Reviews of professor Mark Wiser

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you are a public health major and you have not taken a lot of biology classes at Tulane, DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. It is really meant for pre-med students, so if you do not have a strong background in biology, just save yourself the stress. The professor is nice but grading of this class is so specific and you will get points off for small things

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Do not make the mistake of thinking the tests will be as easy as how he presents the material. You will be tested on a deeper level. Quizzes are helpful for studying.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Great lecturer. The class itself was incredibly easy. I barely attended class and I received very high A's on all the tests. If you do get something wrong and can argue why you put the answer, he generally will give you the credit. If you don't have a bio background, you should probably go to class. The lectures are interesting, anyway.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Wiser is very kind and obviously extremely knowledgeable. There are online quizzes once every two weeks or so. They are timed and you usually don't have much wiggle room (ex: 28 minutes for a 30 question quiz); however, if you pay attention in his lectures you will do fine. Information dense but not impossible.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Really nice guy, but I was not a fan of the quizzes. Each one is taken on canvas, but the given time decreases with each one. My and others' grades decreased since there was simply not enough time to complete them. This is somewhat buffered by gaining 1-2 extra points based on whether or not you have attended class, so I highly recommend doing that

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This is actually for Biological Basis of Disease- Prof Wiser is awesome. Super kind and tries to make lectures engaging. READ THE TEXTBOOK!!! Can't emphasize this enough. The reading is really time-consuming, but if you take really good notes, you can use them on quizzes & tests and do well (they're open note, but not given much time).