Reviews of professor Derek Tucker

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Tucker is probably the best teacher that teaches BIO 181. He's super nice and great at explaining things. The only complaint I have is how difficult the tests are. They're definitely doable, but studying is definitely a must.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Tucker seems like a great professor. Unfortunately, I found his exams to be wayyyy harder than my biochem and physics exams this semester :( His tests, alongside Dr Maley's, are purely conceptual and amazingly confusing. Evolution is not that difficult BUT the exams are such a headache. TAs and recitations are unhelpful.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I enjoyed taking this professor. He seemed to care about his students and the way the class was set up. BIO 345 was an open-note test with a lockdown bowser, not Honorlock. He held Zoom meetings for the exam review and answered every question he could. There were three tests. They were difficult as they were more logical than definition.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor is MIA in the class.  No support.  Exams are extremely hard and many questions are nearly impossible and are super lengthy. No recorded OH sessions either make this course a terrible disappointment. I didn't learn much.  Use online resources to help with assignments and quizzes.  Many discouraged students!