Reviews of professor Dwayne Roach

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I've taken both of his class (350 and 584). I like his lecturing stye: interactive and helps you connect the dots from the previous lectures.
The test are tough if you only memorize things without any context.
If you want an easy A class, this is not it. If you want to learn, this is it.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Roach's lectures are straightforward and aim to engage us in discussion to better understand the content. There are study guide assignments due before every exam, so be sure to take good notes throughout the lectures. The exams were not too difficult; the study guide assignments definitely helped a lot with exam preparation.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There are a lot of extra credit opportunities throughout the semester so make sure you make it to most of the classes. The concepts for Medical Microbiology were not difficult, but Dr. Roach helps you cultivate a deep understanding with these simpler concepts, and demonstrates interconnection with the microbial world and us.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Roach is a great professor. His lectures are very straight forward and ensures students have a clear understanding.The lectures are recorded but I recommend attending class as he randomly gives extra credit for attendance. It is a test heavy course so make sure to take good notes and pay attention to the materials he emphasized during lectures.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr Roach is easy to understand and fun to listen to. His tests can be complicated but if you go to his office hours you can understand the style of his tests more and the types of questions he asks.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His lectures are fun, makes the concepts less difficult, and always welcomes questions. He likes class participation and only requires three study guides and one article summary paper. He explains topics in an easy and modern way for our better understanding.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr.Roach cares if the students are understanding the material. He can be very sarcastic but if you can get past that he's actually pretty nice and helpful. He gives EC when you show up to class if he thinks too many people are absent. Also, on exams if people didn't do well on certain questions he will remove/give points back.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The lectures are straightforward and have common themes. Participate and ask questions because his answers are clear and connect concepts. This grade is mainly exam and quiz based but there are opportunities for extra credit, like attending random lecture days and a second attempt on exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you took BIOL350 with Dr. Roach and enjoyed it, then I definitely recommended taking this class with him! Majority of the concepts are similar to 350. This course takes some of the 350 content and goes deeper into the concepts. Dr. Roach is easy to contact for office hours and gives opportunities for extra credit (gotta show up to lecture tho).