Reviews of professor Susan Harrison

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The study guides she offers mirror the midterms; really helpful outside of the class; the ta's helped a lot too. The book is not useful in this course; the main focus was the lecture slides. Quizzes are basically the material covered on the lecture day. The Final exam was not cumulative.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
LONG exams w/ vague questions & expectations of detailed answers even if asked to describe in a few words. Tests ability to pull out few sentences from research articles vs understanding concepts & said we should have known questions needed extra research due to online format. No real OH, defensive & unhelpful. Frustrating format and teaching style

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I thought I liked ecology, but this class seemed to prove me wrong. The professor is fine, but the course is heavy and the 4 tests are in such a frustrating and confusing format. We have weekly quizzes, she doesnt reveal answers. I'd say that If you really like population dynamics, you'll probably like this class. If not, well good luck.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Her lectures were clear and had 4 questions each for the quiz portion. 2 midterms both average around 84% so a difficulty final was not surprising (average 69%). Discussion was mandatory and each group discussed the assigned paper.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Susan was great. Only lecture content was on the exam because the textbook was supplemental. She provided useful study guides for the three exams. Discussion attendance mandatory: you were placed in a group to discuss a paper with the section.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Recommended textbook became available two weeks after the quarter began. She provided study questions, but without solutions. She held review sessions before exams.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Take-home MT1, in-person MT2, non-cumulative Final. TAs Paige and Tara graded fast and always provided comments. Susan was willing to answer questions and cared about students.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Digital textbook was not available even after the first lecture. Annoying iClicker questions were part of overall grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is an incredible professor. Her exams are very fair, if you follow her study guides well you will get an A in the class. She also acknowledges when she makes mistakes on exams or thought certain things were too difficult and will adjust grading accordingly, very good professor!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Harrison knows her stuff. I loved the Ecology class and it was my first ever class to take dedicated to ecology. She made it fun, had lots of real world examples using all sorts of different cute animals. Tests are hard but manageable if you pay attention to lecture. Lectures are synchronous but recorded so missing one is not a big deal.