She is a good teacher, gives fair tests and teaches the material well. Very helpful if you ask her questions. Weekly quizzes online, weekly readings, attendance checked with PRS.

She does not review what is on the exam and the exams count for way too much. But she explains the material and is not a terrible teacher.

Has a terrible teaching ethic. The material you cover in class and what you read is easy but her exams are far more difficult. Class time is awful, she does not allow laptops or cell phone(hard to get caught) because she thinks everyone is one facebook or watching movies instead of taking notes.

She does the best she can to make it entertaining, but sometimes the topics can get dry..carbon cycle..The exams can be tricky and she had an open response question that had you rewrite exactly what she put on a slide. And it had to be 100% accurate for points. But overall you do learn a lot! Moderately easy, read for A.

Had her for Bio 102 and 287. She is always really well prepared for class and it makes the material easily accessible which is great when it's time to study for the exam. She is pretty funny and usually has interesting stories. Only bad thing is despite going to every lecture and doing the reading the exams can still be pretty tricky/difficult.

I liked her a lot - she was very knowledgable and very enthusiastic. Her exams were mostly straightforward and fair, although T/F were a bit vague. She covers most material in class but some details are in the text, which is a disadvantage if you're lazy (chapters are long). Not a particularly easy class but you can do well if you pay attention.

I thought Christiane was a wonderful professor. Not only was she personable and helpful, but she was straightforward with her testsquizzesassignments. Put in the effort and you will get a decent grade.

Dr. Healy is a great professor. She very nice and knowledgeable. Bio can be a little hard but she is very clear and is good about clarifying if students have questions. She's a big fan of iClicker though, so keep that in mind.

She is very helpful and clear cut in what she wants. Just go to class, and you should be fine.

Frau Meyer can come off as easy, however as you move along you find you may be graded harshly on your online assignments or have a difficult MC quiz. There are only two exams before the final and the second one is hard. Study, read, and do your best on assignments. Quizzes can be looked up. No room for extra credit, so if you mess up, no AA-.

reminds me of a high school teacher because she strives for a personal relationship with students and offers lots of help and opportunities for questions. its can be a tough subject but if you use the slides/go to class its totally do-able and i never read the textbook except for the weekly quizzes (which are easy to ace). uses iclicker.

I love her! She listens to students' needs & is always willing to help. She is wonderful as a lecturer; clear, kind, and enthusiastic although material can be dry. Funny sometimes too. Easy weekly quizzes and 10 short assignments throughout the semester. iClicker for participation, 3 exams. Requires some effort, but just pay attention in class tbh

She's so great! What I liked most about her was that 1) she is very understanding and responsive to students and 2) you can tell she cares about student improvement when she puts in SO much effort in providing feedback. You obviously have to put in some work since its a writing class but it's not that bad.

I had her for Bio 2 & Ecology (what I'll say goes for both). She is such an amazing person. She really wants you to learn and goes out of her way to help you. There is a lot of homework & if you read, the class will be a lot easier. Go to lectures. They are recorded, but quality isn't great. She tries so hard to explain everything, so don't worry

I am a BMB major so I guess I am a little biased but I love this course. She spends a lot of time talking about examples of certain phenomena in nature and less time giving definitions and walking through material. However, if a student in lecture has some confusion she will often clear it up right there. Very easy to talk to during office hours.

Honestly, I wish I could just show up for the exams and be done with it, but iClicker credit is needed for participation. Homework is very easy, but there's a lot of time wasted in class on minor details of the first few slides and your time would be better spent watching the lecture videos from home, played back at double speed.

Weekly quizzes based on the readings (easy), only need to use your iclicker for 2/3 of the classes to get credit for it. Tests can be kind of hard but she is very insistent on review sessions, office hours, and going over any confusion in class. Uses Echo recordings for lectures. Tests are multiple choice with 1-2 open choice questions.

One of the best professors I've had at UMass. She's amazing and gives engaging lectures.

