Lectures are all over the place with little continuity.

Dr. Guardiola was an awful professor. She seemed super helpful in class if you asked a question but she was very rude. When emailed for help, she said that she was an advisor as well and had no time to help her students, to ask a TA. She taught the basics but never gave in depth explanations for tests, notes were useless. I self taught for exams

She doesn't know how to teach. You basically have to google everything & figure it out for yourself. I was the type of kid that could sit in class & just absorb information & didn't have to study. She can't teach material in a good manner for anyone to learn and she tries to cram a lot of material in a 50 minute lecture. Take Young or Navaratnam.

She doesn't explain concepts clearly, and there have been multiple occasions where she will either contradict herself or the lecture ppt which just leaves everyone confused. Attendance is mandatory because of participation points, but the actual lectures aren't helpful and you'll likely be teaching yourself the material.

I have unfortunately taken Professor Guardiola for both of my freshman semesters. I had taken AP Bio in high school so the first semester was old knowledge. This however let me see how the way she presented information was awful. Analogies that made no sense, numerous mistakes on quizzes, lectures, and even tests that she (we) noticed and fixed.

Dr. Guadiola is very unorganized and doesn't really know how to run a class. She always came to class unprepared and does not specify what to study for exams. Her office hours are unhelpful because she won't just answer your question, she talks down to you even though her entire lectures are read right off the power point slides.

Dr. Guardiola is very unorganized, and is probably the most unorganized teacher I ever had. Lectures were never posted in a timely manner. Tests were very difficult to prepare for, as she never made them cumulative as specified in the syllabus. Exams were never graded in a timely manner, as for one exam it took her 3 and a half weeks to grade.

Probably my least liked professor in all of college. Very terrible at actually teaching and just expects you to teach yourself. She answers questions with even more questions. Honestly feels like she has very little knowledge on what she is teaching. Would avoid if at all possible.

Dr. Guardiola lacks so many of the skills that teachers need to have. She is not organized and she does not communicate the content well (one time she provided us the wrong information in a lecture and corrected herself a week later?). Her participation notecards and clicker questions rarely match the material. Tests are not easy. Take anyone else!

Nice lady but not a good teacher and sarcastic. Tests are hard. Be ready to study a lot and go to tutoring.

Awful. The most unorganized professor Ive ever been taught by. She rambles and if you catch her in. A bad mood youll be sorry. Sometimes she can be nice but normally when youve caught one of the kistakes shes made grading your test. I feel badly but nobody in the class respects her. Her lectures are long but somehow teach you nothing.

Take literally any other professor for 117, may be the worst professor I've had. She teaching method is extremely unorganized very difficult to follow along and take notes. The quiz questions are ridiculous and do not line up with the material taught in lecture. The course is easy, but she somehow found a way to present info in a horrible manner.

DO NOT EVER TAKE HER. SHE IS THE WORST TEACHER I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE. SHE IS COMPLETELY CLUELESS TO THE FACT THAT HER ASSIGNMENTS DO NOT HELP STUDENTS WHATSOEVER

She would misprint material in the powerpoints and have to go back and correct herself in future lectures so we didn't know what was really correct. The handouts don't make any sense. The worst professor I've ever had.

Goes way too fast, expects you to already know certain things and then goes off of that so youre completely lost the whole time.

It was extremely hard to keep up with what she was teaching. The mastering biology assignments are hard to understand and complete because she had not yet taught on the subject. The class was based heavily on exams and she packed a lot of information int the exams and it was hard to learn all of the information.

Clicker questions are the way she teaches the class. Class content is heavy and does not make sense. Does not really use examples in class that is easy to understand. She teaches like her students have a solid background in biology, which is hard to adjust to. I would sit in class and not understand or retain a single thing she said.

We basically taught ourselves the content. All the homework was learning the new material on our own before class, and then she would vaguely go over it during class, but not in the detail necessary. Hectic lectures, and pre-formatted notes that make it impossible to take valuable notes (the provided notes are like a textbook).

