DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS ONLINE. She has no idea what she is doing; she is rude and condescending, and could care less about the students. Massive amount of work and no outside help or extra credit at all (except for curves on tests that everybody fails disguised as extra credit). Avoid at all costs.

Awful!!!! I've never seen such a pointless professor before!!! Don't take her class as a basic study!!!!

Oh dear Lord. This is my lab instructor this year for Biology. She is terrible! She is completely unclear about what she wants accomplished by the end of the lab, she babbles on the entire time and uses vocabulary we don't know, like we do know it. DO NOT TAKE HER LAB SECTION.

Oh my god. I aws psyched for this class becuase all my other professors are awsome, they are really good at what they do and they are enthusiastic about the subject. THIS lady wouldn't answer my questions with a straight answer, had no useful or helpful information and expected us to do and know things we weren't informed about. Get someone else. K

STAY AWAY! This is one of the worst Bio classes that I have ever taken. She always jokes about her microphone not working yet she still does nothing to fix it. This makes it very hard to focus. This doesn't even begin to describe the class though. She does nothing to make the material easy to understand. Although she gives you the notes, stay away.

HORRIBLE!!!!! never once used the book. attended every class and took notes for the first text. bombed that. copy all the sample questions and you should make it out of there with at least a C

Worst Bio Class Ever. She talks down to you, runs thru useless notes too fast, then slams you with ridiculous tests. If you have to take Biology, avoid at all costs.

She taught my Biology 202 lab section and she is TERRIBLE. She is so picky about the most insignificant things. During lab, she answers any questions in the most incomprehensible sentences she can manage. The entire lab is usually lost as to what is going on and what we are supposed to be looking for. I never hope I have to have her for lecture.

This class was organized SOOOO POORLYYYY . The answers in the homework is impossible to find because the book and the ebook are of NO HELP AT ALL. Its not even like the questions themselves were complicated questions, the resources provided to search for the answers to not provide the answers.

Her lectures are super long because she reads off 100+ slides word for word. The quizzes (which are considered homework to do before class) are confusing and not helpful. The tests are tough but do the practice tests and extra credit and you should be fine.

Lectures are extreeeeeeemely long feeling. She basically just reads off of a power point and you have to answer questions during it. Quizzed every day before classes and tests are super hard. 2/10 stars, would not recommend.

The only reason going to class is beneficial is to do the for-grade classwork. She just reads the powerpoint she posted before class and doesn't give any new information. Her tests will kill you, even with the cheat sheet she lets you have. Look at the practice exams or be great at bio if you want to excel in this class.

Melroy is easily the most boring professor at UNCW. Every lecture is a 70-110 slide powerpoint that you have to memorize entirely if you want to pass the tests. She barely does anything, be prepared to teach yourself the entire class. Before every class you take a quiz online that you don't get the answers to afterwards. So be ready to learn nothin

Stay away. She just reads from a PowerPoint for the entire lecture, but you have to go to get a class work grade. Big waste of time going. You will have to teach yourself the class if you want to pass. There is extra credit and a cheat sheet for each test, but the tests are brutal. She makes you feel very dumb if you don't know her questions too.

She was one of my worst professors. She knows very little about bio and her tests are extremely hard. Theres only 2 test so if you do bad say goodbye to your GPA. She reads directly from the power point that you already had to read for homework and barely teaches anything. I would not recommend her to anyone. I gave her a 1 because I cant give a 0.

We have to review the slides and take a quiz before every class meeting, just to go to class and look at the same powerpoint. Super pointless. Just reads off the slides every class meeting. Also claims that practices like acupuncture are fake?? Goes off on tangents in her slides sometimes.

The class is set up to where students are given the a lecture slides that they must read on their own and then given a quiz on the material. The next day in class, the professor will go over the SAME slides that you read beforehand making lectures pointless. She never offers feedback. I highly recommend staying away from this professor.

Recommended that you stay away from this professor

Please do not take this class

Stay away from this professor, she makes you do the same stuff each and everyday. She makes you read over 100 slides each class

She makes you read the slides the night before then you go over all 120ish in class

If you are wanting to take this class to satisfy your science credit, do another science. She believes her students will understand the material the first time around and will move on. She doesn't help students understand the material.

Dear lord stay away from this professor. She lectures from 100 slide pps and you have to read them and take a quiz on them prior to each class. So you're either in class or preparing for the next one. No attendance but she collects classwork as a grade so it's in your best interest to go. Never raise your hand in class. She makes you feel stupid.

Didnt offer a textbook or homework. Only information available was her lecture. When you ask for help, she would say something like, Hmm, thats not right. Keep trying. And then would walk away. 2/10.

You will fail every single quiz you take before class. You read 50-80 slides and guess on the homework because the answers are not on the slides. When you go to class you then go over the PowerPoint from the quiz you just took. You have to attend class because you get a score out of 3 based on class work. She is a horrible professor!

one of the worst professors on this campus. drop her class or change professors. she is unhelpful and just overall terrible. absolutely should not be here

Melroy was the hardest teacher I've had at UNCW. The fact that this was a huge lecture hall 100 level bio class made it even more infuriating that she reads off the powerpoints word for word and doesn't explain anything. Not to mention you have a ton of homework and tests are impossible. take another professor if that's an option.

