Reviews of professor Lindsey Swierk

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
3 tests, no final. I never used the textbook, just read and understood the slides. I think the tests were representative of material, with much application rather than just definition questions. Lecture based test. Discussion attendance counts towards grade, easy species project. No curves but 9 points of EC available. Highly recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Swierk is an expert in her field and an expert at communicating her subject. Very well-versed and good at lecturing, but you'll need to take your own notes if you want to be prepared for the exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Swierk is one of my favorite professors! I'm pre-health so I was not interested in ecology at all but she made it manageable. How she cares for her students is really noticeable and if you have to take ecology 100% take it with her!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Swierk is an engaging lecturer who doesn't make her exams too difficult. In Animal Behavior, a large portion of the final grade is based on doing an experiment in a group. It was not the easiest assignment, but Swierk was always helpful and encouraging. Take this class if you need a lab and don't mind presenting and writing.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Swierk is amazing. She really peaked my interest in ecology and, her tests very fair. Doesn't post any lecture recordings online but slides are available. She's thorough and overall just a really great professor. Aren't many assignments for this class but the assignments she does give are very easy. Exams are all MC and easy if you study

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Swierk is one of the most interesting professors I've had at Binghamton. She cares about her students a lot and that is shown in her extra credit and willingness to answer questions. A very interesting class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Swierk is very nice and you can tell she really loves the material she teaches and wants the best for her students. The class overall is sorta similar to bio 114 but I would say a little easier since some of the topics overlap.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great professor and really passionate about her work, but lectures are extremely boring and if you dont do great on one of the tests your grade is screwed for the semester.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is a great professor and expresses her deepest concern for her students. If you have any problems in this class, you can ask her for a resolution. However, the content in this class is extremely boring if you have no interest in environmental sciences and there is a lot of information you need to remember.Hard to balance with intensive classes.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
some material was difficult, and the class is graded on mostly the 3 exams you take so if you do poorly on one it's hard to recover. lectures were average and the pop quizzes were pretty easy but annoying (she drops 2 lowest) there was also no final which I appreciated. she is very passionate about this subject and the class was pretty interesting!