Reviews of professor Mona Buhusi

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I really liked taking neuroscience with Dr. Buhusi. The content is tough but the class is set up to help you succeed. You have quizzes once a week and 2 tests throughout the semester. The textbook chapters are long but worth the read and really helpful for the quizzes. If you study the quizzes you will do great on the tests.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
So knowledgeable she forgets that not everyone is a neuroscientist. I found it impossible to keep up with lectures or take notes. If you aren't into neuroscience, I would not take this class from her. I don't think I learned anything (mostly my fault, I was just too overwhelmed to learn!) You can retake quizzes, which is the only reason I got an A.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor is very smart but forgets we are all learning this for the first time and would make students feel stupid for not answering questions correctly. She would also go over stuff so quickly it was hard to keep up sometimes. However how the class was set up was very good retries on tests and easy extra credit opportunities.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Took this class in 2018. Prof. Buhusi has been one of my favorite teachers since getting into college. Extremely intelligent and passionate about her work. The class is quite challenging, but the workbook helped a lot. She made a lot of profound and thought-provoking remarks; ones I still think about and discuss with others.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Buhusi is great, her lectures cover almost everything that's going to be on the test, she provides her presentation in canvas so you can always look back and review (though she includes a lot of good info. in her lectures) and it's really well supplemented by the book. So, doing well in this class is simple though the material is difficult.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mona is one of the finest professors I've ever had in a course. She's as knowledgeable as you would ever want and is very open to questions. She works to tie concepts together so that you don't have a lot of information just sitting around disconnected in your head.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Mona is a fine professor for neuroscience, but the subject is tough nonetheless. There are 3 exams and an online quiz for each chapter, which are hard. The quizzes are open book + note, but no matter how much I read, I never can get the quiz questions right! The test questions are on quizlet to study which is nice. Labs are mandatory attendance!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took Neuro in Spring 2024 & I loved Mona and her class. It is overwhelming & challenging but she hosts exam reviews which are the key to passing exams. They are easier than I expected for the content level, but still tough b/c it's Neuro. Attendance is not taken, but show up if you want to do well. I ended up loving Neuro b/c of her!