Reviews of professor Riva Marcus

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Marcus is a great professor, and very willing to explain and re-explain things as needed, both within class and via email. She is very fair, and goes over material covered before each exam.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
the test was extremely difficult and unfair. the review sheet that she gives it to us does not help with the exam. I think she is the worst professor that I ever had in SJU.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She's not a bad professor but she does make the class pretty challenging. The exams are hard and the journals can be difficult too. She's helpful if you go to her office hours. There's definitely easier science classes for non-science majors though

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Marcus is a great professor. The class was for non-bio majors to fulfill science credit and she taught the class expecting you to know absolutely nothing coming in. If you pay attention in class and read her slides, you'll do fine on exams. There are 4 exams, 4 papers, and participation counts as well. She gives detailed study guides. Take her!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She would just take off points on the exams for the dumbest things that typically you should not get wrong. the test were extremely difficult and unfair. The questions that were on the test was only like 25% of the stuff we reviewed.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Marcus is the best science teacher to take for a non science major. The class lectures could get pretty boring but the work is very very easy. I did not take any notes in class the entire year and I studied the night before for the mid term and the final and ended with an A. She cares about her students and the subject.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Marcus is one of the top profs at SJU. Great for non-bio majors looking to fulfill credits. She's thoughtful, and works with students to really tie the material together. If you apply yourself and really study for the tests, you'll do fine. A real pick-me-up attitude too!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
BEST SJU PROFESSOR EVERRR!!!! love riva marcus. shes so quirky and reminds me of a sims character. she is a breath of fresh air this school full of boring professors. great science option for non science majors. its pretty much a spedup high school bio class.