Reviews of professor Michelle Gaither

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Ichthyology: a very detailed topic but taught well. Did not open the book once but it may help some with broader concepts. I studied only power points/lecture notes/made flash cards and did fine. Exams were mostly written but partial credit given. You could draw pictures on exams to help explain. Could impress family members with fish facts. 10/10

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Gaither's great. Powerpoints pretty much cover everything that is needed for the class. The class is very heavy on understanding and applying concepts rather than brute force memorization. Go to lecture, go through Powerpoints and do all of the assignments.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Her exams do suck I won't lie. You'll have to short-term memorize a lot of facts about different fish orders. Exams like that are particularly annoying because you forget so quickly after it's over. She answered "I don't know" to a lot of in class questions, which leads me to believe she doesn't know these facts off the top of her head either.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The main assignments she has are tests, online quizzes, and readings. She uses the reading assignments basically as participation points. I got C's on all her tests, but I got 100 on all her reading assignments and got a B in the class. Super nice, super cool. Other students read the textbook but I didn't, but her lectures pretty much over it all

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Confused about anything negative said about Dr. Gaither. She cares about her subject/ students and kept lectures interesting. I hated evolutionary bio until her class, she inspired me to further explore the subject. Drops one test which is more than enough, and tests were doable if you studied the powerpoints. Go to class for discussions, its 10%.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I honestly did not really study because I took orgo while taking this class and my attention went to orgo and so i neglected this class. which was my mistake because i thought it was gonna be easy! need to study, some people just read her PP but for me i had to read the txbook. test were online and little time was given.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr Gaither is a clear lecturer and her exams are straightforward. Most of the time she reads directly off the powerpoints in class, but she will explain further if you ask her questions. One exam is dropped and a couple extra credit points are offered.