DO NOT TAKE HER. She was the only option and a new professor. First exam 75% of the class got a D or F. She'll make you pay extra for a TopHat service. Activities, slides, and exams are on TopHat. Quizzes are on BB (not too bad) but it's NOTHING like the exam. Doesn't give partial credit for multiple answer questions.

Horrible professor! It's a shame she was the only option. More students got a D and F than students who got As, B's, and C's combined on the first exam. She spent the next class roasting us. Most students at this point know how to study for bio. She also assigns last second assignments, so if you are busy, take an L. If you can avoid her, DO IT!!!

She doesn't teach. There is a lot of homework based off reading the text book and if you don't take notes from the textbook you wont get any notes. the lectures themselves are a waste of time yet you are required to show up since part of your grade is made from tophat questions.

If you registered for her, I suggest dropping her class or switching professors. Her tests are extremely hard and you will have to know the entire modules at the back of your hand. Homework and participation will be the only ones keeping your grade from failing.

Huang is a good person, but her class is extremely difficult to get an A/B in. You have 3 exams in the class plus a final, and the exams are strictly all critical thinking and concepts so you have to really understand all of the material to get a good grade. Constantly gives TopHat homework, packback disussions & quizzes for every module. Nope.

She argued with the class that the primary sequence of a protein is made up of nucleotides, not amino acids. That's dead wrong and she wouldn't admit it.

Worst tests I have ever taken. Asks the on the most irrelevant parts of text that you will never need to know in future classes. Application of knowledge is rediculously specific and questions that cover the main concepts are unporportional. Wish I had looked at her rating before taking the class.

This was an insanely hard class to pass for an intro level bio lecture. If you think you're prepared for the exams, think again because you'll walk out of it feeling stupid. The exams are very detail heavy and so difficult no matter how well you think you know the material. So much reading and hw as well. Definitely avoid if possible.

Spelling is important for Tests... really

Truly an awful Class believe everything you read here none of it is exaggerated she is as bad as everyone is saying. There is an overall lack of direction during the entire class. Some tests contain the stupidest things ever. Tests are overly specific and lectures are awful, the slides make no sense on their own and Huang does nothing to remedy tha

Dr. Huang is quite possibly the worst professor Ive ever taken. She acts like what she teaches is so easy to grasp and often gets frustrated at the 300+ lecture group for not knowing things prior to the class, but the textbook is awful and contains many errors. Her tests are impossible to pass and she offers no chance to redeem yourself. Switch.

Literally the worst professor Ive ever had. She prides herself in the fact that shes not an easy A class, which would be completely fine if she actually taught well. Her teaching techniques were awful, and I often left class confused about things I understood before I went in. She teaches no where near good enough to give the hard exams she does.

This is honestly the worst class i have EVER taken. No class should be this difficult, especially for an introduction class. If bio is not your subject i suggest another teacher. She is impossible to pass/deal with. As a person, shes caring. As a prof, heck no. Save yourself and choose somebody else.

This teacher is terrible, Im sorry. Her test were literally the worst thing ever! All of the test were basically fill in the blank and even if you studied hard you would not be able to understand the concept of the test. She also gives ALOT of homework. I do not recommend taking her class at all.

Dr. Huang was a great professor but very inconsiderate when it came to giving students enough time to prepare for her test. The content is difficult because it's introducing ideas that stick with you when you go to higher level biology courses. Her exams are what got to me, because they are paragraph heavy with a lot of reading. Don't take her!

The worst professor I've ever taken.

Honestly one of the worst professors here at VCU. I spend hours & hours teaching myself the material because she is useless for gaining knowledge. even w/ the hours spent doing homework & taking notes, you will never be prepared for the tests. The tests are unbelievably hard & specific and contain questions not in the reading or discussed in class

could work on better demonstrating the material shes teaching. Lots of "fluff" homework on tophat that didn't seem to directly relate to lecture, and she didn't use the tophat readings to enhance her lectues for students to better understand the material. flipped classroom so good luck

Professor Huangs tests barely cover the homework she assigns, they primarily focus on the lecture material. She doesn't really answer questions in class, and her exam grading is the hardest that I've ever experienced. If you get 90% of a question CORRECT, you get 10% credit. The content in lecture varies from the homework/textbook/external help.

