Reviews of professor Jay Horn

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Horn is amazing for genetics! If you need to take genetics, only take Horn. He actually cares about his students & wants you to do well. He makes himself accessible outside class for help and he holds review sessions for every exam which is SO helpful. He is such a sweet professor. Genetics is a HARD class but I was able to get an A+

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He lectures a LOT & his powerpoints are like 100+ slides of the same thing just something added. His online quizzes are stupid & do not make sense sometimes. He does curve test grades so he takes a long to grade them. During the coronavirus pandemic, he made the exam really hard & only gave us 2 hours for 71 tough questions and we could not go back

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Plant Systematics and Evolution was my favorite class at FGCU. The subject was very interesting and the volume of material was er manageable compared to the other botany classes offered. Dr Horn wants his students to pass! He even coordinated after class review sessions with his students and curved all his exams. Highly recommend!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Genetics is a hard class but he goes over everything very throughly, I learned so much from him. Take him 10/10

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Class consisted of 5 proctored exams, 10 online quizzes, 4 Pearson homework, 9 labs, attendance, and 1 extra credit assignment. He gives practice exams that are very similar to the actual exams, but they're pretty challenging. Exams are mostly written response. Notes are on PowerPoint, consistent with exams but a lot of info. Great prof. otherwise.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Jay is a blessing to FGCU. He is formally trained in botany, so that side will naturally come out during his genetics course. This class is not meant to be easy, but I think he gives every opportunity to understand the material that goes onto the tests. If you look at the previous exams he gives and study enough, you'll pass with flying colors.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Horn is by far the best professor I have ever taken at FGCU. He absolutely loves what he does, and it shines through his work. He really cares for every one of his students and wants them to succeed. If you are willing to put in the work, you will reap the benefits.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Horn is very caring and makes sure that you understand the topic. The worksheets and the quizzes can sometimes contain questions from the exams. All exams are free response, but are not too bad if you use his resources. He does study sessions which are useful during hard subjects. The only bad thing is that he takes a long time to grade exams.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Takes weeks (if not months) to grade assignments and often reads off of lecture slides so you can get bored very easily. Do not ask questions; he will spend 10 minutes elaborating on nonsense rather than your actual question. Thankfully curves exams but the man was so incredibly annoying the entire year. Only take if you absolutely have to!!!