Reviews of professor Brian Turner

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Took this class online due to pandemic. Turner is very lenient to others through pandemic and any other troubles. Class is a fairly easy and interesting. Readings, videos/powerpoints to watch, discussion posts, one project (not super big though), assignments, and two midterms. If that looks like a lot, all of these are pretty short and easy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Turner is pretty dope. SCI 201 involves: 3 exams, 20 days of attendance, scientific article project, and a group research project poster. Groups are randomized but just pull your weight and you should be just fine. He is a passionate guy and always willing to help.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is great professor to take because he is very organized, flexible, and know what he is talking about. 1-2 hrs. of heavy lectures, post/respond discussion post based on reading, two activities, 2 midterm(which you can retake it) and a final essay. Overall a easy A if you are on top of doing the activities and the assignments.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Brian Turner is one of the best professors in the ESM department at PSU. His class was one of the first I have taken where I felt like I was applying useful knowledge to real-world situations. You do one big research project with a group on anything related to ecology and learn about statistical analysis.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I like the professor but some of his homework assignments can take 3-4 hours. You get to watch animals and the work is easy just very tedious.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This was just an intro the ESM department, so there were minimal assignments, but Brian is a cool guy. He's friendly and always available through email or once a week via zoom if you have any questions about anything related to the department. I'd definitely take him for any other ESM course.