Very nice and friendly professor. She clearly cares about her students and wants you to do well. Very helpful during office hours. Sometimes some questions on her tests can just be hard to understand what they are getting at. Overall, have taken two of her classes and really like her.

Overall a good teacher. Exams are fair but force you to use critical thinking rather than just memorization. Lectures can be tough to sit through at times, but she gives breaks and often uses other media incorporated into her slides. There are many clicker questions every class which I found helpful but you are allowed to miss a bunch of them without getting points off. Also pre lecture homework due each week is tricky

I LOVE HER. Easily one of my favorite professors ever, such a sweetheart who really cares about her students. She's passionate about what she teaches and overall a great person. The class is challenging but by no means impossible. If you don't study for the exams be prepared to do poorly, but if you know your stuff they're very straightforward.

She's a very intelligent professor. She's very passionate about biology and wants students to succeed. Lots of iClicker questions every lecture. She shows fun videos in class. A quiz almost every week on stuff from the textbook. 2 exams and a final.

Loved her teaching style. She just won her college's teaching award and I can see why!

BIO 110 is an easy A. The annoying part is having to go to discussion, but that is easy. If you study the slides from lecture you should do fine on the exams. There are also study guides that are useful aids. Christiane is fine. One thing I found odd was how she called herself Doctor. I've never had a PhD professor at Umass do that.

Christiane is very straightforward about the material. She explains things clearly and stresses that lecture material is what will be on the test not all of the reading. She posts her lectures to Moodle which makes studying for tests easier. She really does love plants, but she seems to care about her students too!

One of my favorite professors. She cares a lot about her students, and tries to make the course easy and useful. Her exams can be long, but are very easy for the students who review the slides and notes. She wants you to get good grades, and never tries to trick you in the tests like some other professors.

Dr. Healey is my favorite professor at UMass. She's so sweet and genuinely wants to see every person succeed. Her lectures are interesting, plus she usually gives us a five minute break in the middle. Exams can be a little tricky because she asks a lot of conceptual questions, but lecture recordings make it easy to study!

Dr. Healey is the best professor I have ever had! She is so incredibly kind and so obviously passionate about what she teaches. Assignments can be tricky but there aren't too many and they are SO helpful and really help you to do well on exams. Exams are fair if you truly make an effort to study!

Taken 3 classes with Healey (152, 280 and 287), all of them are structured the same. Quizzes are easy since they are right from the book, assignments are taken from lectures. To do well on the exams, re-watch the lecture videos beforehand and understand all of the iClickers and past assignments. Not too bad of a class but does require effort.

I found her lectures to be extremely boring and hard to pay attention, but the biggest struggle i faced were the open-ended writing assignments/exam questions so you have to have a very clear understanding of the material and be able to explain it well. Review the slides, the same examples/diagrams from lecture are very often re-used on exams.

Great professor and really cares about her students. Hw is on the heavy side along with weekly quizzes. She has a really nice teaching style and explains everything clearly.

Overall shes pretty good. Her lectures show her knowledge and interest in biology which is great. Pre lecture quizzes are pretty helpful. She seems to really want to help everyone pass and not try to make things difficult for everyone. Only quam I have is she sometimes mumbles a little but if youre truly paying attention it isnt a problem.

Best professor anyone could have for Bio 152, she is absolutely great at explaining things.

Taken Bio 152 and 280 and plan to take 287.. Hands down my favorite biology teacher at UMass. Tough class however, I spent hours on hours studying. Only class last semester where I did not receive an A.

Very knowledgeable about the material. Always willing to go over something until everyone understands. Weekly quizzes, easy grade booster. Assignments are hard, work w/ classmates and read the book for them. This class is extremely exam heavy and they're VERY difficult. She is awful at wording questions, making it seem like she wants to trick you.