Honestly if you can try to get out of taking her do it. Some people are not meant to be teachers! She's interested in biology but only if she could get her students engaged in the topic as well. She has way too much homework which doesn't even help you understand the material. There truly is no way to prepare for her tests, it's all short answer!

Huang is a nice person, but her class was absolutely awful. Extremely lecture heavy using top hat and it was difficult to take extra notes in class because usually all she had in her slides were diagrams and tables that gave you information. Tests are killer, I would give myself two weeks to study for each exam and barely make a solid B.

dont get me wrong, shes super sweet and passionate about biology but she cannot teach at all. i hated every moment in her class. we even had her and the ta's step out of the room to see what changes we wanted to make about her class and she honestly disregarded most of our feedback.

We learn early on how important scientific writing is so other people can understand what we are saying. Good luck understanding anything this teacher says or writes. Accent makes it hard to keep up, and the sentence syntax makes it impossible to even know what she is asking on the tests. AVOID THIS CLASS AT ALL COSTS!

I would recommend being more relevant in the lectures and exams; The test is hilarious, and six blanks count for one point. We were unaware that the exams would have fill-in-the-blanks. So, I would recommend having more practice quiz (ungraded) that align with the test. If you are taking the class, please prepare for a tremendous outside study.

Dr. Huang is nice, but she's a terrible teacher. The class and lectures focus mainly on group worksheets and TopHat. There's a bit of a language barrier in that the assignments and text are filled with grammatical errors. The exams are in the most ridiculous format I've ever seen and ask about things not covered in the lectures. Avoid at all costs.

DREADFUL. Tests are ridiculously hard and you have to teach yourself everything from a poorly written textbook that you have to pay for. Semiweekly group work that doesn't help at all. Weekly discussion board post that has nothing to do with the class, that you also have to pay for. Homework isn't helpful and there's A LOT of it. Bad professor

No, too much information is crammed into each section. Certain subjects in each section were skimmed over and sped through in class and heavily tested. The lack of time to complete assignments made this entire class feel like a giant cram session, we were always rushing to the next topic. You wont remember any material covered in this class.

Huang is the most difficult professors to take for biology. NOTHING in the class prepares you for her irrationally hard exams. One of the worst decisions of my life. I am an honors student and I STILL struggled. At the beginning of class she'll try to show you her bad ratings on here and ask u to give her a chance but DO NOT BE FOOLED LIKE I WAS.

Dr. Huang seemed very promising at first. Her assignments and worksheets aren't too bad, but the tests are ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS! Tests are ridiculously hard for no reason and are not lecture/assignment based. I wouldn't recommend this class to anyone. She really does try her best and she's a great person, but not the best teacher.

THE WORST PROFESSOR. No matter how hard you study, the questions are so open ended and irrationally difficult that I doubt any actual biologist would know the answer. She's really passionate but the organization and tests of the class is ridiculous.

Doctor Huang is caring, but her class seriously sucks. She gives so much useless busywork that I feel is more appropriate for high school level students, and her lectures are fairly incomprehensible. I'm sure she's great at research, and she's a very nice woman, but Hard Pass.

I took this class Fall 2020, so it was online. The amount of work I had for this class was easily as much as all my other classes combined. She also changed the grading criteria halfway through the semester. Be ready to do lots of work for this class everyday of the week. The exams were also really hard.

I had an absolutely horrible time in this class. The professor did not give a single lecture. All the work was done by TA's and I had to teach myself every topic. There were no videos even made by the professor, she would just make us watch youtube videos and TED talks. When asked for help she would refer us to TA's. Do NOT take.