Dr. Melroy did not do anything to help me in this class. If I had question on material Id email her and, if she responded, was never clear on answers. She doesnt make her lectures very clear, either. She is a tough professor and doesnt listen to anything you have to say.

Both I and others agree she is one of the hardest profs @ UNCW. Can be snarky and rude, doesn't really help or assist. Dry lectures, reading slides. Quiz before every class, super ambiguous and difficult. The tests were the same, even with a cheat sheet people still failed. Why she is still here despite all the negative word of mouth is beyond me.

Absolutely terrible professor. Class itself is hard enough, on top of quizzes that you are required to turn it for a grade before EVERY class, which are set up in the most confusing and aggravating way possible. Lectures consist of you straining your ears to hear anything she says. All in all, worst professor I've had at UNCW, DO NOT TAKE.

Utterly garbage professor. Hard quizzes with trick questions before every class, boring lectures that you cant even hear past the 2nd row. Test full of poor grammar & trick questions. Extra credit not worth amount of work required. Is snarky and unhelpful, clearly doesn't care at all. Have to read 20+ articles and write papers on them. DO NOT TAKE!

Can't hear what she says she mumbles. Powerpoints are posted and you have to take a quiz before every class based on the content your going to learn (before she has taught it to you) this brings average down. Does classwork every class for point so if you don't go you don't get the points.

Avoid this class for those who are either Biology majors/minors, or those who are taking it for credit.

STAY AWAY. Made the material way too hard and gives way too much work. Going to office hours Is a waste of time because she has no interest in helping you.

Melroy is the only person who teaches BIO 105 and that's possibly the worst thing about this university. She is absolutely horrible as a professor. Her lectures are mundane, and the 60-100 page slideshows have to be read/quizzed BEFORE class, and she gives in class assignments as attendance grades. I would do anything to never see her again.

really wish uncw would get another option for this class

Class is only 2 Xs a week, yet we have to teach OURSELVES the material before each class via 54-80 slide PowerPoints. After each PPT you have to take a 5-6 question quiz that has positive and negative points so you pretty much fail unless you get a 3/3- and you cant see the correct answers after- so you learn nothing. You cant understand her@all

I have never taken the time to actually write one of these before. Prior to every single class you are required to learn the entire chapter and take a quiz on it, before we discuss the material what-so-ever. Quiz questions that are supposed to reflect the material you just studied for an hour and a half before are absurdly hard intentionally.

One good thing about the professor is the amount of extra credit. Other than that she is rude and condensending. She belittles you and refuses to help you out, she makes the course much harder than it needs to be and wants every single detail even though this is an entry level course. The test and curriculum are just to much. Stay away from her!

TERRIBLE PROFESSOR. Not tech savvy and makes things very difficult online with quizzes that do not make sense because they are worded TERRIBLY. Didn't learn anything. Do yourself a favor and NEVER take BIO 105 with her. All in all this class was miserable for me. Seriously, avoid the headache and find another professor.

So much homework!!! 70+ slides to read and a quiz is due before class every class day. Dont make the mistake and take her. You can tell she loves her job but she would rather have you teach yourself

The worst class experience I have ever had and the worse part is she's one of the only professors for BIO 105 at UNCW. The tests make no sense what so ever, even when I used the samples. The lectures are extremely boring and you barely learn anything during them.

Do not take her online. I never got higher than a C on a test, and I used every piece of information provided and still couldn't get a decent grade. She is very rude and unprofessional. I would stay aware from her. She does not care if you learn the material or not. She would rather you fail the class than succeed. Avoid at all cost please!

She uses the class to try to weed out those she sees as unfit to study biology instead of just teaching the material. Gives too many chapters to actually read in one day if you have even one other class. Take it with any other professor.

I WOULD NOT CHOOSE DIANE MELROY. Not only did she not post video lectures, we never had zooms for this class. All she did was post lengthy powerpoints and give quizzes. I thought I understood the material, but I failed all 3 midterms she gave us. She did give lots of extra credit, but it was insanely lengthy material.

Dr. Melroy's class is very monotonous, large amounts of slides every week to go through with very little engaging assignments. She is willing to work with you, but the canvas grading for the weekly quizzes is unfair. If you get 9 questions correct on a 10 question quiz, you get an 80% on the quiz, making it very difficult to get a fair grade.

She never posted lectures and never explained the material. There is so much material to learn and it's impossible to pass the midterms. I have no clue how I got an A in this class, it was honestly a miracle.

The absolute worst professor Ive ever had. Reached out many times to ask clarifying questions and get study tips only to have her send rude and snarky emails telling me that I should study more. Not only this, but I was informed that she reached out to specific students and made study guides for them. Absolutely ridiculous. She destroyed my GPA

Honestly one of the worst classes and professors I have ever had. I never have problems with professors but she made this class living hell. It was unnecessarily painful. This class could have been exciting and fun but she made it horrible. She was rude if you asked her questions and did not post lectures, just powerpoints. Horrible.

This is one of the worst professors Ive ever had to deal with. Her quizzes and tests questions are basically written like riddles. They make little to no sense and she intentionally makes some of them trick questions. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

the worst professor ever Lecture:dry exam:hard and not like what she teach in class you could still get a C even u do all the things she ask u to do. I even watch other youtube videos to try to understand the material better before class quizzeshard I teach myself everything ngl this is the first class that make me cry during the exam

Doesnt teach the material. You have to learn the information then take the quiz on it before class. