DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!!! Finnerty is the worst teacher I've had in 4 years at WSU. His tests are the most ridiculously hard tests ever that have almost no correlation to what is taught in lecture. He treats it like everyone is in their masters for Micro and does not specify what he expects. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

HORRIBLE PROFESSOR!!!! Do not take him... He talks to you as if you are in graduate school and should know the material better than he does. His tests are ridiculously hard... I had no choice but to take this class and have dropped all but 1 of my classes in order to have enough time for this class and I'm STILL getting a C. Absolutly ridiculous.

He expects you to come in knowing what microbiology is. He is not good at clarifying things. His lectures are all power-point based. He basically just reads off what he has on the power-point. He is a very confusing professor. He doesn't reply quick to emails unless you go in to his office during his office times. Don't take him!

Do not take him. If you need this class, take it at a different school. He does not try to help you at all. Our class average for a test was a 58% and then he "allowed" us to retake the test. It sounds nice but everyone did worse on the make up one. OHH and we had to take the make up test along with our third test of the year. DON'T DO IT

Omg! This class is a disaster! Tons tons of hard works has to be turned in in every single class. He's NOT HELPFUL at all, No Clarification, even if you go see him in his office outside of class. Sometimes, it looks like he is just following the lecture professor. He doesn't care about students and doesn't know how to teach! Try to avoid him!

DON'T EVER EVER EVER TAKE HIM! Seriously, Don't Take Him!!!! He is the WORST!

I don't really who this guy personally but I know is he's a terrible professor. No D2L updates. He takes forever to grade the and return the works to see what you can improve. Ex. we have works due every single week but he gave us our work back at like week 7 and he keeps saying we don't improve. He's actually useless when u really need big help.

Do not take! Typically a 4.0 student and this was the hardest class I've ever taken in my life. He expects you to memorize every single thing, and picks extremely small details from the book and tests you on them. He doesn't reply to emails, and isn't accessible outside of class. At all costs, do not take with him! Take at a different school.

Finnerty was helpful in lab at giving feedback. His lectures are hard to stay focused on what he is talking about. 5 tests thru the semester (no cumulative final), when you take the last exam during finals you have option of retaking one. Tests are very focused on small details from the book. Have fun reading! Also not very good at posting grades.

Pretty awful all his tests are random factoids in the book good luck

This teacher is not very good at helping out when you are struggling. The tests have random facts in them and you won't do well if you do not read the book word for word. Think you have time to prepare for his quizzes? FORGET IT! He only gives you a day to read and understand a chapter before the quiz. I do not reccommend taking this class with him

I feel bad saying this because Dr. Finnerty can be a nice guy. But he is very intimidating and not a good professor. His classes are impossible and if you don't know every piece of information in the book you will not do well. If you have the option to take this class with a different professor I would suggest doing that.

Does not grade anything quickly. The exams are so much more in depth than what you learn in lecture. Expects you to memorize the whole textbook. Tells you to watch lecture videos that he doesn't post.

DOES NOT RESPOND! He is willing to make an appointment with you, but emailing him is useless and teams messaging him leads to either no response (but you can see he read it) or a response saying "I'll let you know tomorrow." Sorry to say, but tomorrow will never come.

Absolutely awful professor. Without a doubt the most unorganized professor I have ever had. Post homework on saturday night due monday morning. Does not use outlook for emails and will only respond on Microsoft Teams. Considered a generall 100 level class an "upper level class." For an 8 am class, if canceled, he wouldn't let us know until 7:30 am

Class was very easy if you showed up to lecture and did your lab work, however he never lectured about the material. It was nothing but Covid-19 lectures, even though the class material did not consist of the Covid-19 virus or pandemic. He also is very lazy when it comes to emails. He has still not even opened 3 of my emails that I have sent him .

He didnt respond to a single email this entire semester. He also failed to give us extra credit points that we worked for. And finaly he gave us very unclear directions on what the final would be like, and then never showed up or reached out to us about it. so the final as of now has not happened.

If you want an A in this class be prepared to do an in depth reading of every single page in the textbook. I can honestly say this class was harder than OChem.

He was my lab professor and he would not answer emails. Nothing was ever prepped for lab and quite frankly he had 0 idea what he was doing. May be a nice guy but he is the worst professor I have ever had.

Dr. Finnerty is one of the worst professors I have had at WSU. He talks way too much about things that have nothing to do with the lab. Wastes a lot of time at the beginning of lab, resulting is getting out late. Difficult to get ahold of outside of class and he grades ridiculously hard, especially for an intro level class. Avoid him at all costs.

Does not respond to emails or Teams, weirdly rude to select students, and entirely unhelpful. Clearly very knowledgeable but an awful teacher.

Online class so it was pretty easy but when you did have questions... never replied. Sent him an email the second week of class asking for clarification... still waiting for a response.

Spends the first hour of class just talking about nonsense so we don't have time to finish labs. Tough grader and will not help you. Complains about students asking questions or for help. Everything has to be done on his time and you will sit there waiting for him to get you stuff that you should of had before class.

