Reviews of professor Jacob Broderick

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I was honestly uneasy about taking his class based on the reviews. I'm not a great test taker and considered dropping out. However, I'm so glad I took the class. He's great at giving lectures and is hilarious. The exams are worth 30% of your grade however if you are willing to learn and having a basic understanding of bio you'll be able to pass.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Broderick is super personable and nice. Pretty easy assignments. Textbook and other resources are provided, I found the videos super helpful personally. Group assignments are turned in at the end of class and is used for participation points. 10/10 would take again, he made biology engaging and fun.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Broderick is a fun teacher. But he needed to curve the class because the average for exams was 60%. Which is ridiculous. Education shouldnt be this stressful. It shouldnt feel impossible to get above a 60% on an exam. Especially if you study your heart out. Forget the stress and take someone else if you want to feel like you actually learned.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Broderick is highly entertaining. There is no real study guide, but if you use the learning objectives as a study guide for exams you will do well. Do not use the practice quizzes for exams, those questions will not help you. Attend the exam prep Zoom meetings and study and you'll get a good grade. There is also an ungodly amount of group work.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Avg exam avg: 65% 
"Part of me wants to say a big fat F to the people who care more about their feelings than their knowledge, I want you to get over yourselves. Some of you are capable of that and I so badly want you to be nurses; but others I don't you anywhere within 100 miles of me if I get sick, I want you to fail this class" - Jacob Broderick

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The homework and quizzes are easy, but the exams are not. The 3 unit exams are worth 40% of your grade and the final is worth 10%. Class average for every exam is around 60%. He refuses to round any grades, even if you are less than 1% away from the next letter grade. He does not give study guides or any extra credit opportunities.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Broderick is always ready to help. He makes his lectures clear on what you need to be memorizing. He is very down to earth and understanding. He cares a lot about students actually learning the content and is passionate about biology which is clear in his lectures.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Jacob is a great guy, but his exams do not correspond with the practice quizzes and he does not provide study guides. All exams & quizzes are multiple choice, but the class average is very low on exams. He gives you unlimited attempts on the quizzes but the questions change every attempt. On all other assignments, Jacob is a really easy grader.