He asigned too much busy work and taught the class as i we all had microbiology degrees already, even other instructors advise not to take him!

If I can just warn you all to not take this instructor! He is teaching at McCord AFB right now and has 4 students left in his class. The others have dropped!

I'm a 4.0 student and he ruined it for me. He's picky and confusing. The material is not difficult, but he refuses to accept an assignment until it's 100% perfect in HIS eyes and you have to re-do it several times. The assignments are super nit-picky and not helpful. My correspondence with him was less than satisfactory and he got confused easily.

Horrible instructor! Makes rude comments. Essay questions must be exact for credit. I wouldn't recommend him. Take another instructor!!!!! Teacher demands 24hrs a week for study time.

Too much homework and only worth 10 points, may take you up to 2 or more hours to finish every times. Useless notes and practice exam. 8 weeks course like a joke. Highly not recommended.

Mr. Putman is a very difficult professor. He wants you to study an unrealistic amount of hours for his class. Do NOT take other classes because this one will take all of your time. He gives essay questions on exams and wants them word for word by what he says. He will want you to learn all 206 bones and markers. His lectures are 3 hours long.

I am a 4.0 student but this professor is impossible.. answers need to be exactly his way. Way too much work assigned. Very long lecture videos. He gets off topic and is very opinionated. Save yourself the trouble! Do not take him.. I heard things about him but I figured how hard can an online nutrition really be and now my GPA is suffering.

Prof Putman creates his own lecture materials, places up his own photos, and creates his own labs. Plus if you don't like buying the books. However, some of his lectures are outdated, he uses flow charts in power point which is impossible. If you do not use specific words he is looking for in lab, you will get a 0 even if you are correct.

I am a straight A student. Overall 4.0 GPA and this professor makes it nearly impossible to pass his class. I study for HOURS every single day. You can answer a question right but if it is not the way he wanted you to answer, it is wrong. The amount of hours it takes to do a 10 point assignment is ridiculous. The lecture videos are extremely LONG!

Very harsh grader, even if youre right, he will take points off because its not worded how he wants it. Lectures are EXTREMELY long, impossible to keep up if you have a job/other classes. No text book needed, which makes preparing for a test difficult because he bases them heavily on everything he says in lectures and his PPs. Do not recommend.

This professor was the worst professor I have ever had! I have a 3.6 gpa and have never failed a class before and I had to withdraw from this course! I already had a heavy load this quarter but Barry wants it to be perfect which he will give zeros out and the majority of the class fail the tests. Btw the majority of the class have drop the class.

Professor Putman's class is incredibly difficult, do not take his class while having other responsibilities, I spent around 50 hours a week just on his class. He expects perfect recall of his lectures, and tests heavily on the most briefly covered material, detailed essays in exams. I had been a 4.0 student until this class where I got a 2.0.

Putman's feedback is by far the worst. He barely explains anything and often time strips the student of credit where it is due. I spent 40 hours per week on this class and still felt swamped. Often his lab handouts don't even explain the labs to the grade criteria that he wants you to reach. His lectures were often not explained well or organized.

Run. I wish somebody had warned me before taking Putman's class. He gives little to no feedback, unclear instructions/expectations, expects you to read his mind, and is condescending. I spent way over 30 hrs/week on this class. If you take this course, make sure you're not taking other courses, have a job, or family. NO THANK YOU! I left with a C-

GPA is a 3.8 taking his class sure to bring it down. Lab reports had to redo 3 times because his instructions arent clear and Atlas for online labs are less than helpful. Lectures are very very long and timed exams and quizzes are very short. Takes points off of everything if not worded as he would, class is very hard, do not take his class!

this class sucked the life out of me... Prof. Putman has unrealistic expectations, while I did learn a lot, he always had something neg. to say, even going as far as to email me that he was disappointed in my grade on the first exam. He took extra credit points away, because I did not include information that was NOT asked for in the question.