She's the most two faced person! She'd show you she is a caring & understanding professor when she's the exact absolute COMPLETE opposite. She doesn't choose her words the may hurt you. If you offer to do heavy extra work on your own, she wouldn't like it because it's "unfair" to her to grade ONE more assignment, which is very much ridiculous.

Dr. G is a very nice lady but a very poor teacher. She doesn't explain or elaborate on anything in class and the whole semester is basically spent watching crash courses and/or teaching yourself the material. There is a lot of work that goes along with the course but somehow none of it can help to develop an understanding of what's going on.

Don't take her class. There are no actual notes to take really, she just reads off a power point and does so many iclicker questions everyday. The classes are also too large, asking questions isn't really a possibility.

Is confusing and does not teach.

this teacher is actually bad, all she makes you do is make you teach yourself and then she reviews it. As a professor you have an obligation to teach your students, and when you want help? Don't think of going to her because she will just send you to a TA or recommend a tutor, this is the worst teacher I have had in years.

Would not recommend this professor to anyone. There are multiple long homework assignments each week that are supposed to teach us the lesson but they make no sense. Her "lecture" only goes over the homework that didn't make any sense in the first place. Lecture is very disorganized and hard to follow. I learned nothing during this course.

This professor is extremely unorganized. A majority of her class is failing exams and not gaining anything from the lectures and homework. She expects questions but tap dances around them and gets frustrated when nobody can do the in class activities. She makes it very difficult to learn and stay engaged. Honestly ruined my passion for science.

This class is pretty much self-taught and you learn the content before each class and her lecture the next day may or may not answer the questions you had about the assignment prior to class, but the assignment still has a grade for it so you get penalized for not knowing it the first time. She runs class poorly. Nobody pays attention.

Doesn't teach anything during class and is extremely passive aggressive. Her analogies for understanding topics don't make any sense, and she's rude to her TA's in front of everyone. If you don't teach yourself everything outside of class, you will not pass. Most of class time is spent doing iClicker on topics almost no one knows. Avoid if you can!

The only thing you can depend on is the textbook as the lectures don't help at all for the exams. Anything taught in class is significantly easier than on the tests. Every single class something is due so it feels like there's never a day off. Very nice woman but even going to office hours does nothing, take someone else.

You may get a good grade but that doesn't mean you learned anything. Grades are based on open note quizzes, and "getting ready for class assignments" they're all online and one or two of them are due before EVERY SINGLE CLASS. Lectures aren't lectures, they're her badly summarizing the online textbook and using confusing comparisons.

Lectures are horrible. Never explains anything of value. Just memorize the pretests the best you can for the exams.

Trying to find what to study and how to study in this class is difficult. I got a good grade but honestly do not feel I learned anything relevant. Wasn't difficult to pass but a very ignoring and infuriating class. Try to find a better professor, especially if you are majoring in something related to biology.

She is nice, but does not teach. If you cant avoid her, the textbook and the "Ameoba sisters" on YouTube are your best friend. She does a flipped classroom. Only reason I passed this class was because I learned most of these topics in high school; otherwise, I taught myself. Tests are almost identical to exams, so this class is definitely doable.

If you have the opportunity to not take her, don't. You will have to teach yourself the entire course and when you reach out for help, she belittles you. Every time I have gone to her office hours, she has answered my questions with a snarky comment and asks if I read the material. I have never struggled with biology as much as I do now.

I have never been so confused in a class in my life. She goes around in circles with topics in class and never directly answers your questions. You will have 2-3 assignments due before each class that has not been taught yet. Best suggestion I can give is studying the pre tests or not taking this professor at all.

She isn't good at explaining and teaching. She said not to read the book, but the presentations are not helpful, so you basically teach yourself.

She does not actually teach, uses clicker but doesn't actually say or explain the right answer. Only got through this class by literally reading the entire textbook, don't recommend taking her class unless you want to essentially teach yourself everything about BIOL 115.

