Reviews of professor Hugh McIsaac

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Hugh is not a first time professor, but its his first year at wsu, and boy does it show. His lecture exam averages are never even CLOSE. His lecture content is horrible but he has clickers so you still have to go. I read straight out of the textbook assigned readings and do great on exams, but Ive taken my fair share of upper level bio courses.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Took Ecology as an asynchronous class. I said my grade is a B but idk, nothing has been entered into the gradebook since Feb. Textbook is an interactive program, which is cool- there are MANY reading questions. Exams are v hard, based on minute details from extremely heavy & long lectures. Doesn't respond to emails. TAKE EVERY NOTE YOU CAN

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Asks specific questions about reading that nobody would pay attention to unless they already knew he was going to ask them, such as where a researcher was born or the exact numbers for data that aren't even important to the reading. His short essays require too much in too little space and you have to do everything perfect or you get a C.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
One of the worst classes I've ever taken. Required to pay for online textbook ($100) as there are 2 assignments to be submitted through that site, paid virtual lab site for only a few of the labs, must pay for exams. 2 exams determine your grade. He says the exams only cover topics in lectures, however many topics were not discussed in his lectures

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
you're graded heavily on your essays by a TA, so make sure you have a good TA. The professor is a climate alarmist and kind of a nut job. He blames republicans for everything going wrong in the world. Everything lecture was asynchronous . Tests were kind of hard, averages ranges from 70-78%.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The class was a breeze. I'm not a bio major but thought it would be fun to take the course for my BSCI credit, and it was great! It was a freshman-level course and it was pretty straightforward. I didn't do any of the readings and just attended the lectures, and managed to get above a 100 on the exams. 3 exams, a final, one paper, and lab.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This professor only does lectures and exams, no assignments. Only one term paper that isn't even related to the class. I wouldn't have passed if the teacher hadn't curved his exams. I attended every class, read optional readings, and did seven hours of studying every week. I still never got above a 70% on any exam without the curve.