Reviews of professor Brian Connolly

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I was unsure of Dr. Connolly at first, but he is very personable and nice, and his lectures are easy to follow. He might go a little fast, but he is always open to feedback so if you ask him to slow down he will. His test are what was covered in class and on the microthemes so pretty straightforward. an A is very doable.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The plant section was hard only because it was new material. Brian was extremely understanding and would always be willing to help. When he would go too fast hed always apologize and try to go back and explain again. Again the material itself is hard, but if you put in the work and completely understand his lectures youll get the A you deserve.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This was his first time teaching the course. He didn't follow the syllabus and decided to put his own spin on a class that has been taught the same way for years. My test average from Shillington's section was 95%, I dropped down to a 65% for his exam. He takes off points for everything and does not explain concepts well. I don't reccomend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Class was challenging (it was his second semester teaching) to the point he noticed and made a comment. I really enjoyed the class although tough. The comments given on writing assignments were thoughtful and fair. Revisions were a major component to each assignment which I thought made me a better writing leaving the class than when I walked in.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Connolly was truly amazing! Never did he trick students on exams. Everything in his plant section is straightforward. Learn the PowerPoints and your garunteed an A. They are really well organized. Hes very lenient and down to earth. Definitely take him!! Anyone who has anything bad to say just did not put any effort.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He taught the plant section which had lots of stuff to memorize. He would go in depth on some things that we didnt need to know and breeze through things that were on the exams, which made it hard to study. Make sure to do Mastering Bio homework and textbook readings. Lab reports had sentence limitations and strict paragraph structure guidelines.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Expects a lot out of students for an introductory level course. He goes over important concepts very briefly and never explains them clearly. A lot of the things he told us to study did not appear on the exam and concepts we barely touched were worth many points. I leave most lectures more confused than I was before I went in.