She seems like an awesome person but her teaching methods are not my style. She puts notes/ quizzes to complete every week before you meet (she doesn't lecture AT ALL so you pretty much teach yourself) and her notes are very confusing and unclear as well as the quizzes. Ive taken quizzes 10+ times to get a perfect score because or unclear direction

Dr. Huang is a very sweet lady and is caring for her students. However, in my personal experience of taking her class, her lecture notes aren't as useful as I thought. Also, you need to study 3 weeks in advance because her test aren't based on the lectures. Good luck...

shes a nice person but a pretty bad teacher. her exams are super hard (our final was 25 questions but each question had a ton of parts--one even had 18 parts) and that's how it is for most of them. she requires us to use TopHat, Canvas, and Packback with weekly assignments on each so its pretty heavy work (although sometimes easy).

Worst biology class I have ever taken. Shes nice but her teaching style is way too confusing.

The material she gives out can be very confusing. Its a very hard class to keep up with because all of the stuff she wants us to do and the style she uses to teach isnt very effective for me and several of my peers.

Gives way too much mandatory work with no answer keys so you can never see how you did on anything. With the large quantities of work she gives shes never even able to go over it in class.

very hard to understand what she's saying. She makes you learn the whole chapter before she teaches you. Leave class even more confused than when you came in. Her tests are made for you to fail. Finished with an 89.46 and she refused to give me an A.

This class is awful. we had so many different websites/apps were we had to do homework and none of it made sense. we were always behind and to me the lectures were not helpful at all.

Do yourself a favor and take another class. You wont learn here.

She is probably the sweetest you'll meet. But she assigns A TON of work. She uses so many websites, and each website literally has different due dates it's so confusing. For her lectures, I attended all of them... I still failed all of her exams. Her exams are like 20 questions with 20 parts, each fill in the blank. Would never take her again.

Half the lecture is spent just trying to figure out how to finish the group worksheets and you end up not paying attention to what she is explaining. The readings assigned are way too long and the discussion posts don't help with anything. Her tests are set up in the most confusing way ever. If I see her in hell I wouldn't be surprised.

Shes nice I think deep down, but this class was the hardest class I've ever taken. I studied for about 10 hours before each test making quizlets, study guides, doing every single form of practice available (which was a lot), and the highest I ever got was a C. I suggest trying to get another other professor for this class.

So confusing, so much work, so many website, and a waste of money cuz I leaned nothing.

Treat college students like kids, ignore covid protocols to give lots of group work and youre forced converse with people or you wont pass class. Lots of unnecessary tactics instead being straight forward. You have to submit assignments in 3 different days which means you have to be on her assignments everyday, despite you have other classes.

Class is already hard. but she does a lot of unnecessary this with the intention that it will help you study but not. lot of websites, pback tophat, goo drive etc. you'll also be forced to be in groups, and talk to preceptors because they have to give points and every unnecessary. you have to submit her assignments 3 different days or no points.

Extremely confusing, and not accommodating at all. Worst experience I've had in a class.

Class is super scattered and confusing. Makes you not only use canvas, tophat, discord, and google drive - but also makes you buy this useless discussion app called Packback for around 40 dollars. Ecology is a fun and simple subject, do not put yourself through the trouble of taking it with Dr. Huang.

I would not recommend taking her and strongly regret even trying to take her class. This course was online and the tests she would give were absolute nonsense. She adds abcd parts to a test and if you don't spell something right then she takes points off even though she doesn't give you a word box. Just don't take her and save yourself the trouble.

Professor Huang Is a sweet lady & cares about her students but her teaching style is not for everyone. I had her last semester & had to retake the class b/c I learned almost nothing besides what I taught myself. Her tests are impossible, you can get answers wrong simply for incorrect spelling. Take her class only if ur good at teaching yourself.