Did a flipped classroom where you had 1-3 assignments due before each class. Absolutely did not help when you asked questions, on both email, in person and office hours. Lectures were mainly pictures and talking about random animals and humans with diseases that did not correlate with the topic we were learning. Taught myself through the textbook.

She is a very nice person, however, she cannot teach. Her class is lecture-heavy, yet the lectures are all over the place, and she does not explain the concepts well. If you do not have a strong biology background, I do not recommend her. She is relatively accessible and nice to talk to, though.

She is very nice however her class is very lecture heavy and the lectures are so disorganized. She goes all over the place while teaching and it's hard to understand. The tests are also very difficult. And be prepared to spend hours everyday working on her homework and studying.

She is not a good teacher at all.

I saw someone say that she seems like a 'hot mess in lectures' and I couldn't agree me\. The content she teaches in class is different from the pre-class work and all of it is different from the exam. The methods behind her reasoning and confusing and scrambled. I will always recommend people switch out of her class.

Dr. Guardiola is a very nice woman and was helpful in her office hours and clearly explained topics in that setting. Lecture however, I found her to be disorganized and erractic. Be prepared to need outside sources to understand homeworks, quizzes and for exam reveiw, especially exam two. I would highly suggest any other professor over her.

Her lectures were not helpful at all. She said not to read the book then gave no context in the lectures.

It seems like she knows the topic herself, but cannot help but overcomplicate everything she tries to teach. Lectures are extremely useless, but they are mandatory. All of her content is overly difficult to use/access. Exams are nothing like what she goes over in class, and you never know what to study. Do not take unless necessary.

get ready for class assignments did more than the lecture. she doesn't know how to teach. her power points are all over the place too which doesn't help with studying.

She grades very strict. Her lectures are pretty chaotic. Her exams are not what yon learn. Especially exam 2 !!!!!!!!. Lots of homework. She can be nice but not good at teaching. Please do not take her (for ur own good)

She wasn't very descriptive and very vague with everything. When asked direct questions she constantly avoided them leading to more confusion. She would talk about her anxiety more than the source material, which is not what I am paying for. The homework doesn't match the exam and beats around the bush with answers to homework questions.

Literally the worst class I've ever taken. She doesn't clearly answer questions and beats around the bush telling you that you need to find the answer for yourself, but then puts those questions on the exams. She gives homework on course material that you have yet to learn, which is then graded based on accuracy. I'd never take her class again.

Class relies on information not taught in lectures, it is all on different pages. She doesn't answer questions directly, has very syllabus specific grading which she will not make an acceptation for if you make a mistake. Her teaching is heavily reliant on graphs and charts that are difficult to understand if you are not her.

Her exam and quiz questions are nothing like the lectures and are overall just worded in extremely confusing ways for no good reason!

She ruined my love for biology

Do not take this professor unless you want to attend lectures, do homework, and study content that won't even be on the exam. Nothing she talks about in class or assigns actually teaches you the content. The exams are a guessing game, and she doesn't provide any useful help. This is coming from someone who LOVES Biology, but I hate this class.

Beyond poor at explaining the course content. What she does talk about in class is not content that you will be tested on, and unless you fully intend to teach yourself everything outside of class, it won't go well for you. Attendance is mandatory despite her lectures being useless. I would do literally anything to avoid having her again.

went to almost every lecture and still can not tell you what is happening, can not teach, be ready to teach yourself absolutely everything. if you are able to switch bio professors, i highly reccomend.

She cannot teach. If you plan on taking bio 115 i would reccomend any other professor. You have to learn the assignments and do the homework before she teaches them in class which is beyond me. She's a nice lady but this whole year Ive taught myself everything that i've been tested on. Her lectures are sporadic and have no consistency either.

To this day, I regard her as the worst professor I have EVER had. I've taken level 500 courses that were literally less than half as hard as her class. Avoid her at all costs if possible. I would rather rip out all my teeth than take her again.