Professor Putman is extremely difficult to work with, and often does not respond to Canvas messages for days at a time. Grades higher than standard, and completely locks the course until assignments completed to his satisfaction. 3-4+ hour long lectures, no materials. Does not accommodate disabilities. Condescending to students.

His Class was very challenging. No matter what goes in your life his class "matters the most". He is a very challenging grader as well.

NEVER EVER TAKE PROFESSOR PUTMAN FOR ANY CLASS. HE IS THE WORST AND I MEAN THE WORST. I'M SURPRISED PIERCE COLLEGE HASN'T CAUGHT ON AND SURPRISED HE IS THE DEAPRTMENT CHAIR. PROFESSORS SHOULD BE INSPIRATIONAL AND CREATE A LEARNING ENVIORNMENT THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO LEARN. HIS GOAL IS TO MAKE "HIMSELF" FEEL GOOD.

Do not recommend. I am a straight A student and he failed every assignment I had after putting in 18+ hours every week. Made me retake the class and did not receive credit. After all he says about he will respond to emails right away, he took 5 days to respond to mine about a question on a assignment and responded after the assignment was due.

If his course was the only option available at this school, I would rather enroll myself in another school & take one of their classes with a different professor. Please save yourself the time, money & effort to not take his class. There are plenty of other professors that make these classes far easier & simpler.

He is pretty manipulative, he threatens students by telling them he will take him away from his course, I asked him from kindness to unenroll me because of medical issues but he said that he wouldn't even though I was in the time frame to still drop the class, very unfair and makes and class way more difficult then it seems.

It almost seems criminal that pierce college would take someone's money and put them in this class. They should have someone take this class to see for themselves what is going on. It felt like Putman was setting u up for failure (and enjoying it on some level). This class ruined my life and put my family through Hell for 3 months.

Very rude, family planned a vacation which was out of my control, given how heavy this class was, i asked for an extension, to which he was COMPLETELY rude about and told me to drop his class, i dont recommend him at all, he will fail you and he is a very tough grader, would give him -5 stars if i could, do not waste your time and money

Professor is very rude! Always assumes that we are only taking one class and that is only his. Never helps anyone understand anything! After correcting you, he will not even help you get the correct answer. Also does not use the canvas Calander because "he doesn't believe in it". Difficult person, if you want to pass, do not take this professor!!!

Very difficult character and hard to understand. I understand that he may be old and understands things differently but the world is changing and he should not be a professor anymore as he is very negative and rude. He always assumes that nobody watches his 3h long lectures, none of his assignments and reviews even help or match up with the exams

This has been the worst professor I have encountered at this school. I have spoken with other classmates in other classes that shared the same experiences. This professor is rude, not understanding and no matter how much info you put on your assignments it was never enough. do not take this guy.

By far one of the worst professors I have ever had. He talks to you as if you are a child. It is obvious his style of teaching is very outdated. Also, his lectures are not very informative and are long and tedious. I would not recommend taking his course if you are taking other classes, work full time and/or have a life outside of his class.

His tests was really hard but at least he gave us a preview of what was gonna be on the exam. Did not provided us with any textbook to buy to save money, which i understand but it would be helpful to get one. If you are taking him be sure to have no life outside of class and study at least 20-30 hour per/week with lectures and labs.

he doesn't care if students have full-time job or other classes. he wants handwriting essays every week. even if you have the right answer, he still wants you to answer how he wants.

Dr. Putman is unbearable. Don't get me wrong he KNOWS his stuff but the problem is he expects you to know the stuff as well as you. He is the toughest grader ever, even if you copy directly from the lab manual he will make you redo it. My last straw before I dropped was when he said he couldn't read the writing even though it was clearly legible.

Had for OCE170. He took forever to grade things - twice in the quarter he graded things, making it very hard to know where you stand and how you are doing in the course. He also had a zoom meeting mid-term check in for points that I scheduled and he never showed - I lost the points even though I showed up. Be ready to learn a lot about seaweed.