Reviews of professor James D'Anza

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His lectures amazing and are very easy to understand. You have to go to class in order to learn anything but it's totally worth it. His stories are always super interesting and (often) hilarious. This guy is amazing, I definitely learned a lot more than I thought and I'm very interested in his field now as well.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Jim is a very hands-off professor for this online Intro to Genetics class, but his style works really well. You follow his PPT slides, and he will provide a video lecture for more difficult content to understand. He's always available to answer questions, and he's a very kind person. He definitely wants to see us succeed!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's a good guy, but class seemed more enjoyable and easy when we could attend, since we've gone to online courses only, he just posts his slides and expects you to teach yourself, as far as I know other professors have continued to give their lecture through Collaborate Ultra or record the lecture and post it. he doesn't. I'm disappointed

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
No study guides, so be prepared to make flashcards. The lectures are boring but you can tell he enjoys the subject and cares for his students. He expects double the amount of class time to be spent studying per week, so keep that in mind when theres an upcoming quiz. The papers are always super easy, and he almost always gives you can A on them.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor D'Anza is hands down my favorite professor at COD! His lectures are engaging and thought provoking. All the information that you'll need for the quizzes and homework are presented though his lectures. I never had to use the textbook. The class will not be that tough if you show up for every lecture. I would highly recommend Prof. D'Anza!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Jim is the best. He loves his students, is a fast, easy grader and punctual. He was honest in grading and only gave you a good one if you knew the material. Makes it very clear. Very nice, outside of class he was so eager to help. Paper and quiz every other week, and a final. Didn't contradict my conservative views on science and "macroevolution."

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Great professor! Jim is super passionate about genetics, and it's apparent in his lectures and teaching style. This was a 3 hour long class, but the time flew by. Tests and critical thinking assignments were straightforward and fairly easy to do well on if you study. This is also one of the few professors I've had that return emails within the day.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Jim is overall a caring professor who is passionate about teaching genetics, but his quizzes make up most of your grade, cover a lot of material and I thought were hard to do well on. I wish the writing assignments had more weight on the overall grade, because I excelled in researching and writing, but struggled in test taking.