Reviews of professor Sam Wershow

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Skip. Odd class structure, and don't expect to get much help if you're struggling. Takes forever to grade, and is vague with the criteria. Don't waste your energy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Hes very passionate about his class and students. Yet, the schoolwork load was a bit much. Each week theres 2-4 readings and 2-4 lecture videos that range from 16min to 35min, on top of that there would be a discussion board due on a Thurs. with another assignment and/or review quiz on Sunday. Communicate when you dont understand/falling behind!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Friendly but unprofessional; solicited donations to fix his broken windshield during a recorded lecture. He also used inappropriate language regularly. He was disorganized, and grading was inconsistent and random. He had vague rubric; for example, in the final I lost multiple points, without explanation.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Super chill dude, inspired me to major in botany after taking his class

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I would not recommend picking Mr. Wershow for botany. He is disorganized, unprofessional, and doesn't update his class schedule to match the schedule you are given when enrolling so unless you are able to make your schedule work around him you wont do well.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Make sure you have ample time for the workload, it's very interesting and the prof. does a great job at explaining it thoroughly. He's very friendly, understanding, and funny but that does not mean he'll let you get away with late work. I'd take his class again!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Sam is passionate about what he does and it shows. During COVID he was really good about communicating w/ class on Canvas. His lecture videos are informative. weekly quizzes based mostly on lectures. LOTS of reading but all of the reading material is interesting and related to the topics being taught. He wants all of his students to succeed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Sam requires a textbook for his class and assigns readings but I never did any of the readings and still passed with an A. He has a couple fun individual and group projects! Entire class was extremely interesting and engaging! You can tell he loves what he is doing. He also has class field trips that are very fun and interesting! I loved this class

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
While it was an informative class, and he is passionate about his work, he is a bit green. His class structure is broken and questionable at best. He's unreasonable with the implementation of his work and keeping it measured. Find a professor who is professional and able to handle the workload they give you. Im still waiting for a final Grade.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If youre major isnt bio or if youre not exceptionally passionate about science, avoid this class. He explains concepts, but not very well and moves on even though its clear the class has no idea what is going on. He relies heavily on the book to teach the students, but the book is horrible, in that it has little to no information.