Reviews of professor Wilsaan Joiner

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Funny, knows his stuff even though he's not the best at answering questions. Material is a lot but it all goes together so make sure to understand the concepts (MT 1 stuff). Accessible outside of class but does not deal with issues well. He does the generic "Do you feel heard?" thing w/o actually doing anything so the student is not mad at him.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
A down to earth and knowledgeable professor. tries to answer as many questions as possible. At first he might seem like he doesn't know a lot in Neurobiology by responding "I don't know". But as the course progresses, it becomes evident! Two reasons: some Qs are irrelevant, 2nd, he emphasizes on critical thinking rather abstract facts.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
he reads off slides and doesn't give out practice exams, making it difficult to study for the exams. exams are mostly short answer, and are fair but difficult. he posts lecture audio and slide pdfs, but doesn't post what's on the screen such as the review questions he does throughout lecture. this class took the life out of me and prof is snobby

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Joiner is pretty chill. Even though he reads off of slides, the material is interesting and clearly organized. Exams were pretty straightforward. He's understanding and approachable outside class. Overall, a solid choice!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Great professor! Funny and easy to approach. He cares more about learning than anything else, which is really evident in the class structure.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Even though he mainly reads off the slides, the information he expected us to know was reasonable and tests were generally fair with some tricky questions here and there. Tests were mostly short answer though. Don't have to read the textbook, and TAs were amazing. Overall liked this class, just didn't like his method of teaching very much.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This was Prof. Joiner's first class teaching at UCD and I honestly enjoyed the class so much. Even though he just reads from his slides, the information was quite interesting. His exams are straightforward (mostly short answer so get ready to write quite a bit in an hour). There are clicker questions for participation/attendance as well.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Know whats on the slided, lowest midterm dropped, homework once a week based off lecture sildes. Easy to get a good grade.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures contained a ton of content but Professor Joiner was very kind and engaging. I think the ordering of his slides could be rearranged to have topics make more sense, but I did enjoy this class. Exams were short answer heavy but pretty reasonable with partial credit.