Reviews of professor Naga Kothapalli

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Kothapalli was teaching this course for the first time, so there were some minor issues with her grading policies and assignments. Her class may be challenging, but she provides her students with all the tools they need to succeed. After taking her class, I feel like I can tackle any other class that requires biochemistry knowledge.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. Kothapali is the absolute best professor I have taken at OU. I have never learned more or receieved an easier A in my whole academic career. She is absolutely inspirational, she makes it entirely clear what she expects from you on the exams, and lightens up the mood with her humor. Would absolutely take again.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This may very well be the worst professor at OU. Incoherent lectures, little feedback, poorly designed exams. Class started with 229 students, finished with 89. -Exam averages: 3040% (27 MC 8 FR; 80% of the class couldnt finish on time) -Expects an irrational amount of Mechanisms, Structures, and Calculations HEAR THE WARNINGS OF FORMER 4.0s

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Kothapalli was very caring and wanted the best for her students. Took her class for Honors FYRE, and each class consisted of guest speakers and group discussions. Attendance was 70% of the grade, with the last bit being a final poster presenting your research. Class was easy and more for exposing you to career opportunities.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Raw scores on exams were not the best, but study hard and read the textbook thoroughly and you'll be fine. Biochemistry is one of the most difficult classes you will take regardless of who you take it with, and you have to be willing to put in the effort to memorize certain things; it requires a lot of work but it is not impossible!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The hardest class I've ever taken... not because biochem is an impossible subject but because she makes you memorize the most random things. No overarching concepts are taught, and she will test you on something that was one sentence out of the textbook and not mentioned in class. She also posts wrong answers to her mult. choice Q's. Good luck