Reviews of professor Richard Hall

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class was very easy and had a good atmosphere. All three teachers (Hall, Gittleman, and Pringle) cared more about students participating and being interested in the topics more than their grades. It had a nice atmosphere and was interesting to be taught by three different professors. Overall an easy A and would recommend taking!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Good teacher. Laid back and straight forward. Does use the book for homework, there's not a lot of it but it is enough for you to understand what's being taught. Gives a good amount of extra credit and will work with you so you can understand the material. Do all your work and you should be fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Hall was amazing! He's so nice and his cat always came to say hi. Great guy

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Very passionate about ecology and super nice. His lectures are entertaining and he gave study guides for the tests. If you take notes and look at the study guide you'll do fine. There's also a couple other assignments/quizzes but they're pretty easy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I learned a lot from him, and his passion for ecology really shows. His positivity is contagious, and he's so sweet. You will learn a lot of cool things about birds, he loves birds! Really good mentor, helped me figure out my life and was supportive when I needed help. Patient and responds to emails quickly. I highly recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The sweetest, most passionate bird lover you will EVER meet! He was so accommodating when I got COVID and made sure to record all his lectures which was super helpful. While he speaks a bit fast, his lectures are super informative and include lots of pictures of birds! A few tests (1 dropped), a group project, and decently easy quizzes!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
dr. hall was so fun! he was engaging to listen to in lectures, and i loved seeing what bird shirt he wore each day. what you needed to know was clear on the slides and he tried to make it engaging by getting us to apply concepts in class to case studies. he was silly and very kind, would definitely take him again (but beware of pop quizzes)

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Hall taught the class with Dr. Cathy Pringle & Dr. John Gittleman. The course was split into four sections/units. Dr. Hall taught sections 2+4 of the course. His test wasn't bad. Instead of a final, we do group projects with assigned groups which was awful. He'll start taking attendance if the majority of the class doesn't show up. No textbook.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I took conservation biology with Hall and Connely and I loved whenever Hall taught the course- he was very interesting and explained everything very clearly. Highly recommend any class with him!