Reviews of professor Mia Bovill

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Just don't take it. JUST DON'T
tough grader, doesn't explain properly, cries about coffee,
your GPA will be affected, expects us to know physics beforehand

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Overall terrible professor, The way the syllabus is structured is very confusing and you will not know what to read unless you pay attention to the titles of the powerpoints and correlate that with the syllabus. Online quizzes are easy but lots of reading,  And very condescending to the students. WOULD NOT suggest to take this class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr.Bovill is a nice woman, but this class was taught poorly. Not much in the way of teaching, mostly a "figure it out yourself" attitude. Easy grades, but I did not walk away feeling as if I actually learned that much.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Her online version is so easy to pass. She posts packets of multiple choice question (that are randomly chosen from on the exams) and she will literally check the multiple choice answer for you if you show up to her office hours. She doesn't respond to emails well but she has like 6 hours of office hours a week.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She's extremely passionate about what she does, however, the content for a core, level 1000 class is extremely complicated and overwhelming. About a quarter of the class got below a 40% on the midterm. DO NOT take this class for your natural science core, it's not worth your time or energy. Good if you like physics, but not much else.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
For the love of God, do NOT take this professor. Cosmic Origins is an introductory course and yet she makes it VERY hard to study for. Exams are very hard, which I think is ridiculous considering that most students take this class to fulfill a core requirement. Take a different class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's passionate about astronomy and that's all I can say. The workload is high and to get an A you will have to work for it. Dr. Bovill is not responsive and doesn't help at all in office hours, but she did give a lot of chances to fix your grades by the end of the semester (probably because of the critics). Overall, still a good option for HT.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I am begging you to not take this class. her classes are so lecture heavy, if you go to her office for extended time she will talk to you the entire time and want you to respond as if you aren't taking an exam. I got a 69 on the first exam and she said good job you have nothing to worry about the class average was a 57. yes this is after the curve.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
she's not helpful at all. I take this course because of the core class. If you don't want to suffer, just prepare 1 PNC for this course.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Taking her should be the last thing you do in your life. She is the toughest grader I have seen. For every midterm, I came out of the hall expecting at least a 90. But never even crossed 60. Only labs and open-book quizzes can save you from failing the class. The class itself isn't tough, she makes it tough.