Reviews of professor Efrem Lim

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
There is a lot of material covered and no homework. It is hard to gauge exactly what is going to be covered on the exam. There are five exams, and one gets dropped. There are also four quizzes. Those are the only things that contribute to your grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The class in itself is hard but if you make flash cards based on the lecture you will be fine. I liked him more than the other professors because he actually cared about his students. He is also very open to criticism so he can improve classes. I recommend taking his class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He whole-heartedly does not care about the students in his class even when we heavily emphasized and told him that we do not understand the material. He didn't tell us how many questions the tests were or how long we had, he also went very in-depth with topics he said we weren't even expected to know it. Pure memorization of the textbook.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Lim is an awesome professor, and I would recommend his BIO494 class to anyone, especially if they have an interest in viruses. I think I learned the most I ever have in any class at ASU in this class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
lecture notes aren't helpful must attend to lecture to understand the materials very well to do good on the exam. Was struggling with the class told Dr. Lim and didn't really care. I will never take him ever again.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Not the most personable guy, very stoic. His passion can definitely be seen in his research and not in teaching. Slides are just walls of text without much thought of how they can accentuate what he is saying during lecture. As a senior this class was a breeze but I can see how the average student may need to study a bit more. Lots of overlap.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Lim has got to be the worst professor I've had in my 4 years of college. He is passionate about his research but not about teaching. His lecture slides are just walls of text that don't highlight the main points. No study guides or lists of topics for exams. There are 5 exams (80%) and 4 quizzes (20%) and that is all you're graded on.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He gives really good lectures and cares about teaching the class. I learned a lot! He's clear on what he wants you to know for the tests, and he doesn't try to trick you. A good teacher to take.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
As a person whose taken more difficult biology courses, this was not even that bad. He actually cares about the students but is direct in how he shows it. Most people were offended when he gave answers they didn't like lol, but he was just real with it. The exams are directly based off his lectures and are easy A's if you study the lecture notes.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not flexible at all for any of his exams