this teacher makes examples to biology by using herself. She used herself as an example of obesity and said she had never worked out a day in her life. She has a bad attitude and will ignore you if she doesn't agree with your question. She makes comments that insult your intelligence, she thinks she is god, she acts like an immature, little kid.

She has TA's that can't speak english to save their lives teach the class. Way too much work for a 1 credit course. Quizzes every week and usually long useless labs. I got nothing out of this course. You have to do 2 lab write-ups. Not a fan.

Worst Biology Professor Ever!!!, Her grading scale is awful and and she can't teach definetly wouldn't recommend coming from a study who got an A in Biology 1

I dont know what the person below me was smoking but the final is NOT optional. This teacher was absolutely a waste of my money at UT. I would rather jump off a cliff than ever deal with brenda leady again. thanks for being horrible, leady.

Words cant describe how horrible this teacher is. I had to report her to the dean of bio who ignored me because they're friends. She tried failing me twice & lashed out at me when I pointed out her faulty grading errors. She tried to withhold clicker points from me & tried to drop my highest test & keep my lowest to screw my gpa. She is atrocious.

She made me clinically depressed, I had to seek counseling. She scoffed at us in class and did not care whether we failed or passed. She was never willing to help or clarify questions, and could not accept fault for mistakes she made in class (she was wrong with info at times). She was so mean to everyone, I had the worst time of my life with her.

Very bad professor. Does not care if her students pass or fail. She is very full of herself. She loves science but you can tell she does not like teaching. Not helpful with questions. Her exams are really hard. She says the exams are from the slides but they are not, and some of the exams questions are not covered in class.

HORRIBLE professor! absolutely terrible! She is not good at explaining anything at all, although she seems to know what she is talking about, she does not do a good job of teaching. Her tests are terrible and the material you cover in class has nothing to do with the test. GET OUT!

She might be too smart for her own good because it is obvious that she knows what she is talking about, however, she tends to go on rants about how much information she knows and it just sounds like a bunch of large jumbled words. Her exams are ridiculously difficult because of the way they are presented. I don't recommend her.

all i have to say is ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK, good luck... I am averaging a B which is extremely difficult to pull off anything over a C+... she is great in lecture, but her exams are impossible. definitely take another professor.

I didn't have her, but my close friend did. She has come back from this class in TEARS from how heartless this woman apparently is... She LAUGHED when my friend came to her office hours upset that she was failing. (keep in mind, she is a straight A student) DON'T TAKE HER! I TOOK HARMYCH! SHE'S GREAT! stay away from leady unless you want a bad GPA!

this was the first "C" i have EVER received in my entire life!!! i put everything i had into this class and this is what i ended up with! her notes and her tests do not match up!! take harmych!

The class itself may require commitment depending on how easy it is for you to understand the material. Very poor with communication. Don't expect to book an office appointment with her. Never answers phone/emails. The material is just basic biology, not too hard.

AWFUL!! never used the textbook its the biggest waste of money it never helped. she doesn't teach she just reads the powerpoint, sorry i can read on my own i don't need you to read it to me. she doesn't explain anything.

AWFUL!! never used the textbook its the biggest waste of money it never helped. she doesn't teach she just reads the powerpoint, sorry i can read on my own i don't need you to read it to me. she doesn't explain anything. SHE SUCKS!!! Horrible not a good teacher at all

The lab manual is very vague and confusing, so you have to rely heavily on the TA to understand what you have to do. The grading mainly depends on who your TA is. Unfortunately, you have no say in who your TA will be.

Worst. Professor. Ever. She was highly distractable in class and she was next to useless in preparing us for tests. She would always blame us if we did poorly, even though next to everyone was failing her tests. It was ridiculous. Avoid her classes at all costs.

One of the worst professors I've ever had! It's almost impossible to pass unless it's your only class and you study 24/7. Don't take her!

So, my problem with Leady is that although she's smart, she expects her students (in this course, most often freshmen) to understand the higher level of teaching that she uses. She makes everything more difficult to understand by forcing comprehensive questions on tests when she doesn't actually teach the basic material. NOT RECOMMENDED.

Her tests were nothing like what she lectured over. I tried reading the book, but it never seemed to benefit me. She creates her own tests and puts questions that make you apply the knowledge she has "taught" you. She is very intelligent but I feel as if she shouldn't be teaching an entry level course. 10/10 DO NOT recommend

She seems very intelligent and knowledge about what she is teaching, but does not teach it well. Exams are nothing like lecture or notes. Studied for week straights to simply get a C. Reading the book does not help either. She drops the lowest test score though.... I would recommend any other prof.

