Reviews of professor Brian Shaw

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Definitely attend class so you can get all the information from his lectures. He says things in class that are sometimes not on the powerpoints and it would be helpful to be there in person to get the information, especially with the pop quizzes. Reading the "textbook" is not required but highly encouraged (you can do fine without it).

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Idk how the other reviews say he's so exciting and funny. Look, I'm an environmental major and think fungi are cool, but he is SO BORING and monotone that it makes the content boring. There are also really annoying pop quizzes sometimes. It's not a hard class but I literally never want to show up because it feels like it takes 10000 yrs to get thru

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Shaw's class was by far my favorite class I've ever taken at TAMU. He is so knowledgeable about everything he lectures over. He is a tad monotone but his lectures are so interesting. He is very chill and likes to joke around during lectures. His class can be quite hard at times so I suggest not cramming for exams. Go to class bc of pop quizzes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Shaw was awesome. He's very passionate about fungi and loves to see students interested too. Show up to each lecture incase of pop quizzes, and flashcards are your best friend for exams. Did not expect to love this class as much as I did. He's funny in a unique way too. My biggest gripe is that there isn't many assignments.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Shaw was an amazing professor! I took BESC 204 and made an A in the class despite not having a major that correlates to the course material whatsoever. His tests are based off of his lectures and as long as you take good notes and study them the class shouldn't be hard. There was also one group project & one individual assignment.