Reviews of professor Lareen Smith

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is really truly the best, shes super nice, passionate, and understanding. She genuinely wants you to do well in her classes and enjoy the material.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Time in class was always well spent and very organized, lectures were not death by powerpoint and were often followed up with visuals for better explanations. Lab time was standard affair with no lab reports, just using the lab manual (participation based). Overall, Professor Smith was very kind and understanding so long as you put in the effort.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Smith was a delight. Very organized and supportive! She really cares about her students progress. The material was tough but with her guidance I exceeded my goals. I walked away really knowing the material. She is fair but expects that you do your work. Take professors Smith's class if you can!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lareen is very down to Earth yet passionate about Biology. She is available in person or via email after class. She was one of the best professors I had last semester. Take Bio 1 with Lareen, you wont regret it.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Super nice professor. She kind of makes it impossible to fail unless you don't do the work. Tests are based off the lecture, so the answers are given to you. However the lectures can be extremely boring because she just reads off the slides 99% of the time.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One of the best instructors I have ever had. She is exceptionally caring, kind, fair, and reasonable. Her deep passion for science is evident, and shines through. Expectations and syllabus are detailed and clear. She gives you lots of items to be graded on. Will always take the time to help you or review something that is unclear. Excellent!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lareen is a caring & awesome teacher. She really wants you to learn the material. The lab was fun and easy to follow. The exams were hard but she lets you have a cheat sheet which is so helpful. She didn't do tons of homework but make sure to do well in the few projects she assigns. She is willing to change stuff around if you're having problems.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I can honestly say that Lareen Smith is one of my favorite professors. SMCC is so lucky to have her. She is insanely passionate about the subject of Invertebrate Zoology. The labs are great, very hands on with living organisms. There not a ton of homework, just the lab notebook, exams, and discussion posts.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Smith's lectures  watching videos and reading directly from the slides. There's no incentive to read ahead in the textbook because you'll be hearing it again, word for word. The first ten minutes of every class are spent taking role and referencing the syllabus, which feels like a waste. She is intelligent and kind - just lacks passion!