Reviews of professor Gareth Hopkins

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I had him for lab and he was amazing. He explains the labs in-depth instead of cutting you loose and having you figure it out yourself. He explains concepts in a way that everyone is able to understand. Overall, he is a great professor and is always willing to help students.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This professor legitimately worsened my depression. His test questions were the most vague nihilistic questions I've ever seen. Fill in the blank/essay style test questions. Rather than actually testing knowledge, they test how well you can get past his tricky wordings and "well technically"'s. Cool dude but would rather die than retake the class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr.Hopkins is a super nice professor, but his study guides do not really relate to the test. Many of the test answers come from the weekly quizzes.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
BI 343 was a struggle. He does not grade assignments on time. In fact, don't expect to see a grade for a majority of your worksheets/assignments/labs till the end of the term. Time management does not exist with him. And definitely do not expect him to respond to your emails. If you take this class, good luck cause you're gonna need it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
After having Buck for the first part of the term, Professor Hopkins was a dream come true. He is easy to understand and very good at explaining things. His lectures are engaging and clear, do not miss them though as he gives you notes to add to his slides. Overall he is a great professor and I hope to have him in the future.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not a terrible professor, however he gives no feedback. Lots of lectures to watch in a short amount of time. The midterm exam was very unrealistic for time to complete. He allowed 50 minutes for a 12 page exam, I think 1 person finished? He doesn't put anything in the grade book either so don't expect to know your grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I've had Dr. Hopkins for three classes and he's easily the best professor I've had in my undergraduate career. Whatever he's teaching, find a way to take it. If you've ever wondered if field work is something you want to do, he'll probably convince you to do it. He's engaging, memorable, and wants you to succeed.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He doesn't grade papers so it makes it hard to know how you're doing in the class. Also, he was disorganized and didn't post the lab worksheets in canvas. Doesn't put links to turn in lab assignments. You need to know R Studio well in order to do some of the labs.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mr. Hopkins is a good professor. The only thing is that there is very few things to be graded and he is a very particular grader. I don't think I would take again because of this and just not too engaging but overall a good guy just not for me.