Reviews of professor Charles Butterworth

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The class is extremely easy, however, nothing other than PCR and gel electrophoresis is taught. We spent the entire semester doing the same techniques. He also is very unorganized and wouldn't tell us what we are doing until the night before (and assigning homework due the next morning). He has no clear grading criteria and hurt grades at the end.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Honestly a great professor, very knowledgeable and witty. Very lecture heavy and expects you to take a lot of notes. The tests are hard but honestly the homework assignments are the brutal part of the course. You need the textbook and an access code for the homework. Only take his class if you can give it a lot of time for study/ homework.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Butterworth does a great job teaching in class. However, even if you show up to every class, do all of the homework/study guides, and read the text book, there will still be a ton of content on the exam that you will have never seen before. Random information that doesnt pertain to the class is thrown in. He brags about how hard his class is.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He seemed like a fun guy but the lectures were just so long and tests were difficult.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I dont recommend this professor for into to bio or any class really. This class was extremely difficult because lectures were not clear, flown through, and I would teach myself the material out of the book because I never learned anything in lecture. You mind as well take an online course. Tests cover things never talked about in class as well.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Butterworth was a super nice and funny guy but I did not enjoy his class. His lectures were good and I can tell he knows what he's talking about, however, he was disorganize and his tests (worth about 65% of the grade) were awful. He didn't post real reviews and he didn't tell us when our Mastering Biology assignments were due. Doesn't do +/-