Reviews of professor Riva Bruenn

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very nice person that cares a lot and helps you to succeed. The textbook is even free! I gave her an okay review because she assigned way too much weekly for a non-majors course and can be picky when grading to the point that she accused some people of cheating just from rough drafts. She's still new so just commit to the work and you'll do fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Riva is simply one of the best teachers I've been lucky enough to have! She made biology so interesting to me and sparked my fascination with science again. This class was really not difficult despite previous reviews.. there was literally no late penalties for turning in any assignments late as long as you submitted them before the end of the unit

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Took Riva @ DVC,made it half way through the semester & had to transition to online instruction due to the pandemic. I'm not a science major , hadn't taken science since about 2006, she NEVER made me feel stupid for asking questions, always went out of her way to set me up for success. Her notes and slides are amazing 1,000/10 would recommend!!!