Professor Ratings & Grade Distribution Data for William Higgins

William Higgins

Professor (1998 – 2012)
Maryland (UMD)
Biological Sciences Program

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3.4872

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Rated by 78 students

3.23

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across 16 classes

Spring 2012 Schedule

BSCI 207 - PRIN BIOL III ORGANISMAL

Add to schedule MWF 11:00am-11:50am

BSCI 440 - Mammalian Physiology

Add to schedule M 12:00pm-1:50pm,
TR 8:00am-9:15am

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4

BSCI 207 - PRIN BIOL III ORGANISMAL

overall he gives analogies that will help ones understanding of biology a lot better, simplify concepts that some of the other professors might not do. Drops 1 exam, thats basically the curve. Exams are overall fair, not easy nor extremely hard. Have...
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overall he gives analogies that will help ones understanding of biology a lot better, simplify concepts that some of the other professors might not do. Drops 1 exam, thats basically the curve. Exams are overall fair, not easy nor extremely hard. Have to study from lecture notes and go to class to ensure at least a B.

Professor rated by: Biological Sciences Program Student on 5/21/08

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BSCI 207 - PRIN BIOL III ORGANISMAL

He's really difficult, and you have to go to lecture. It's hard to learn from the slides alone. Exams are basically multiple-multiple choice. Lowest grade is dropped. If you work hard, then you'll probably get a good grade.

Professor rated by: Biology Student on 3/8/09

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BSCI 207

PRIN BIOL III ORGANISMAL

4

overall he gives analogies that will help ones understanding of biology a lot better, simplify concepts that some of the other professors might not do. Drops 1 exam, thats basically the curve. Exams are overall fair, not easy nor extremely hard. Have to study from lecture notes and go to class to ensure at least a B.

Professor rated by: Biological Sciences Program Student on May 21, 2008

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BSCI 207

PRIN BIOL III ORGANISMAL

5

Great teacher. I took it when it was team taught with Professor Kent. Really helpful and I learned a lot in this class. Not only did I learn biology and understand the material both teachers helped me learn new ways to study and how to be a better student.

Professor rated by: Biological Sciences Program Student on May 12, 2008

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BSCI 207

PRIN BIOL III ORGANISMAL

2

He's really difficult, and you have to go to lecture. It's hard to learn from the slides alone. Exams are basically multiple-multiple choice. Lowest grade is dropped. If you work hard, then you'll probably get a good grade.

Professor rated by: Biology Student on March 8, 2009

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BSCI 105

PRIN BIOL I

3

Pros: Intelligent

Cons: What is talked about in class is not the only thing on the test

Higgins is a really nice guy, he's funny but I didn't really mesh well with his teaching style. Also it was a pain that he got lazy at the end of the semester and stopped posting MasteringBiology homework for about a month. Then he randomly started posting them again, he grudgingly gave everyone an extension on a Mastering Biology homework that no one knew existed. Classes ended on the 10th and we have an assignment due on the 15th, the day before the final. It just seems weird.

Professor rated by: Psychology Student on December 15, 2010

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BSCI 207

PRIN BIOL III ORGANISMAL

2

Pros: he's funny

Cons: he has terrible lecture notes. his lectures are extremely abstract, but his exams are very detailed...so pretty much your clueless. I guessed his whole exam. 90% multiple choice (as far as I can remember). He teaches this course with jefferey <-- he's much better and easier.

Professor rated by: Biological Sciences Program Student on July 11, 2010

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BSCI 105

PRIN BIOL I

4

Pros: super nice, funny, kept an early class awake most of the time, clear and knowledgable

Cons: kind of stubborn in his ways but willing to work with you

I liked Higgins a lot and would suggest taking him from BSCI105, I may even take him for another course

Professor rated by: Biology Student on May 12, 2011

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BSCI 207

PRIN BIOL III ORGANISMAL

3

Pros: He's really energetic and really takes time in explaining stuff.

