Reviews of professor Ryan Blower

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Blower is patient and cares if you succeed! He is always open for questions and gives lots of extra credit opportunities such as jeopardy before tests, and a research paper due by the end of the semester. There is a good amount of homework on a textbook website, however it's not too hard and about an hour of time per week.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a cool and fun guy, but not so much a good teacher. He teaches directly from the book, resulting in +2 hour long lectures of just sitting and listening. For some reason he also does each chapter out of order. Most exam questions we haven't gone through in class, but he's forgiving enough to curve the class by a whole letter grade

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Blower truly cares about his students. He is one of the best professors I have ever taken so far at NVCC, there is a plethora of extra credit assignments, if you do well on all the labs, exams and show up to every class, you are guaranteed to pass.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
If you are in need of a Biology Professor look no further than Ryan Blower. Professor Blower is extremely compassionate and you can tell has a love for biology and teaching. I took his BIO 102 class as a hybrid course and his online Preparedness and neatness makes his class very accessible and fun to learn. 10/10 Professor one of the best at NOVA.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Literally the most chillest professor EVER! I took his class in spring 2024 and absolutely no regrets. He gives practice exams before the actual exam and it was very helpful. I didn't have to read the textbook as his PowerPoints were enough to study from. Focus on his jeopardy and practice exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This professor is one of the best at NOVA. His grading is made up of mastering biology + dynamic study modules, labs, and the 4 tests. He offers an extra credit paper too. However, tests are VERY hard, use all the resources he gives you to study. He curves them a lot though. Funny guy and labs are fun. Recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Ryan Blower is an Amazing professor. Biology is hard but be makes studying fun with games like jeopardy. But I will warn you, there is a lot of homework. They are all fun and easy to do and he accepts late work for 80% credit. He is very lenient ad truly cares about his students passing the class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
By far the best professor, the class is very easy. His homework's, labs and exams are very clear. lectures are recorded, no meetings necessary except exam the day before exam review. The exams are basically the same as the review guide posted so exams are not difficult at all. Labs are easy to understand and he helps you throughout it if needed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Very organized class. If you do the homework and labs you will pass the class with at least a B.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The coursework was incredibly hard, a lot of memorization of difficult words. His tests were curved though, so you should be fine as long as you study the practice exam.