Reviews of professor Mardelle Atkins

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amazing professor. She is tough but prepares you for 4000 level bio classes. If you go to her office it will make the biggest difference in your grade since she helps you re assist the problems you might have had during exams/projects/labs. Really cares about students and will improve your lab techniques when you let her guide you.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class is difficult in general. Dr Atkins will offer several opportunities for extra points on exams. STUDY, STUDY, STUDY. Everything from exams in on exam objectives provided.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She has the best lectures even when they do get boring, gives out an outline for each exam which is helpful because her PowerPoint lectures can hold a lot of info so the outlines help point out the major points on the exams. She also does about 5pts of extra credit on each exam and the tests are a mix of multiple choice free response+word bank prob

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
It is so hard to fail this class. She gives ALOT of assignments that are worth participation points that will help your grade tremendously in the end! TAKE HER FOR GENETICS!!!!!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The lab manual for this course is extremely annoying. Most people did not do well on post or pre lab assignments. She is nice and definitely cares about students, and very intelligent, but the lectures are extremely boring and hard to sit through. Exams are tough and include multiple choice, short answer, etc.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I earned a high A in the class (equivalent to an A+, if Sam used the +/- system) in this class with moderate effort. I studied about 10 hours per week for Genetics. I loved her class, always attended, communicated with her in office hours, and so on. Lectures were a tad boring, but that's about all. She is awesome and her exams were reasonable!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr Atkins is clearly smart, however her class was really terrible. She can be very rude to some students, and she acts like she is so much better than everyone. When you ask a question, she becomes very condescending. The class isn't hard but the teacher makes its a bad experience. Take it with someone else if you can!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr.Atkins is a good professor for Genetics. She provides exam objectives, which are topics that will be on the exam. We had 5 Exams, no final. Gave many opportunities/assingments to bump up your grade, and is understanding and takes late work up until the Exam Date. Make sure to go over lecture slides, and textbook, pdfs are available online.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Her lectures are boring and the PowerPoints can be a little bit confusing. To study for her exams, the textbook is better than her slides. However, exams are hard and information heavy. She gives a lot of completion grades, which saved me. - Homework are completion grades. - There are group class activities that are participation grades.