The exams contain material that is not covered in the book or in class. Lectures are pretty much a waster of time with her as a professor.

At least she's nice. But that's about it. Her lectures do not make sense whatsoever and if you want to do well, you have to practically learn everything on your own. The tests are difficult and many times contain questions regarding stuff we never discussed in class or the textbook. Luckily she does offer a few extra credit opportunities. Good luck

Her lectures make no sense. She says things like "you need to know this" and then doesn't explain the concept at all. You have to teach yourself everything. Her exams are all application questions over material you don't talk about in class, and there is homework constantly. I don't think there was a single thing I learned from Dr. Hiatt.

Intelligent teacher but when it comes to connecting ideas and answering questions she doesn't really help. Most of the homework is google-able and the tests are easy if you google quizlets of her exams. :/ One thing that she did offer was A LOT of extra credit, which I personally loved. Take advantage of coming to class to get those easy points too

The entire semester wasnt that bad, but when it came to the final she screwed us over. My grade went down and ENTIRE letter grade from a A to a B. I almost lost my mind. I talked to other students and they experienced similar things. Im extremely upset over this because my grade never dipped below a 92% before this.

Wasn't a great professor. Spent a lot of time reading from a powerpoint. Wasn't very accessible for help. Constant clicker points and pop quizzes in class.

I just CANNOT. She is kinda scary, ngl. This year, her emails have been very passive-aggressive for no real reason.

Dr. Hiatt, quite frankly, has been one one of the worst professors I have had. In her emails, she is straight up aggressive, getting upset over many things. Like all of us, I can see that she is upset about this pandemic, but she doesn't need to take that out on her students. One time, she sent an email about learning styles and how they are false

Shes so passive aggressive with her emails and announcements and in class. She does not respect students or care about them. Which considering the pandemic going on she should try to be more considerate. She has been at best abrasive and at worst rude. She doesnt teach at expects her students to know everything off the get go.

When the professor says she won't teach the homework material before it's due, you know you've got issues. Biology isn't a subject that can be easily self taught. I feel attacked in every email as she blames us for the issues in the class instead of maybe thinking there's something wrong with her "teaching style". Which is not teaching at all.

Teaching myself biology is an awful process, which is not helped by Dr. Hiatts passive-aggressive emails and snarky remarks. In lecture, the things we talk over are no where to be found on the exams, which consist of questions that make little sense. Although she does give extra credit, I do not recommend taking LIFE120 from Dr. Hiatt.

She would have wrong answers on our homework and when we put down the right answer it was wrong in her eyes. She has said learning styles are not a thing. A family member dying is not an excuse to not take a test. So I took a test an hour after finding out my grandma died. Her and her assistant professor argued over which question was right on quiz

I took LIFE120 through Dr. Hiatt and she's the professor that your high school teachers warn you about. She was rude to her students through online classes and didn't care about how much she was laying on us at one time. Many rude emails were sent to us about how we were one of her worst classes, but she never made adjustments to help us.

She is an awful teacher who is incredibly rude and passive aggressive towards us. She repeatedly told us how we were such terrible students but never tried to teach us better. She assumed we had an understanding of biochem and genetics and then got mad when we didnt understand. One of the worst teachers Ive ever had. If you have her ABORT!!!

This was a terrible class to take. She didn't help much when asked questions about the information. She could not adjust her teaching for Online class. This was the worst class I have taken and do not want to be with this teacher again. She could be very rude at times when she wouldn't even teach us. Exams are nothing like what we learn at lecture.

this class did not need to be nearly as hard as it was. Hiatt did not know how to switch to an online course and that was abundantly clear. we paid for a three-credit-hour class and instead, we got a textbook access code and one 'lecture' a week which was just a short lecture and then a group activity over stuff we didn't understand anyway.

2 out of the 3 days she was supposed to be teaching us we were just reading the book having to teach ourselves. And on the days we did have "student-teacher interaction" we are in breakout rooms with other students, once again teaching ourselves! Do not take this course with her if you are actually looking to learn and benefit from this class.

the WORST professor i have ever had. This is my second time taking her course and yet again failed. She is horrible. Self taught course, if you dont read the book word for word she'll for sure fail you. Was not understanding with COVID. Do not recommend her at all.

I was not a fan of this class, and all of the people I took this class with would have a similar opinion. I learned nothing from this class and I am sorry if you have to take this for your major. Be prepared to teach yourself almost everything in the class because she hardly teaches, and expects you to know everything. Overall, horrible class.

I would rather get ran over by a semi, attacked by a group of mountain lions, and get my fingers slammed in a car door than take this class again. This class is much harder than a freshman entry level biology. It does not help the professor does not care to help out. You basically teach yourself everything, or you don't learn. Tests are difficult

Exams are difficult.

Anna Hiatt barely taught this class and just expected everyone to know the material. Tests are not curved (even when everyone does bad) she just "re-evaluates" specific questions. The test are very hard and you should be prepared to study the material from the second you start the class.

She is so hard, doesn't teach anything!! Take LIFE 120 with another proffessor.

I want to thank chegg and khan academy as they are the only reason I passed. I took all AP classes in H.S. and have never had this bad of a class. There is no real teaching and I have no idea what the tests were based on because it definitely WAS NOT from the textbook. We only had 1 class a week and even then we were in small groups with no prof.

