Reviews of professor Justin Havird

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This dude did a great job teaching the first portion of the class. Our class actually clapped on his last day in the middle of the semester. I found his lectures really engaging and loved the use of interspersed fun videos. The only thing: he is still learning to write short exams- many people in our class didn't finish, but the exams were curved.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Havird is a great professor! He is very interested in evolution and the way he explains topics make it very clear and easy to understand. I didnt think I was going to enjoy evolution but hes made this class fun and interesting to learn! He also listens to suggestions and takes student feedback seriously. I highly recommend him!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Havird taught the first half of the team-taught class with Dr. Linder. In my opinion, he explained evolution in a way that was interesting and succinct with plenty of examples. Its a tough subject bc of amount of specificity required, & the tests are graded pretty harshly in my opinion (relies on key words), but the class is super interesting!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I really enjoyed Dr. Havird's lectures! Attendance wasn't required but most people attended lecture because he made it engaging. And as other reviews have said, he takes feedback seriously and geniunely wants students to succeed. Exams were free-response heavy, so def practice being able to apply concepts.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Havird is a great lecturer who makes the material interesting and breaks it down to make it more understandable. The tests were all free response but manageable and there were weekly quizzes that were pretty difficult and worth 40% of the overall grade. There was also a mandatory discussion section to discuss a reading.