Reviews of professor Gonul Schara

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I loved this class, but it is not an easy class. It is important to attend class because not everything is on the powerpoint slides. Print the slides out and just write in details from the lecture. I did not use the book. There is some homework, but they are easy worksheets to practice the ideas you learned. There is also a fun protein art project!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
its a very challenging class but you learn a lot and Dr. Schara does a great job of making sure all the students are understaning the material

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I had a wonderful time in this class! She was very helpful and made sure to clarify anything you needed clarification on. It was a lab class, so I can't speak to her use of textbooks, but she was always very engaged with us students and helped in any way she could, and was very understanding if you accidentally break glass, which I did 3 times.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Difficult course but a great professor.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The professor spent time to focus on students individually and made herself available outside of class for any clarification. Lectures went hand in hand with exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Easiest Lab Professor I've had. Tells you what she wants on each report and how to do it. She is very helpful during lab. Definitely take her for Chem lab it's honestly an easy A if you do your lab reports.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Schara is an amazing professor who teaches with a passion. The class is definitely hard! REVIEW the powerpoints and utilize the textbook for more insight. Do not study the day before the exam b/c the course is dense. Also, do not be afraid to ask questions during class, Dr. Schara wants to make sure you understand the concepts!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I feel this instructor was wonderful! She supplied plenty of worksheets and quizzes to prepare us for the exams. She made every class interesting and enjoyable. I would highly recommend this class to anyone in this field of study!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This ended up being more of a math class which is unfortunate since many of the biochem concepts are really interesting. Basically everything that Gonul said that, "we needed to know" never showed up on exams. Majority of points end up being from calculations and you will see point heavy exam questions that are completely random and never taught.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures are a very broad and generalized , almost like a summary of each sections/chapters but exams are very detailed and heavily math/calculations based. This class requires you to study the book in detail and know things that was not covered in lectures. And even then, your chances of doing well is slim.