Reviews of professor Joel Kaufmann

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
For the BIOL 172 lab, it was simply him giving us things to memorize and then having a short dissection afterward. I felt like I was failing during the class because I was getting 5/10's on the daily quizzes, but I ended up with a B because of participation points and good practical scores. Make an effort to talk to him and he will be fun.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Kaufmann is very knowledgeable about biology. This kind of course is very lecture dense so it WILL be essential to study on your own time to understand the most important topics. He is not unfair in his grading and is not lackluster in his teaching. He can be a bit too fast, but so long as you put in your time to actually study you'll do fine

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This course requires a lot of effort. If you work hard, no doubt you will pass. Usually after every power point there is a quiz, he always lets you know when a quiz is coming up. Exams are curved. Study on weekends and free time to help better knowledge. Do extra credit. Sometimes he will drop low quizzes. He is helpful when needing clarification.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
In this class, the professor lectures on the slides that he posts on laulima. I advise that you take notes on the powerpoint prior to him lecturing because he doesn't explain each slide and he'll skim pass it. He won't wait for you to write every word on the slide down. Also, he doesn't go into depth about some of the subjects that are discussed.