Reviews of professor Robert Duerst

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
*Online 8-week - A&P I and II sequence* Coming from a rigorous student, the difficulty of this class was expected considering I learned two semesters' worth of anatomy in 8 weeks. Students may be turned away due to the previous negative reviews-don't be. Pro: graduate early, balance work/course/relaxation. Con: time-consuming, MUST STUDY

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Duerst is a good teacher that teaches his lectures well. It just sucks that the content that he has to go through is intense. But if you continually study through this course you should be good.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This is my first class with him, and so far he seems like a really nice guy and a great professor. I wish we were able to just use canvas, but instead had to buy 4 other websites to do our homework on. The class has a lot of homework, but based on his lectures, he helps with the content very well, and makes it engaging and interesting.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The class material really isn't that difficult, there's just A LOT of it. Be prepared to look over material every day and find a good study method that's not just rereading slides. He seems nice but his lectures weren't anything special. If you know the material tests aren't that difficult (multiple choice). You have to pay for a lot of stuff too.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I studied hard for this class and barely passed, it takes up hours and hours of study time just to get the mean. Would not recommend taking at the same time as other hard classes, but if you have to, prepare to have no free time anymore as he says u never run out of study material, you run out of time.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
His lectures are okay. The lecture slides are all very long, over 100 slides. He often remarks, "It's only 100 slides." Lecture exams are challenging. He includes the littlest details you usually pay little attention to. He tries to be funny but is annoying. He says lab doesn't mix with class, which often it does. Hates when you pack early.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Mr. Duerst is very knowledgeable on most topics related to anatomy and physiology. I think with A+P being a hard class, he gets a bad rap. BIOL314 seemed easier than BIOL214, just because I knew how to prep and study better. If he is the only option other than online, I would take it with him because you will learn more.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
You're in a hard class, expect the ratings to be low.

There are many other things he offers that can help you learn, but you should study for his exams.

He claims every question was written straight out of his powerpoint from class, so study that.

His office hours are at 7am or right after your lecture at 8am

He has his inappropriate moments...

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is open to recommending ways that will help you study and is good at lecturing but you must go over the material multiple times in order to understand it. Overall he was a good professor but his class is very difficult and requires HOURS of studying.