Reviews of professor Amy Hawkins

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I gave up half way through, I'll have to retake it next semester with Dawson. Quizzes once a week with questions that don't match the material taught in her lectures. The whole "clicker" grade is absolutely ridiculous plus the poor signal you get in the class. I was hoping this Biology class would be fun and interesting, but it's a disappointment.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not caring, no clear grading criteria, boring, does not answer student's questions with respect, boring lectures, and seems confused with what she does. Definitely don't recommend taking her class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Quizzes once a week and the questions are never applicable to the topic at hand. She never answers any questions in class, and makes you feel like its your fault that you don't know the answer to the questions she didn't ever teach. Too many videos, clicker questions that never get put into your grade correctly; overall a terrible professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She does not teach from the textbook, but instead takes a ton of videos from her job in a genetics lab and tries to relate it to what were learning. It is a self taught class basically, and you NEED to study. There are quizzes every week and they are always the most random questions. I always study the chpt. an nothing i study is on the quiz.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
While I recognize that Professor Hawkins is knowledgeable in biology, I was dissatisfied with her teaching. Her lecture slides were not very linear in terms of structure and didn't connect concepts well. She also didn't answer questions very clearly in class and overall course material (textbook, lectures, homework, quizzes/exams) weren't aligned.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I had her for Fall 18' semester. It was horrible. I felt like I would never understand biology and the only way I got through the class was by memorizing what was on the quiz and the answer. I don't remember much of the material and It just completely ruined biology for me. She refused to curve the class. Somehow I got a B- though?

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She never actually answers your questions. She just asks you what you think and reflects the question back on the class. She doesn't go into depth on any of the topics and her lectures are pointless- you just have to read the textbook. Her test questions don't make sense.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
While the questions on the Unit tests can be tricky or confusing, there are lots of supplementary grades like mastering biology and quizzes that makes this class easy to pass, but hard to get an A in. Focus more on the textbook and keep an eye out for what she says is important in her lectures. Lectures are video-heavy and can get a bit dull.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class is completely self taught. You can't even get her to answer your questions in class. Her exams are next to impossible and her quizzes have very little focus to them. When trying to study for this class its a shot in the dark.