Reviews of professor Aurelie Rakotondrafara

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lecture and lab attendance are mandatory. In person and online lectures with a quiz each week. Lectures aren't bad, just redundant and not helpful. 3 in person exams and all lab assignments make up your grade. Opportunity for extra credit, but more work than it is worth. Expect to get no direction in lab and to be left without much instruction.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class is by far the easiest class I've ever taken at UW. The concepts are very similar to a high school biology class and you would be especially fine if you took AP Bio. The TA's are all so nice and host review sessions before the tests. The exam average was a 94 or so on 2/3 exams. The lab is ok and requires group work, but very easy

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you do not like biology, this class is a great choice. The workload was practical. There were only a couple of times where there would be lots of work. I joined the class a week late, and the professor was very welcoming. I am glad that I took this class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lots of work for an intro class, but overall a good choice if you need the credit. She's very nice and accommodating.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Interesting course, not recommended if you already have a heavy course load. Far more work than a typical 3 credit 100 level course. Expect 2-5 online lectures per week paired with a weekly quiz, HW, discussion, lab and reports. The material isn't difficult, there's just a lot of it and often feels disorganized. Professor is passionate & talks FAST

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The content itself is not that hard, and if you want an easy biology class I'd say take it. But the professor doesn't seem like she knows too much about what she's teaching. It's a hybrid class so a lot of the lectures are online. Many of the concepts are poorly explained and you can tell she's reading off of a poor script. Easy grade, bad class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took Botany 123 and it was such an easy A. We were online this semester and lectures were asynchronous. As long as you watched the lectures and took notes, you were guaranteed an A. The weekly quizzes were easy and the exams weren't very hard either. I would definitely recommend you to take this course .

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I absolutely LOVED Plants, Parasites and People! Professor Rakotondrafara is passionate about the and explains concepts thoroughly. Most of the course is online with 3-5 lectures per week followed by a quiz. As long as you take the time to thoroughly understand the concepts, the quizzes are a breeze and the exams should go well. Take it!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I personally thought there was a lot of work involved with this course for an intro level class, but Prof. Rakotondrafara was very helpful if you asked a question in person after lecture. Lots of work and sometimes the TAs were confusing and didn't clarify questions very well. I don't think I would take this class again as I didn't take AP Bio.