Reviews of professor James Pask

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
1510 and 1511 labs are the worst classes/labs I've ever taken and I dreaded them every week. I would have done literally anything to get out of these labs. But since there's no way around it if you need it for your major (and it doesn't seem like Dr. Pask has any interest in improving the lab for students), my best advice is pick your TA wisely

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This lab has been created with zero common sense. The pre-lab readings are confusing and irrelevant. It is equally confusing for the students and TAs. A professor wouldn't be able to do these labs, especially those on the NCBI site. HW is even worse. Pask has turned what could be an interesting lab into pure hell. It is almost laughable.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This is terrible !!!!! Everything is disorganized and nobody knows what they are doing. Absolutely do not take this class. You want to be premed? You want to be a doctor? This will make you rethink your decision!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
terrible experience. so disorganized

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Pray for a good TA. If you get a chill one, you can BS the answers. Otherwise, the homework is unnecessarily confusing, the lab sucks, but RAQs are free. 1511L was much easier than 1510L, and we could leave much earlier. Good luck.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lab was so freaking annoying. Nothing ever made sense and reports took freaking forever. Not that hard to get an A in the class, each assignment just takes up so much time. The whole time your eyes feel like there gonna explode cause there so tired from reading long paragraphs and instructions. One easy scientific paper. Pray for good TA

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
What makes Pask so terrible is the fact that he doesn't want you to succeed. Made the mistake of turning a lab worth 15% of my grade in at 4:05 PM when due at 4 (who makes assignments due at 4 PM??) and he gave it a 0. Refused to offer any makeup credit despite receiving a fully completed assignment. Obviously has a chip on his shoulder.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
When selecting a TA, I recommend finding a chill grad student. The TA will make or break this course since the homeworks are long and confusing and chill TAs will just give you a 100 if you made an honest effort. Bio lab sucks but at the end of the day everyone I knew had a comfortable A. No lab final is a plus.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Lab reports were terrible

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Having Dr. Pask for bio lab is like going to Commons for dinner when you're really hungry and all they have is ground beef and rice but because you're hungry you have to get it. And then when you're eating the bland ground beef and rice, it's so bad that you seriously consider transferring back to your state college.