged bc in 305 she was A LOT better. Difficult but she provided us resources and more time to get things done, which was great! 205 1/5 and 3055/5

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Be prepared before going to lab because this might be the hardest bio lab you'll ever take. Make sure you understand everything before going to labs. She is a tough grader and most of the students in her classes struggles too. Lab manual is everywhere and confusing in general. Try and avoid this lab instructor as possible.