Great professor, just pay attention in lecture and study a bit. 3 tests and 1 final. Pre-lecture quizzes online every week based on readings from the textbook but all the answers are online. 4 short written assignments. Must attend only 16 lectures to get full attendance credit, and she records the lectures anyways. Definitely take Healey for 152

Prof Healey is an amazing bio instructor! This is by no means an easy class & she will make you work HARD for your grade, but she makes up for it in her commitment to her students. Rewatch lecture videos for exam studying (she tests on specific class examples) and go to the SI reviews. Focus on concepts, not rote memory. Great prof for a hard class

One of my favorite professors at UMass! Lots of ways to get help outside class and the undergrad TA were awesome, too.

Great professor, really sweet- highly recommend

Best advisor ever! Leggo Team Groupers/ not Paul! Christiane's literally my fav I love her

Christiane is literally an angel and I was so blessed to call her not only my teacher, but also my research mentor. Shes absolutely sweet and hilarious and 100% cares about all her students- shes truly an 11/10 professor!

Professor Healey is honestly such a sweet person and amazing professor. The way she explains concepts is very easy to understand and everything she goes over in class is what will be on the exams. If you want to do well, go over the lecture recordings and make sure you can explain the iclicker questions as they are very similar to the exams.

this class was one of the best i've taken even though evolution is not my main area of interest. prof healey is great - lectures are clear with good examples of the concepts, and the tests are mostly based on lecture so if you go and pay attention you can do well. homework assignments are reasonable.

There is a weekly quiz based off of the textbook, and a quiz before each of the exams about the exam topics. Healey's lectures are recorded and she explains all of the material with a lot of detail. There are a lot of factors going into the grade, but may not be the best if you don't like quizzes or exams. Overall professor Healey is the best.

She is very reliant on iclickers, you have to really understand them in order to do well on the exams.

Prof Healey is amazing! I had her for bio 287 and it was one of the better online classes I've had. She really cares about her students and understands that with everything going on, students may have trouble and is open to talk to. Exams were a little challenging but open note. I definitely recommend taking a class from her!

She is very passionate and caring. Homework is quizzes and lecture videos and readings while in class is practice with frequent breaks to play two truths/a lie every class. Tests are difficult but not impossible if you pay attention to the practice problems and she allows cheat sheets. I thought she was great and this was one of my easiest classes.

She's awesome! Passionate about ecology and cares about her students. One of my favorite professors at UMass.

My favorite class. It's team-based and your work and grade depends on others. But the instructor team is sooo helpful and Healey is my favorite instructor.

Loved her style, she cares about her students. Helpful during office hours.

she's truly the nicest person ever. her exams are extremely fair. she allows a "cheat sheet" that you can make for your exams which are so helpful. I never felt overwhelmed about the class and the TAs were very helpful as well. If you just pay attention in class youll be all set.

Class material is interesting and you get a cheat sheet for exams! She uses a flipped classroom style so you watch lecture videos before class then do clicker questions in class. This class is fairly easy if you pay attention in lecture, but be prepared for lots of graph interpretation.

Her passion for the subject is really obvious and I like how much she cares about her students. Christiane lets students use cheat sheets on the exam so the focus wasn't on memorizing material but on testing our understanding and ability to apply the concepts.

Professor Healey became my favorite professor really fast. I wasn't going to pursue a degree in biology until she told me to do a double major. She inspired my interest in evolution and I am so glad I had her as a teacher. She is always accessible for office hours and will answer questions not related to class which was amazing. Overall, fantastic.

I really liked Healey and her teaching style. Course content was interesting and you can have a notes sheet on exams which is super helpful. She is clearly very knowledgable and reasonable. I wish people wouldn't talk over her in class so much :(

professor healey is so sweet, although there is a lot to the lectures. just show up to class and do the mini quizzes and youll do fine. no weekly homework which is good, and she even lets you bring a cheat sheet to the exams and gives a redo on the multiple choice the class after and lets you use any resources, including friends

Dr. Healey makes 152 an easy class. The content is not overly difficult yet you get cheat sheets, multiple choice redos, and extra credit. She has a passion for what she is teaching and it shows in lecture. I'd definitely recommend taking 152 with Healey (and you get to see her dog)

Christiane is one of the most down to earth and kind professors that I have had. She understood that Tu/Th lectures are long. She has an optional "Two Truths and One Lie" game for the class to give us a break throughout the lecture. There is not much information on the lecture slides, but if you go to class and pay attention, you should be A-ok.

