Reviews of professor Rachel Mueller

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Rachel is funny, caring, and overall just a joy to learn from. She makes all students feel included and inspires us to do the best we can. She's very ready to help when you have questions or are struggling, and explains things in a consistent and simple manner that anyone can understand!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The lecture part of this class, which professor Mueller teaches, is really simple and pretty much common sense. She doesn't use iClickers, but she also doesn't post the slides, so I'd recommend going. The lab is separate but the grade is built into the class. BEWARE: the lab is insanely hard and you will spend weeks memorizing taxonomic names. HARD

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Rachel is awesome. Super nice and she jokes often in class. She is great at explaining concepts meaning if you listen in class and take notes you'll do fine on exams & never have to read the book. I read the book because I like to and there is added info to help you understand (for most modules there were corresponding chapters).

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Love love love her!! She is amazing and her lecture feels like it's just a bunch of fun facts. Exams followed the material very well. Labs are difficult and unorganized, however. I never really knew what was expected.

 If you want an enthusiastic teacher and to learn more about herps, take her class!!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Rachel is a wonderful professor. She truly cares about her students and always gave us a break during class since it was so long. I wish she had taught the whole course as she was much easier to follow than Dr. Z.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Mueller has been one of the best professors I have had. She is fun, and really cares about your education. Her lectures feel like a bunch of fun facts, and she shows your how to read/ understand different graphs in evolution. She is also very knowledgeable about the topic and lectures don't feel long. I would take Mueller again and again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Rachel is amazing! Lectures are fun and easy to follow. Lab is a bit more difficult, but great TAs make all the difference, and it is still an enjoyable aspect of the course.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Mueller is very passionate about herps, and this passion is evident in her lectures. Lecture exams are fair and significantly easier than similar zoology-type classes at CSU such as mammalogy. Lab can be somewhat frustrating, as it's mostly self-guided and disorganized. However, on practicals you are tested on the easier specimens, no tricks.