Dr. Lemons is amazing! She has so much enthusiasm for the class and she is one of the nicest people ever. Even when she has a 100 person class, she makes an effort to get to know every single person in the class. Her tests are solely on her lectures ...
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Dr. Lemons is amazing! She has so much enthusiasm for the class and she is one of the nicest people ever. Even when she has a 100 person class, she makes an effort to get to know every single person in the class. Her tests are solely on her lectures so if you take good notes in class you can do really well in the course. She gives you the powerpoints beforehand which is really helpful when taking notes in class and studying. Studying for her tests do not involve much, just to look over your notes a few times to make sure you understand everything.
Professor rated by: Psychology Student on 10/29/09
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BIOL 1104 - ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
She is the worst professor I have ever had. Her tests are impossible to master. She is all about being "fair" and "not trying to trick you" on the tests, but she does it anyways. Her lectures only help a little, and she goes so fast o...
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She is the worst professor I have ever had. Her tests are impossible to master. She is all about being "fair" and "not trying to trick you" on the tests, but she does it anyways. Her lectures only help a little, and she goes so fast over material that should be basic, but she has somehow made complicated. Going to her for help is no good. She's very knowledgeable in the material that is being taught, therefore the class is way to advanced for a basic level class. Prepare to study for forever and a year for her tests and never reap the reward of doing so.
Professor rated by: Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors Student on 11/11/09
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
1
She is the worst professor I have ever had. Her tests are impossible to master. She is all about being "fair" and "not trying to trick you" on the tests, but she does it anyways. Her lectures only help a little, and she goes so fast over material that should be basic, but she has somehow made complicated. Going to her for help is no good. She's very knowledgeable in the material that is being taught, therefore the class is way to advanced for a basic level class. Prepare to study for forever and a year for her tests and never reap the reward of doing so.
Professor rated by: Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors Student on November 11, 2009
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
5
Dr. Lemons is amazing! She has so much enthusiasm for the class and she is one of the nicest people ever. Even when she has a 100 person class, she makes an effort to get to know every single person in the class. Her tests are solely on her lectures so if you take good notes in class you can do really well in the course. She gives you the powerpoints beforehand which is really helpful when taking notes in class and studying. Studying for her tests do not involve much, just to look over your notes a few times to make sure you understand everything.
Professor rated by: Psychology Student on October 29, 2009
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
3
Pros: Really nice woman
Helpful is you ask for it
Cons: Insanely hard tests, always gives multiple choice where there are two good answers, with only a slight difference between the two
Go to class, listen in lecture, and make sure you go over your notes a LOT. Her tests require a lot of studying before you can distinguish the subtle differences that make an answer correct.
Professor rated by: English Student on April 18, 2011
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BIOL 2108H
PRIN BIOL II HON
3
Pros: She's really sweet and tries to come up with interesting things to do in class.
Cons: Her tests are pretty hard but she gives you everything you need to know to do well on them. The class is also really boring, subject wise.
She posts learning objectives with every lecture: THOSE WILL BE YOUR BEST FRIEND FOR STUDYING! What I did was collect them all and then went through them one by one to make sure I could answer them.
Professor rated by: Psychology Student on May 3, 2011
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
3
Pros: Very Descriptive
Podcast/Notes Posted
Cons: Specific Case Studies
Minute Essays
I didn't really enjoy the class because the whole semester was spent studying specific examples, but then the tests were over general concepts. There were minute essays every week, and you never knew when it was going to be graded. I also felt that I was in elementary school sometimes because everyone had a folder with their name on it, and in order to ask/answer a question, you had to raise your folder. I know that it's hard to be personal with your students in a 300 person class, but I am not expecting you to.
Professor rated by: Psychology Student on November 1, 2011
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
4
Pros: She knows her material, and she knows it well. She posts all the powerpoints online and even posted most of the podcasts which were quite helpful. She allows you to go to a couple extra credit seminars. Her tests have about 40 questions, mostly multiple choice, then two or three short answer questions. Pay attention to specific examples she gives in class, because you will be asked about them on the tests. Her tests are somewhat cumulative but not awful, she drops your lowest test grade, and her final is only 25% cumulative (however I found it quite the opposite....)
Cons: Her tests can be more tricky than I thought they would be, but they are not impossible. I found her personality to be somewhat childlike when teaching the class, but it's understandable being an intro class. Sometimes the readings and case studies became annoying and the new clicker system made failing batteries the cause of a poor attendance grade, so that sucked.
Professor rated by: Psychology Student on January 9, 2012
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
3
Pros: She's pretty upbeat and posts power points online, though they aren't always filled in completely. She gives opportunities throughout the semester for extra credit and drops your lowest test average from your final grade. She's also experimenting with Pod casting the lectures which was super helpful when it came to studying for tests, but not always reliable due to technical problems.
Cons: Tests are incredibly hard and the amount of work/studying required to do well is way more than you should have to do for an 1000 level class.