Probably the worst teacher to start my freshman year of college with, especially during the pandemic. A 4 credit class and without counting the Monday review, she "taught" once a week (aka put us in small groups where we had to teach ourselves what was going on). Very passive-aggressive in her emails and announcements to the class. -10/10.

Doesn't teach, tough grader, lots of readings/ assignments, expect passive aggressive emails/ announcements, tough exams. Definition of a "weed out" professor/course. I've lost way too much sleep, declined mental health and experienced unnecessary stress as a result from this class. Not trying to spread hate with this post, just warning others.

The worst lecturer EVER! Really, she's more of a slide reader. I'm not sure she understood the stuff she was trying to explain. She seemed to have no sympathy for students. Everything was made more difficult. It wasn't worth it, I couldn't make sense out of anything.

don't ever take a class with her. the "learning mastery" is the most bs grading system i have ever been the victim of. sometimes I'm unsure if she actually knows what she's talking about or she just looks up slides online. she's a nice woman but the way that she "teaches" doesn't do it for me. if rate my professor had a 0/5 i would use it.

Switch professors. Reading the textbook is the only way you learn. She does not teach in class, usually just gives complicated examples using terms no one understands and you leave the lecture not knowing what you just listened to. The way she grades is absolutely foul and grades are locked. I had to teach myself everything. TA's are valid though.

This is the worst class I have taken so far, and I cannot stand her learning mastery grading system. Despite what you get on tests, you might not get the right questions right, and therefore suffer in class. Absolutely switch professors if you have her.

Hiatt is the worst professor I have ever had. Her grading style is poor and does not show growth or understanding. (I think she just doesn't want to grade our work...) The exams are hard but if you read the textbook you'll be fine. I never went to class and ended with an A so obviously its not vital to go. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH HIATT!!!!!!!!

She's literally terrible, choose any other teacher. She has her own grading scale and you can't even check your grade. You won't learn anything in lecture, and is so unhelpful

Hiatt's "objective-based grading" means you'll probably get an A but you have to teach yourself. Lectures are mediocre at best but you still have to go because you do a lot of graded in-class group work. If you absolutely have to take her section, hope you get a good group and read the book.

The lectures are dull and uninformative, as her recollection of biology is questionable at times. The tests do not adequately assess the learning of students, because they are short and heavily weigh the minutiae as much or even more than the main topics of the units. Fortunately, the grading is convoluted, so 3/4 of her class can "earn" an A.

This was the worst class I have ever taken. Her test are nothing over the material she teaches and theyre worded so complicated that I think shes trying to confuse herself. There are 2 other instructors for this class TAKE IT WITH THEM. They dont have this complicated grading system. You will spend hours studying and the test will not reflect it

This professor did not teach what was on the test and would provide no sort of outline guide that would help predict what would be on the tests and quizzes. The lectures were extremely fast paced, the lectures did not line up with the course textbook.Transfer out of this class and switch to the same class with a different professor.

lowsey grading system. seems as she doesn't know what she talking about. doesn't know how to teach.

I had heard about other professors and I tried taking Life120 with someone else but they were all full. Even if you study for the test you probably won't do well. The grading system is different and it sucks. She also won't update grades for a few weeks or more.

Professor Hiatt does not know what she is talking about 90% of the time, you basically had to teach yourself. Would not recommend taking.

I had her a few years ago. She was really harsh on grading and changed the semster after I was in her class which made me mad. She was very rude to me whenever I met with her or had questions. The tests are so much harder than class material so read the book and learn vocab.

Lectures are not well presented nor make any sense. Homework seems to be copy and pasted from the book. Have to complete previous assignments before you can even look at the next assignment. Overall 0/10 way to teach.

tests are hard and she does not prepare you well. you will have to do lots of work outside of class. prepare to teach yourself. her lectures are very fast paced and she does not explain things well at all.

terrible lectures, hard test, no good study materials, quizzes every week, cancels class for no reason (one time was because she was "too cold to drive to work"), bad at responding to emails. if you can get the other life 120 professor I highly recommend because this lady was not good at her job. I cried every day because of this class.

I personally didn't like the way she taught lectures. I felt like I had to try and listen to everything she was saying and write it down as quickly as possible. The homework wasn't very helpful, and to be honest, I felt like I learned more about the class in my lab than I did in the actual lecture.

Do not expect to understand any of the lectures. She is very kind, but does not know how to teach this subject. You get 2 tries on each test but the average is taken. You use learning catalytics every day and you have to get them right to be counted towards your attendance. Would not recommend.

have to teach yourself everything, so if you take this class be prepared to learn more from crash course then the actual lectures. Her tests also has things shes never talked about, and things from multiple chapters ago so your memory needs to be good or else youll do bad.

Her lectures lacked content and even when they did have an adequate amount of content she moved too fast for any of the information to be useful. I wouldn't have attended any of her lectures if she didn't take attendance for a grade. My tip: read the textbook during her lectures, you'll learn more.

Dr. Hiatt speaks too quickly during lectures, making it difficult to take notes. She assumes that students have a background in chemistry, so those without it will struggle. However, she does offer two attempts on tests and provides opportunities for extra credit. Despite this, I would not choose to take this class with her again.

Lectures are useless and basically review so read the textbook thoroughly. Go to lectures though because clicker points are a big part of grade. Exams are hard but if you overprepare you should do at least okay. I do not recommend this professor.

Professor Hiatt led a very confusing class. She wouldn't lecture, instead would just talk and not explain anything. Tests were not anything like we learned in class or like the practice tests provided.