Reviews of professor Heather Barton

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Class is not bad, but professor has a bit of an attitude and made many mistakes.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Barton and Chalker both teach bio 2970 and are both awful teachers. Barton doesn't know anything either seems like she just learns the slides the day beforehand and tries to explain it. Always pauses during her lecture videos because she doesn't know what shes saying. I don't know how they're the bio professors at WASHU LOL.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Barton takes the fact that students talk in her class personally and decides to not explain things for that reason. I don't think that is a great way to get authority in a class but she is okay at explaining. She also is not a fan of people asking questions after class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She throws out ten different equations during a short video but never actually explains when to use them or their significance, you just have to guess right. Also, she talks so much but says nothing in her lecture like I genuinely learn more from just reading the slide than hearing her talk. I don't bother even attending class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Bio in the News is so chill. She's also so chill. The content is really simple but she still makes it engaging. Definitely take this if you need Natural Science and Math credit! Super nice and really cares about students. A couple of in-class group activities, but you can make them up easily if you miss class. Def take this class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The teaching staff did a good job at transitioning to online. The quizzes were a bit rushed every time, but the exams could easily be finished on-time. Could have explained concepts more thoroughly, but office hours remedied any confusion from the lectures. One of the better professors at WashU. Other classes can be much, much worse.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She has a very roundabout way of explaining things - overall she's not too bad during the online semester but I can imagine it could be worse in person.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Nice and understands the difficulties with being a students and juggling schoolwork and other commitments. She is a bit informal with students and sometimes has a bit of an attitude. She is helpful during office hours for her own content but isn't super knowledgable about the content from other professors in the course (taught by multiple people)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
wait i couldnt do this for biology in the news but i love her she is the best and a chiller

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Horrible professor. Lecture videos never have any actual examples and she never explains when to use equations. Her quizzes are very hard and in-class activities are confusing. She is also a bit passive aggressive during lecture and doesn't explain concepts well. She oversimplifies concepts in videos but gives very hard questions on quizzes/exams.