Reviews of professor Tyler Kummer

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Most poorly organized class I've ever taken. Lessons were out of order &  help material wasn't labeled so you'd have to click on every video & PowerPoint (dozens) to see if they related to what you were learning. Learning activities were extremely juvenile, yet oddly difficult because  professor wanted to expose you to concepts w/ zero context.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I saw the reviews for BIO 100 online and decided it'd be an easy GE. It absolutely has not been. The structure of the course is incredibly confusing and essentially you will be teaching yourself. Tests are much harder than you'd think and the averages are pretty low. If you're trying to knock out your Bio GE, take it in person or from someone else!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He's way chill. Just go to class because there are quizzes in class. Tests are online

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took this during a spring term. There were 5-6 assignments and 4-5 quizzes due every week. There were 4 exams. The first 3 exams are open note and you can take them twice. You can also take the quizzes twice. You take do the homework assignments 2-3 times. I appreciated how the professor set up the class to help each student do the best possible.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took the online version and there was a lot of work. Online is set up so that you can see everything due for the entire semester. Tests are open note, which is way nice. Sometimes it felt pretty disorganized with the content of the assignments not matching up with the quizzes. Some of the videos are super grainy and impossible to decipher also.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
A great professor! Take BIO from him. Straightforward, wants all his students to do well, doesn't do busy work.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class is very disorganized and seems to cover random biology concepts. There are no lectures and you have to teach yourself everything. Really heavy on evolutionary biology and we didn't even cover the fact that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. I would rather take Econ 110 than take this class again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
One of the most chill professors I've ever had. I was a COVID student while taking his class, so everything was online. You can take the exams and quizzes twice which is super nice. Just do the learning activities and you'll definitely get an A.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class was mainly hard due to the online format. But he does explain concepts in review videos.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Kummer focuses on the students learning how to think scientifically and understand broad concepts. He does not make students memorize lists of terms. He designs lessons really well to get you thinking. The class started out super easy and got a little bit more difficult over the semester, but was still quite easy by the end.