Reviews of professor Michelle Knowles

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Had her for the cooking FSEM she's great, your book is literally a cookbook that you can keep for down the road which is chill. Yes, you have to be present but time flies by and it's a fun time. Show up, cook some stuff and then write a lab write up of it pretty simple stuff.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Knowles was a great FSEM teacher. Although it was annoying to write a lab report every week, it became routine. She is a fairly hard grader, and there is a 10-page final paper at the end of the quarter instead of a test. Basically, all you do in class is cook food and eat it. You don't really have to do the pre-lab readings to succeed.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lab reports are due after every class, but after feedback on the first report it's easier to do well. Class is usually a brief lecture and then cooking. Once you finish you can leave class early. The final paper is a time commitment, but Professor Knowles gives feedback on the draft and didn't seem to grade the final paper too harshly.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Michelle is the best! Her food chemistry FSEM is so much fun and very easy. We had a 1 page lab report due each week, but other than that there was no homework. The labs are very fun and are usually done 1-2 hours early. Would definitely recommend!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Michelle was great for the "you are what you eat" FSEM. She made class fun and engaging and not super work heavy. I learned a lot of skills that helped in following STEM classes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I enjoyed every moment of this class! This course requires a lot of writing, but Dr. Knowles provides wonderful feedback, which helps us practice to write strong lab reports. Cooking in the lab was my favorite part of the class, though we never got to eat the food we created. I recommend this course to anyone who loves food, research, and science!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took Dr. Knowles for my Food Chemsitry FSEM. This was by far my favorite freshman year class. Every week we could have some light pre-reading and a short lecture and then head to the kitchen to desgin a lab around food (you eventually eat it :) ). You did have to write a lab report after every class, but you get good at writing them.