U read the free book & watch lectures & still find content contradicts testing. Snail mail email, never by phone. AMBIGUOUS QUESTIONS. Dont think reading text is enough-U need 2 critique & memorize photos & subtitles where many hidden questions lay. If U REQUIRE course, grading scale is modest. Good Luck, you're going to need it!

A lot of information is given in a very short period of time. The tests are quite difficult and cover multiple chapters at a time. Tests are very in depth and can kill you grade

One of the hardest classes I've taken. She got many terms and concepts backwards and couldn't keep them straight. She seems nice but class is hard. She does clicker questions everyday for attendance. Read the chapters, it actually helps, and go to SI sessions. She contradicted herself many of times and would mess up slides and lectures. Keep tests

Prof. Leady seemed to know what she was talking about, until you had a question. She would mispronounce things, contradict herself, and end class early if she confused herself too much. She would put wrong information on the slides and have the wrong answers to clicker questions. This is my 2nd degree and I understood bio better before this class.

Leady acts like she cares about her students, but really doesn't. Is very snippy when you go up to talk to her, and will often back track and lie to you. She is kind of knowledgeable on the subject, however, is constantly mixing up her own concepts and getting corrected by the class. Her exams are nothing like lecture, honestly lecture is a joke.

Honestly one of the worst professors Ive had in a very long time. She was never prepared for class and never uploaded any of the material that was necessary for class. Honestly if I had the opportunity to change to a different professor I would do it in a heart beat.

She doesn't go over chapters that we missed because she fell "ill" on that day. Everything in the chapter will be on the test, even if she doesn't teach more than half of them. Gives so many clicker questions. Doesn't post notes/videos even on the same week as exams. So lazy. She doesn't explain things in detail and expects you to TEACH YOURSELF.

One of the worst professors I've had at UT. She says she will post notes and required videos, but never does. She is lazy, and lecture is pointless. On the rare occasion that she posts notes, they often have mistakes and are missing large sections. Get ready to memorize the book. Must study EVERYTHING to do even remotely well on exams. Stay away!

Avoid taking this class with Dr. Leady if you can. If not, get ready to study hard (teach yourself) and attend SI sessions.

Book not used for online class, it's information that she posts. A lot of material to study from, including videos she does and helpful. Nice not to buy a book BUT I HI-LIGHT EVERY SENTENCE because EVERYTHING is a fact! I was looking forward to the class, LOVE SCIENCE, but this has killed my love.

She goes over the notes we do outside of the class and doesnt give any new information. Only talks about certain things &expects the students the know the test questions when its something she doesnt speak about. Most of the class is online. The homeworks arent that bad but test have many trick questions. What is tricking me going to teach me?

The textbook is a must for this class. Dr. Leady will briefly go over selected topics, and the exam will cover everything else. I found myself highlighting entire pages of the book; she expects WAY too much. Some exam questions come off the MCAT and PCAT. Must read the book and teach yourself to pass. I don't recommend taking her at all.

Do not take this class online. She does not provide a book, her exams her 50 or more questions in 60 minutes and also impossible. She post videos but doesn't talk loud enough I had to connect a speaker to understand her. She answers questions but still is not helpful worse class ever.

Tests were CRAZY hard. Better know the textbook word for word.

Exams are nothing like homework assignments or lecture notes. Get ready to memorize the textbook word for word. Exams are VERY hard!!! Skipping class is not an option, clicker points make up a majoring of your grades and there are around 10 points everyday!

Dr. Leady was the worst professor I have and ever will have. Both of the first 2 exams were curved because more than half the class was failing the course. She was forced to do this by the Dean. Lectures were nothing like the exams, and attendance is mandatory considering she gives points for answering response questions. Stay away from her!

I was required to take this class as a part of my Exercise Science curriculum. During the Fall 2018 semester, this class was an absolute disaster. Both the first 2 exams were heavily curved because almost everyone in the class was failing. There was little to no reason to attend lectures besides the clicker points because the exams covered the book

Coming into this course I thought I had a clear understanding of Biology having previously taken other courses in the past and in High School. I was wrong. After more than half the class failed the first 2 exams, they were curved and it became possible to pass the course. I would stay away from her if you can, this was not a pleasant experience.

