Reviews of professor Kathleen Hess

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Hess is great, she is hard on you because she wants you to learn. Reading the book helps put it all together and in her lectures she hints at what is important for the exam. Exams are majority multiple choice with some short answers. Youll need to work for your grade! Its not an easy A by any means. She is accessible by office hours !

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
On the test, she would give us questions that we haven't even talked about. The labs are useless and she would take off huge points if you even get the question wrong. She curves no test and give no time or mercy to anyone who takes this class. Worst professor ever taken. When I asked her a question, makes my question even more confusing.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Probably one of the worst professors I have ever had, nothing is ever good enough for her. She will take off 0.25 points on stuff. Truly a horrid experience. Super tough exams and expects all of her students to be disciples of Einstein himself. Grades extremely harshly with no wiggle room for anything.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
no powerpoints or slides, purely notes written on the board. if you miss something in lecture you have to go into office hours to understand the topic. lab reports are very tedious.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Hess is an expert in biochem and explains lectures well. Very tough grader, deducts points on every detail for prelabs-labs-hws-exams. I feel she purposely looks for something to deduct points. Exams are tough, final is easier. Very accessible by office hours. Sweet lady. I'm an A student so trust me when I say she is TOUGH! Learned alot!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Hess has a bad rep on here. I just finished her Biochemistry class for the Fall 2020 term. I agree that she is a super hard grader (I got points off for providing too much information one time), but its a black and white subject matter. She gives the the grading criteria, and she follows it word for word. Put in the effort and youll pass.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I would not take this professor again, assigns too much work, would not give a clear answer to questions, and she not be clear on her directions, messing everyone up in class and in lab. grading does not make sense and does not prepare students for her tests.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Hess is great. Grading criteria is clear and consistent. If you put the work into this class, you will earn the grade you deserve. The content of this course is objectively very difficult, but the lectures were clear and the labs were relevant to the content that was covered weekly. Tests are tough but everything is covered within the units.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Hess is great. She teaches well and gives us in-class exercises where she walks around and helps students individually. She is approachable during office hours. She is reasonable but is sometimes strict about little things. She is very good at giving feedback. Put in the hours, study smart, and you'll succeed.