Reviews of professor Christine Beatty

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Beatty was always helpful in lab. She wanted us to master the skills/figure them out for ourselves but would step in & help when we had questions. Quizzes, 2 exams, a poster project & group lab report which is a lot for a 1 credit class but that's just how genetics lab is. Pretty easy grader. Provides list of important concepts to know on exams

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr Beatty is a solid choice for genetics. Lectures could feel a bit unorganized sometimes. Weekly quizzes, homework for each chapter, 4 exams. You can use a notecard on every exam. Practice problems at end of lecture slides show up on exams. Includes concept checks throughout lectures to gauge understanding. Midterms felt much easier than the final

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr Beatty is the best Genetics lab professor out there! She is such a motherly figure and really cares for her students. Labs are long but easy. Midterm was ten times harder than the final but if you do well on the final, quizzes (on sakai), and lab reports you will ace the class!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. Beatty is a really nice person, but I think there was way too much busy work in this course than necessary. There was no need for us to have quizzes every other week, a midterm, a final, a 10-12 page lab report, and a poster project, all for a 1 credit hour course. Labs took up the whole period when they didn't need to.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Beatty is awesome! While her labs ran full-time almost every week, she really made time to make sure everyone was on the same page with difficult material. Quizzes and exams were straightforward as they followed the concepts on the pre and post-lab worksheets. There's one project and one lab report. Overall pretty simple if you're caught up.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Beatty is a pretty good option for genetics lecture. Her exams are straightforward and she gives you all the material you need to know. None of the concepts are overly difficult but most of your learning happens during independent studying. The homework is overly specific and many questions don't show up on exams. Quizzes are fair.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Class was an interesting experience during COVID. 10 Labsters (30-90 minutes each), 4 quizzes, a group presentation, two take home assignments and participation make up the final grade. The take home assignments take quite a bit of time. She grades really slow and rarely updates the gradebook. Seems like a lot of work for a lab but it makes sense.