Reviews of professor Leda Tse

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She is an extremely nice woman. However, I do not reccomend anyone takes her to get a good grade in BIOL 101. Her lectures are understandable, she is accessible for help, but you will never feel prepared for her exams because she does not cover everything you are responsible for. Exams need to be challenging, not impossible. Kind woman, hard class

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I found this class extremely difficult just due to the amount of memorization required for all of the tests. Dr. Tse's tests are very difficult and she asks about very specific examples that she gave in class rather than asking about the overall concept. I think she is a nice person but her class was very difficult.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Almost every class is just a lecture based completely on the slides she has. She mostly just reads off of them, but you still need to attend class because of surprise in-class assignments. Other than in-class assignments and tests, almost nothing else is graded, so you have to do well on those few things. Office hours and the textbook are helpful.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Tse was awesome. She does a great job of making a difficult class engaging and clear. She is very organized, a great communicator,  and offers opportunities for extra credit. Her lectures have a lot of information, tests are somewhat challenging, but she does offer test corrections for partial credit.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
BIOL201 is a lot of material in general - she just reads off slides. Quizzes aren't bad if you study. Class isn't engaging but you can do fine if you self teach. Exams are very specific content that she'll mention during lectures. Do the Learning objective questions that's the best advice I could possibly give

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Amazing professor and it was clear she really cared about her students. Lots of extra credit opportunities throughout the semester with homework and quizzes to balance out tests. Posts learning outcomes and vocab guide which are super helpful for studying. Tests are hard but reflective of the material covered in class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took Human Drug Use this semester, most of the people in the class were non-bio majors so it was pretty chill. We met every week for about two hours and had two optional worksheets due before each class. During class, we did two activities in breakout rooms, and then sometimes after class we would have a discussion post. Open note tests.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Shes really fair. Her quizzes can be difficult I guess but just listen and take notes during her lecture. Also she announced everything and is helpful if you ask her for help. Ill try to take her again next semester cause I think shes a rly good and fair prof.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She literally reads from the slides word by word. Slides that she didn't even make herself. That's how she “lectures”, reads to you as though you don't know how to. She reads to you instead of teaching you. Which makes me wonder could she actually pass an exam on the material herself??