Reviews of professor Jaimie Van Norman

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class was a mess. Maybe it's bc of online learning, but there were too many busy work assignments and the TAs were never on the same page. Exams are easy if you study/memorize the slides. It's not a hard class, but the prof is unorganized and communication in the class needs to be better

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
So, I am not going to lie, this class is A LOT of work in the sense that it is.a bunch of busy work and memorizing. BUT it is do-able. I was able to get an A in both lecture and lab with studying 1-2 days before the exams. Exams are memorization based and half is multiple choice and hald FRQ. Those who are complaining didn't put in the work.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. V was amazing! I couldn't stress this enough, but those that didn't do well just didn't put in the work. There is a good chunk of memorizing/understanding but nothing out of the ordinary. Labs were a lil tough but doable. Through zoom people want an easier time getting an A with minimal work. Trust me she's a gem! The work is not hard I promise

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
NOT easy to pass! Worst class I've ever taken at UCR. About half of the class or more withdrew, and she even encouraged people to withdraw. No lowering the cutoff, even though most of the class was verging on failing. Don't assume the writing activities are easy points. She wanted very specific answers for the free response portion & delayed grades

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst upper div! She is extremely disorganized on both the lab and lecture sides of things. No curve in the lab even though the averages were unfair and some classes were easier. She needs to re evaluate herself and her class. She wants very specific answers and will not accept the answer (even though it is correct), unless it is what she wants.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Van Norman as a person is a sweetheart! She even comes into labs to say hi or help which is super cool. As far as her actual class... seriously just don't bother. Her exams are incredibly dense. I've never come across averages in classes like Engineering or Physics as low as hers WITHOUT curving. Very hard multiple choice questions too.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I'm currently a 4th year Biology major, after going through O-chem, Physics, and numerous difficult upper divisions, this class is the most convoluted, messy, and nit-picky classes I've ever taken at UCR. Denise Mitchell treats her lab section with much more rigor than the other TA's, and tests are taken from nit-picked material from lecture.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Van Norman is a great professor! She's very enthusiastic and caring. She makes the concepts very easy to understand.