Reviews of professor Matthew Rowe

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Rowe is an average teacher. Attendance in lectures is MANDATORY otherwise you miss out on participation quizzes, friday quizzes, or important material that you will only get from lecture. The powerpoints he posts are only useful if you are in class. His tests are hard, but not impossible you just have to figure out how to teach yourself.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Rowe is passionate and works really hard to prepare and teach his students. He is new to this course and made his class way too advanced for an intro bio class but I'm sure he will improve each year. He made me smile & laugh a lot in his lectures. Participation quizzes each class so definitely go to class & do the optional homework!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Rowe is a stellar guy-- I'll give him that. He is funny and charismatic. But as a teacher, he really has some room to improve. At times he was incredibly rude, he graded completely unfairly, and most of all his class IS NOT A TRADITIONAL BIO CLASS. It is a poly-science course at best. Do not waste your time and money on this course.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst professor ever. Having issues and want to talk to him? dont even bother, he is awful and not helpful what so ever. His class has little to do with bio and more to do with weeding out students. Im a senior and took his class my freshman year and will never forget the hell he put me through.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Rowe is so nice and extremely helpful in office hours. He does get a little off topic. But a lot of people taking his course are freshman and don't know how to study. I think they blame it on his teaching. I recommend going to class, taking notes on his lectures (rewrite them), and READ the book. He tells you how to succeed. Listen to him!!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Super hard class. His test are impossible. I studied for hours and still did not do good. If you miss class you could miss an entire chapter. The power-points he uses are only good during class because they are all pictures no words. Wouldnt recommend taking his class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
One of the worst professors I have ever had. Do not take this course for the sake of yourself. A thousand percent do not recommend. His tests consist of his lectures along with the required readings. The readings take a lot of outside commitment so if you cannot commit and have more important major related classes this one is not for you.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I definitely wouldn't recommend taking Dr. Rowe for BIOL1013 if you're taking a lot of credit hours or if you wand to actually learn about biology. The class focuses on "science as a way of knowing". There's also a lot of required readings outside of class, which you'll take quizzes on. He's also not tolerant at all when it comes to late work.