Reviews of professor Salvador Tarun Jr.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
You can tell that Tarun really wants his students to do well, and his engaging lectures help you pay attention. Tests are fair, but be sure to read the textbook and complete as well as understand the homework and practice tests. Most tests are curved, he will make a few questions count as extra credit.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Tarun is a very nice, intelligent man. I struggled to stay focused in his lectures, as they were very dry, but he is much more helpful one on one during office hours. You definitely have to commit a decent amount of time to studying if you want to do well on exams.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Having taken AP Bio in the past, the material seemed easy enough for me. I especially enjoyed his side comments on the real scientific world rather than just what the textbook says. He cares about his students, and is a great guy. But it is BIO117 so as with any prof. there's a whole lot of reading and work to be done. Tarun is "a cool dude!"

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
4 exams, you can retake your worst one. Tutorials take a while and reading quizzes aren't too bad. He is caring and knows how we feel as students. Go to his office hours and ask for help, but 117 is a weedout class regardless of the professor. The tests use practice questions he posts! Go to SI if you can.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is very knowledgeable and passionate about biology, but at times has difficulty conveying the information to the students. A lot of information is covered in a very short amount of time, which adds to the difficulty of the course. He offers long review sessions before every test and is available to help during office hours.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
he seemed good in the beginning but during the first test is when i realized he really did not teach us the material we needed to know. when it came to the second module, he left the country for a week and forgot to teach the class 2 major topics that made up about half of the exam and almost everyone in the class failed and topics not in textbook