Reviews of professor Erin Leonard

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
One of my least favourite profs at Mac. Provided little material/content and tested very weirdly. Must write a transcript of everything she says in lecture because it's mostly from that. Does not reply to emails if she doesn't like the email. Picky grading for short answers. Papers aren't too bad, case studies don't help. Don' take her unless must.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Leaonard made biology enjoyable. She was a bit disorganized at times, but I think it was related to a personal matter and was likely not characteristic of her true teaching style. She is approachable and is clear on what we should study, and overall shows that she cares for our well being. I thoroughly enjoyed introductory biology with her.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Leonard is one of the best profs I have come across at McMaster. Not only is she very understanding, she makes her lectures concise and clear. She also makes the midterms extremely fair. It is clear that she cares about her students and genuinely wishes them to be successful in the course. I only wish she taught more courses at McMaster!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Considering I wasn't great in biology in high school, I appreciated that she made sure to break everything down and review constantly. But she made a few mistakes on each test, including the final. Luckily, we got bonus marks for the questions she messed up (except the exam). She was considerate about Avenue being down before our test and moved it.