Dr finnerty talks all class long about random stuff not applicable to the lab. Also is very confusing

One of the worst professors at WSU. Talks for at least an hour at the beginning of the lab, giving unnecessary details. Always get out late because of this. He's a tough grader and will be weeks behind in grading so you never know what your actual grade is. Very passionate and enthusiastic about what he's teaching but not good at teaching it.

If you can avoid taking any class with Dr. Finnerty, do it. He only lectures about the easiest topics from the chapters while you have to read the textbook to get the rest of the content. All of his questions from his exams are from the Essential Cell Biology Test Bank questions, which are incredibly difficult and can be found on quizlets.

I needed more teaching from lecture, not pre-constructed PowerPoints that only explained diagrams. Penalizes first tries when we are learning, aka takes points off for multiple attempts. Gets offended at any sort of feedback. Expects you to know organic chemistry. Did not receive feedback for our final paper (30% of grade), class closed on D2L.

He will never respond to you, worst I have had at WSU. McGraw Hill connect online is all that is used and final exam is worth 60% of the grade is not like the quizzes all semester. I asked for help, he never responded before or after exam. I had zero support in this class, a professor isn't even needed the way this is taught. Very disappointing WSU

Professor Finnerty is not a good professor to have for any sort of lab class. Be prepared to 100% teach yourself as he sits up front the whole class and essentially gives you a study period but expects you to understand the human anatomy inside and out fully on your own. The lack of understanding falls on him and his refusal to teach.

95% self taught material. He expects you to know all the material before class (80 pages a week or even more) as his lecture gloss over what the material is rather than teaching it. He doesn't respond to email and only communicate through teams and doesn't even respond to that. Very ditzy, forgetting to post/grade stuff. Disappointing for sure.

The class is only 1 credit and only a 100 level course, yet this professor decided to make a cumulative final exam with 100 questions and also make that 60% of your entire grade. Not to mention, he claims to be available but hasn't answered a single email i've sent all semester. DO NOT TAKE if you do not have to.

Guys, don't do it to yourself. I had to drop this class because it was so bad. His tests were so hard, and there was so much reading/homework. His communication was horrible. I tried multiple times to contact him, and even in person, I never got straight answers. So if you have to take this class, try to get another professor or prepare lots.

Inaccessible outside of class, does not meet students in person. Lectures mandatory but pointless. Must spend 9+ hours every week memorizing the textbook in order to barely pass the tests, which is the only grade in the book. A huge paper that is not explained, and he will not help/explain anything until a week before the draft is due. DO NOT TAKE!

DO NOT TAKE A CLASS WITH HIM!! He hasn't put anything in the grade book all semester, and you have to read so much. He doesn't really teach in class because he gets off topic but he takes attendance so you have to be there.

Very difficult class, extremely time consuming. Tests are very convoluted, and no matter how much studying you do they seem nearly impossible. Lectures are pointless but attendance is mandatory. Also need to write a lengthy paper for this course, but the requirements for it keep changing as the semester goes on. Would not recommend.

literally just had this guy for orientation and he was awful. he's a really sweet professor, and you can tell he wants you to succeed, but he is so behind boring and he is impossible to reach outside of class. his lectures were the bane of my existence- do yourself a favor and don't take this professor.

All but inaccessible outside of class. You basically have to teach yourself the material, 1 lengthy chapter per week as he treats lectures as "review sessions" Assigns a paper worth 30% of the grade but doesn't help and continually changes expectations and due dates throughout the semester Do not take Finnerty if you have ANY other option

Every assignment and quiz was through McGraw Hill, except for the final. She had the final date in D2L wrong and did not email us about the final until 5 days prior. She takes a long time to respond to messages through Microsoft Teams (her preferred form of communication).

This class should be more than 1 credit. Not a lot of homework, but a ton of memorization. The final is worth 60% of the grade so you have to do good to get an A in the class. Doesn't take up much time during the semester, but you have to study for the final

It was only orientation class and we had to meet every week and we had an assignment almost every week that he never graded.

Transfer before taking Finnerty. His lectures are useless and go weeks ahead of exams. Requires full knowledge of 1 dense chapter per week, exams go beyond the textbook, 5 exams and a final paper with 0 guidance. He takes months to grade, is inaccessible and won't respond outside of class. Not showing up would help you, but attendance is required.

Does not respond, does not grade on time, does not realize that his cell bio class is supposed to be an introduction level cell bio. This 300 level class was harder than any 400 level class i have taken. Would not have taken it with him if any other professors were teaching cell bio. His reputation is deserved.

DO NOT take this professor if you can help it. Dr. Finnerty is impossible to reach outside of class, he doesn't respond to emails, and he doesn't grade anything on time. It is the end of the semester, and he still hasn't entered grades from August. He expects you to know everything before lecture, and exams are HARD. Choose happiness and STAY AWAY.

This class is not easy. It is expected that you remember all the biology knowledge and participate. Randomly calling on you is to be expected. Test heavy, and they are very difficult. Not able to be reached by email and grading takes a long long time.