I'm not sure how to be nice about describing the way in which this class was handled by the entire department and by Dr. Leady. This was an absolute disaster of a course, and the fact that so many people stuck it out is astonishing. An introductory Biology course should never be as difficult as she made it to be. Never take her, for your own sake.

I'm not sure if anyone in our class liked her, and as the semester continued less and less people showed up to lectures. I personally did not enjoy this class at all, but I showed up every day for the points. Very boring to listen to, and I'm sure as you have seen some of the exams had to be curved because the first two were impossible.

I'm not sure I can find any good things to say about this woman. Simply incompetent at her job and I'm very upset I was forced to take her class.

She is not an amazing professor. I enjoy hard classes and see them as a good challenge. I am also very good at biology. She KILLED me with this class. I was CONSTANTLY working on it and she kept changing the due dates for things. It was very difficult to follower. Students beware!

One of the worst professors I've ever had. I mean seriously shes horrible. Her emails always have typos, like all the time. If your going to send a mass email to your students at least take the time to proofread your emails. Her exams do not correlate to what she teaches in lecture. She is extremely unprofessional and just a bad professor.

Dr. Leady is not what you expect her to be. In the beginning she seems all understanding and sweet, but you'd be incorrect. She shows no sympathy towards her students what so ever. Her exam material is pulled out of thin air, and has nothing to do with her lectures. At this point you could skip class, and do better than actually attending the class

Don't take this class if you care about your GPA. Homework has nothing to do with the exams. Exams are a guessing game even if you understand all of the chapters. You are not allowed to ask questions about homework until after the due date."I am not going to do your homework for you."

DO NOT TAKE.

Dr. Leady's class was terrible, to say the least. Every email had a typo. Her exam material was far from anything taught in class. The averages for her exams were well below the passing rate, and she still refused to curve. She even got sick in front of our entire lecture class. I would rather change my major than take her again.

I did everything I could to be successful in this class and I still struggled a ton. All of the exam averages were D's or F's and there was no curve. The material on the exams didn't correlate with what she taught in lecture. She rarely responded to personal emails. Emails to the whole class almost always contained typos.

Leady was my lab coordinator and it was bad. I don't personally know anyone who got an A in this lab, although we all had A's going into the practical. The TA was awesome but her manual was terrible and she assigned pre-lab quizzes with short time limits and answers that were difficult to find. This lab was terribly unorganized.

If I could've rated Dr. Leady a 0, I would've. Whatever you do, DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS. I REPEAT, DO. NOT. TAKE. HER. CLASS. Her lectures do not correlate with anything on her exams, and she is extremely inaccessible to contact outside of lecture either through email or office hours. 12/10 do NOT recommend taking Leady. You will be very stressed.

This woman showed up to the final exam over half an hour late. I dont think theres anything more that needs to be said.

Don't do this to yourself.

This professor responded to about 2 out of my 8 emails I have sent to her during this semester, so she doesn't seem to care about urgent student concerns. She is not very communicative. She sped through lectures giving no time to take notes, so joining was practically useless. Her lecture slides were awful as well. Never take this professor.

DO NOT take with her. The first week of classes she had nothing up. I emailed her 3 times within two weeks never got a response, had to email the Biology department to contact her, even after that she never emailed me. She used old recorded lectures that made no sense and went too fast with explaining. Just read from the screen did not explain.

Do not take her what so ever. She is so unreliable and soooo tough to get in touch with. I emailed and called her from every place I could. I had to call the department chair and still couldnt get hold of her. It took me 6 months and still didnt get in touch with me until last day of grading. Very upsetting.

Terrible. I had missed a quiz due to an emergency and emailed her four separate times over 2 weeks to confirm my extension request (I finished the quiz with 100% but gave me a 0% for being a day late) and no response. I had my advisor email her, no response. I got the dean involved and got my grade but she STILL has never got a response from her.

I had to take this course online due to COVID. Dr. Leady did not explain things well at all, she would often cancel class within minutes of it starting- which was annoying since it was so early in the morning. Tests were hard. I would not recommend her nor would I take her again.

I took this course during the summer. The readings assigned were insanely long. Once, I had to read 40 pages within a week and retain the data fast enough to do well on the test at the end of that week (tests each Sunday). She did not respond to any of the emails I sent during the entire class; the biology board director had to get involved.

Dr. Leady is a little odd, she once brought this dog she found on the side of the road into class and said you can pet it, it might bite and I don't know what diseases it has. She is also an extremely boring professor.