Reviews of professor Kathryne Byrne

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
It is true that she reads from her slides and her tests are definitely not easy, but almost all those things you need to know are on her slides. Her slides are clear and organized so be true you know or memorize the stuff on them. Also, listen to your TA's suggestions carefully. They may tell you what would be focused on the tests.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Ruined Bio for me ... This class was supposed to be an easy lower div but this prof made it the worst class I've ever taken in college. Only thing she does in lecture is reading off her ppt (in extremely slow pace). Specifically told us not to read the book and tested us on materials in the book and barely included anything on her lecture slide.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Pretty fair when it comes to grading lab reports, however I wish that her quizzes were easier considering the typos and errors in her keys. Thankfully, her slides are well-detailed enough to understand the labs as the lab manual was not edited very well. Final was a bit tricky as she does like to give some trick questions. Not bad, but not good.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is probably the worst professor at UCSD. She is not clear on what will be on tests. Literally reads off her slides does not elaborate. You literally could do the same in your dorm but she makes attendance mandatory by using iclickers. There were multiple times where all answers on questions were right but A was just a little more right to her

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
If you have taken Biology in highschool, then this class will be a GPA booster. However, I don't recommend this professor since she only reads her powerpoint slides that essentially sums up the textbook. Attending lectures are unnecessary, but she has iclicker. Her exams are mainly factual recall.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The worst professor I've had in college. Talks incredibly slowly and only reads off her powerpoint. When she doesn't know what she's talking about she will mumble and trail off. It would be faster to stay home and look at the slides yourself but clicker participation is necessary and based off of questions that she doesn't teach in class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Take her class as letter grade, fat curve in the beginning, fat curve in the end. More than half the class got A's

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Byrne showed no enthusiasm towards the course and was only present to read her PowerPoint. She struggled to give clear answers to her own Iclicker questions, and lacked a clear grading scale. Her exams tested on content she did not instruct/ expand on and would test content she instructed not to study. She did have weekly quizzes that were rela

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Okay, so her lectures are about 100 slides per class and she tends to drone on for the entire duration until there is a confusing clicker question, but I found getting an A pretty attainable. Go to lecture(mandatory), discussion(mandatory), take your online quizzes, and READ THE SLIDES ON YOUR OWN. Byrne is not very reliable, but there is hope.