Cons: However, he goes too fast in class and if you are a person who takes notes in class you have to write really fast. I prefer jeffery 100x more.

He's kinda hard.

Professor rated by: Biological Sciences Program Student on November 20, 2010

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BSCI 207

PRIN BIOL III ORGANISMAL

1

Pros: Easy to get a B

Cons: Hard to get an A

The class is co-taught, Jeffery is a great teacher while Higgins is a jerk. You can only lose 40 points combined over the course of 2 exams and a final in order to get an A -- basically impossible.

Professor rated by: Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Student on December 17, 2010

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BSCI 207

PRIN BIOL III ORGANISMAL

3

You can learn a lot from Higgins. But you gotta put much time aside for the class. Group studying can help a lot. This is a kind of class you have to understand the topics being told. memorizing won't really fly by.

Professor rated by: Biological Sciences Program Student on May 3, 2011

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BSCI 207

PRIN BIOL III ORGANISMAL

3

Cons: He's very rude at times and the way he lecturers sometimes is all over the place

Good teacher. He knows what he talks about. Good lecturer but hard to follow because he had a tendency to try and make a lot of jokes.

Professor rated by: Biology Student on December 9, 2010

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BSCI 207

PRIN BIOL III ORGANISMAL

1

Cons: His lectures make no sense. They're based on these random equations he pulls out of his butt and then tests you on without clearly explaining them. And he can be an ass hole. I learned nothing from him.

Professor rated by: Biology Student on December 6, 2010

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BSCI 207

PRIN BIOL III ORGANISMAL

3

Pros: Repeats himself a lot to drill info into students' heads. Tells you what he expects from you.

Cons: Barks at students during lectures. Kindof an asshole. But hey, maybe people like that about him, who knows.

Professor rated by: Chemical & Life Sciences Student on October 9, 2011

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BSCI 207

PRIN BIOL III ORGANISMAL

2

Pros: He's a good guy... but don't take him.. he's not out to make your life easy.

Cons: He's doesn't curve and isn't out to help your GPA. 207 is his favorite class to not curve...

Professor rated by: Biological Sciences Program Student on November 10, 2010

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BSCI 207

PRIN BIOL III ORGANISMAL

3

Pros: Good lecturer, makes class enjoyable.

Cons: He's pretty arrogant and difficult to work with one on one. He would rather you go to the TAs then bother him at his office hours.

Very tough course.

Professor rated by: Biology Student on September 28, 2011

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BIOL 105

Principles of Biology I

5

Pros: Amazingly good professor. Always willing to help with questions. Does participation based visuals for difficult concepts. Hilarious

Cons: Not many downfalls, just very difficult exams.

Professor rated by: Engineering, Civil Student on October 18, 2011

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BSCI 207

PRIN BIOL III ORGANISMAL

4

Pros: interesting material

higgins keeps your attention

mostly straight to the point

Cons: Higgins loves graphs and has really long slide shows

tons of memorizing phylogenies for Jeffrey

Professor rated by: Biological Sciences Program Student on December 14, 2010

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BSCI 105

PRIN BIOL I

4

Pros: lot of curve

Cons: no office hours.

he is very punctual. but he is very knowledge. he doesn't have much experience in intro level courses but he is very awesome.

Professor rated by: Health Student on December 13, 2010

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BSCI 207

PRIN BIOL III ORGANISMAL

3

Pros: skips over powerpoint slides - make sure to print out the slides beforehand so you can see the important slides as he skips over them

Cons: yells a lot

Professor rated by: Business and Management Student on October 23, 2011

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BSCI 105

PRIN BIOL I

4

Pros: Lecture notes are posted on elms and they're easy to print out so you can take your own notes during lecture.

Cons: I didn't like mastering bio.

Professor rated by: Biology Student on January 11, 2012

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BSCI 105

PRIN BIOL I

4

Pros: Gets you involved and keeps the course interesting

Cons: moves quickly

if you do the readings to keep up with his lectures, you'll be fine

Professor rated by: Kinesiology Student on October 5, 2011

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