Reviews of professor Amber Brace

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
You go to her for questions she won't explain things or help you but to tell you to at the textbook. You won't get much from going to class since she reads off the powerpoint word for word, you have to reteach everything to yourself.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's great. I liked bio 2 more than bio 1 because she made it engaging. There's a lot of clicker questions, but they are good study guides for exams. She gives learning objectives before each exam which is basically the exam, so study those. The final's questions come from the first four exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I absolutely loved dr brace when I took her. She had to move away after my semester so it's nice to see she is back. She always made class interesting and didnt just straight lecture. You could tell she enjoyed teaching and I learned so much from her.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amber Brace is a kindhearted and understanding professor, I had her for Bio 2, but Ecology is a harder course with her. You cannot miss any lectures and her tests are very detailed and tricky as they are "which one is the most right" which for ecology seems impossible. This class was way more challenging than I anticipated but nonetheless was cool

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The class had a lot of material to memorize and know. The exams were written and multiple-choice had "select all that apply" which was both good because you can get partial credit for everything. She is extremely nice and helpful and was very understanding during the COVID-19 outbreak. I had her for BSC 2011 too and she was amazing as well.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Do NOT skip lectures. She does not like people who skip her class so she makes it extremely difficult to get a good grade if you skip her class. She uses TopHat but will post vague questions that you will only be able to answer if you attend her lectures. Otherwise the class is super easy and interesting. If you study, the tests are common sense.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Brace is one of the worst professors Ive had while at USF. She assigns 2 chapters a week to read before going to class and then doesnt lecture on them. Theres 8-10 homework assignments a week and exam questions are trick questions. Attendance is mandatory, which is dumb considering Im teaching myself all the material. Do not take her.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Literally the worst class ever. She just reads the powerpoint slides. All the learning you'll have to do on your own. In general the class requires learning a lot of information. the exams are very specific. hated this class lol

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Brace is a great professor. I really enjoyed her lectures and her approach to BIO 2. She is dedicated to her profession and always made class interesting. Her exams were tricky but came directly from the slides.