I've had Healey twice and she is one of the nicest professors at UMass. Her exams are 65% of your grade which is kind of crazy but she offers a multiple choice redo which you are more than likely to get an A on. She does not give a lot of work outside of class. Her slides aren't the most helpful but the material is easy to understand.

She gives plenty of extra credit and 3 cheat sheets on the final. Her lectures are boring and exams are iclicker question heavy. The assignments aren't hard and the quizzes are straightforward. No curves and Iclicker grade is not too heavy so you don't have to attend the lectures if you are doing well in everything else. She is very caring too.

Quizzes and exams weigh heavily into final grade. Allowed a cheat sheet on all exams and all exams besides the final have an in-class makeup. Very kind and tries to make sure students understand the material. Lots of iclicker questions, but they're helpful. Most of the time, the assignments before each exam are related to the exams open response.

Healey is a very passionate proff which made learning more fun. There are weekly online quizzes with 3 tries, there are total of 4 assignments through the sem. Both easy. Exams are alright, however some questions are confusing, and have weird answers. Lecture material is mostly verbal therefore note taking is so important. Slides lack information.

She's very passionate about what she teaches and explains things very well. She's very flexible about attendance and work and drops a quiz and an assignment which is helpful. Her exams are a little hard but she was good at making grade adjustments for unclear questions.

She's awesome! Study for the exams and don't forget the reflections and quizzes, and you'll be fine.

Professor Healey is clearly very passionate about the content and it made me want to engage with the real-life examples. I think at some points, the lectures were too example heavy without including actual definitions of the key concepts.

Her lectures & explanations are as simple as she can make them. I think u can get a good grade if u pay attention & do all her assignments. The textbook is optional w/ short chapters, if u want a deeper understanding. Her office hours, TA office hours & SI sessions are helpful & makes up for the lack of what most would consider practice exams.

All Bio classes require a lot of work. She gives many opportunities to improve exam grade between in-class makeup and cheat sheet. While her questions can be confusing if you've studied you'll be fine. Go to class and take notes, no practice exam given but the TA study guides are helpful if you fill them out.

I just didn't like that she did reflections after each class, they were easy to forget to do but she is amazing overall, genuinely you will not get a better bio professor.

Really liked her, she's a great professor who genuinely wants her students to succeed and is very sweet.However, her exams are bad. Most of the test is multiple choice with a few open-response questions - her wording is so confusing that it's easy to choose the wrong answer (even with the cheat sheet). Pay attention to comments in class

I really liked the exam redos. We could redo the multiple choice questions for credit, which really helped me learn and made me less stressed.

Prof Healey is very approachable and helpful. Content is fairly easy to digest if you listen in class but it can feel confusing if you don't go to class. I liked how quizzes and assignment built on what we learned in lecture and that helped me study for the exams. Some posts here say the class is flipped but it's not. Perhaps she changed it?

This professor was very kind and made herself available in many situations. Lectures were very useful but sometimes the slides were not. It was more important to pay attention and take your own notes. For each exam she let us have a cheat sheet and they were not too difficult. Overall I enjoyed the class and would take the professor again.

As long as you attend every lecture and take notes, you will be fine. Exams allow cheatsheets + re-dos the very next day for up to 25% to your exam grade if you did bad. Heavy focus on stuff SPOKEN during lectures, so heavy reliance on only the slides will tank your grade. Very reliable and helpful, truly wants the best for her students.

Prof Healey is very approachable and helpful, and the TAs are, too. Content is fairly easy to digest if you listen in class and do the work. It can feel confusing if you don't go to class. I thought the content between exam 2 and 3 accelerated very quickly but that may have just been the timing of the Thanksgiving break.