Reviews of professor Maxime Denis

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Had and probably still has paranoid personality disorder because he always accuses students of cheating. Yet he makes 12.5% quizzes online. Make that make sense

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I have never met a more disorganized teacher. His slides are unclear and packed with information, he skips over small details which turn out to be the focus of his exams, and corrects unnecessarily harshly for the few quizzes we do have, which are worth 12.5% each.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He's genuinely passionate about the topics he teaches (especially lipids), and he seems approachable. He stays behind a few minutes after class to answer questions. 
His slides are very organized and comprehensive. 

The quizzes and final exam are very difficult. However, he does give a decent amount of bonus points on the final.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I personally love the contents taught in this courses. Metabolism is fun and it's satisfying to see every concept is connected at the end. However, I don't like the grading of "having mistake then losing whole question". I don't think this can ever reflect our ability especially for short answer questions which required "critical thinking".

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
My boy max does slay, I took BIOC 311 in 2021 and had a tough time adjusting to the online quizzes and the in-person final. It was a rip, but that's what you sign up for when you pick Bioc as a major. He does care about the topic and pedagogy (he has an educational/teaching position, not research) so he puts a lot of focus on his teaching methods.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He does not care about your learning

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I loved Max Denis on his ability to teach the content as he is a great presenter. However, the quizzes were very difficult, and had a lot of critical thinking required in which you needed to know the material inside and out. The final was a lot better than the quizzes. Be ready to learn how every pathway incorporates into one another.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The material for this class is super interesting and so far I have not gotten bad grades. However, I had this prof for another class too and the questions he designs are absolute garbage. He has implemented the "respondus browser" for AN OPEN BOOK EXAM which is VERY STUPID and literally everyone i know thinks that.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Terrible.

he doesn't release answers to practice questions, he has tough word limits that you can't even monitor with the software on which exams are taken, and he will remove 1% grade from your overall course grade if you dare challenge him on the grading. 

Horrendous professor, probably the worst I've ever had.