Reviews of professor Melody Schmid

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Such a caring and helpful teacher. She lectures a lot in class, but once you get to the actual lab, its not bad at all. Pretty easy labs all semester, you just have to do the work and you get credit, pretty much. There are outside assignments sometimes but its not too bad either. Would recommend, easy credit.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Melody is a nice person and does want her students to succeed, BUT this class just had SO much material it was impossible to learn it all and in the way she wanted. We were learning material the microbiology students were doing! Be prepared for a lot of studying and homework in this class. She would be good for upper level Bio, but not Bio 1.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class was very difficult for me. However if you communicate with Melody, it will make it a lot easier. There were 5 labs "due" each week(you could turn in almost anything late and still get full credit.) , discussion every other week and 4 exams total. You can get 20 points extra extra throughout the semester. Would highly recommend!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is very good at what she is doing and cares about her students. Of course it is difficult and a lot of material to remember, but it is a science class so obviously it is not an easy A.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Don't get me wrong she is super nice, but she is all over the place with her lectures. She skips around her lectures a lot and it kind of unclear of the point she is trying to get across. Melody also wants assignments done on material that she has yet to lecture on before a lab. The labs are a bit boring you are of teaching yourself with labmanual

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Get to know Melody and she is a really cool person. Lectures are basically just her reading the slides. The course is easy enough if you put in the effort and stay on top of new concepts.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Melody was a great biology teacher, I took this class during COVID so it was a little bit confusing with the labs being online. The only things you have to prepare yourself for is the 12 hours a week she wants you to put into the class. If you do not you will fall behind, she always allowed me to turn late assignments in.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Simply amazing. I really enjoyed her Bio class. She is very nice and is always open to negotiate late work and extra credit assignments. Would love to take more classes