Overall, Professor Lemons is interested in what she teaches and having her students succeed, but that doesn't stop her from making the class incredibly challenging. This was my first biology class since high school and she sometimes assumed I knew things that I haven't seen since 10th grade. Overall, the class is a lot of work and very challenging.
Professor rated by: Psychology Student on January 8, 2012
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
2
Pros: Genuinely a nice person; takes an interest in each student individually.
Cons: The class is not taught well; probably the worst class Iâve taken at UGA. The tests are largely based on large concepts but her lectures focus on specific cases. She also tests on topics covered in lecture, but arenât on the lecture power point. I felt she treated the class much like elementary school children; we made folders with our names on them and were expected to raise them in lecture so that she could learn our names. In took the biology lab, and she had us take pictures with nametags. The case studies are a major annoyance and always group based.
Professor rated by: History Student on November 14, 2011
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
2
Pros: She's a very nice person, very easy to talk to.
Never have to use the book.
Cons: Tests are way too difficult for a non-science major's course! The class lectures don't clearly lay out what to study and a lot of what is on the test are things that she (or Dr. Farmer) says that isn't on the power points.
I really didn't like this class. It makes you so frustrated because you'll study so hard for a test and feel like an idiot when you get such a low grade back. The class lectures don't prepare you well for the test. It didn't make biology interesting at all.
Don't take this class unless you have to.
Professor rated by: Psychology Student on November 7, 2011
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
3
Pros: Easy class to get through if you put in the effort.
Cons: i think it was too hard for an intro and nonscience major course
Dr. lemons is good and nice but cannot explain things good. Dr farmer who taught one unit kept our interest better and explained things in a way we can understand. She is extremely nice and will try her best to help a student. However her tests are impossible, really hard. Read the notes a lot before class and listen to podcasts, somehow i manages an A in the class.
Professor rated by: Psychology Student on December 20, 2011
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
3
Pros: Very enthusiastic about her class
Cons: The class is very big and after the first couple tests, the material is pretty complex and it is difficult to really understand it from lecture and her power points
If you don't go to class, you clicker questions grades/ attendance will come back to bite you. It seems like a small part of your grade but in the long run the points do matter.
Professor rated by: Speech Communication Student on December 7, 2011
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
3
Pros: Material easy to understand
Attendance-As long as you come for at least 22 days, you get full points for attendance
Cons: Boring teacher-She does try, though. I'll give her that
Case studies are pointless...and are always group oriented
Clicker questions everyday
Take this class once you are accomplished in the world (hint,hint like junior year. its much better)
Professor rated by: Psychology Student on May 9, 2011
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
1
Pros: no need to buy book
Cons: only one teacher was offered
her tests are tricky
lectures uninteresting
powerpoints are useless unless you take good notes
i did get a B- in this class, should have done better, it wasnt that it was SOO hard, it just was a sucky class. But i dont find biology intersting. I prefer chem or physics
Professor rated by: Psychology Student on May 31, 2011
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
3
Pros: She's the sweetest professor I've ever had, really wants her students to do well. Funny, pretty interesting.
Cons: I hate to say this, but she's not the best at getting the information across clearly. She really wants to, but it just doesn't happen so often.
Go to class, pay attention, ask questions and you'll be fine.
Professor rated by: Psychology Student on May 5, 2011
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
1
Pros: She is very enthusiastic, sometimes too much. She wants all of her students to know and understand biology.
Cons: Too much student discussion. We are in the class to learn not teach each other. How can we teach when we don't know the material ourselves? Also, her test are almost impossible to study and prepare for.
Professor rated by: Psychology Student on May 4, 2010
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
2
Pros: you get credit hours if you pass (ALL I COULD THINK OF)
Cons: EVERYTHING!!!!
Unless for some reason your major requires you to take BIO 1104..DO NOT TAKE BIO 1104! especially not with Dr.Lemons lectures are boring, test are hard, and the material taught is irrelevant!
Professor rated by: Accounting Student on December 13, 2011
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
5
Pros: SO NICE! Really cares about her students and wants them to do well, comes up with creative ways to teach things, always responds quickly to email and really encourages students to come talk to her
Cons: the class can be challenges, you really have to go to lecture
Professor rated by: Psychology Student on November 15, 2010
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
4
Pros: She's a very involved and knowledgeable teacher who teaches what you need to know. Very little reading is needed as long as you go to class.
Cons: The tests can be kind of hard and sometimes she tries too hard to get class participation.
Professor rated by: Advertising and Public Relations Student on December 9, 2010
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
2
Pros: Great for Bio majors, you can tell she is passionate about the subject.
Cons: I tried to meet with her several times outside of class and she really wasn't helpful. Tests are really hard, its never clear what you should focus on.
Professor rated by: Psychology Student on August 17, 2011
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BIOL 1104
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
2
Pros: She wants each student to do well and love biology just like her.
Cons: Tests are extremely difficult. Eradic teaching methods, very hard to follow. It is difficult to know what to study for from power points. Cumulative final
Professor rated by: Banking and Finance Student on December 12, 2011
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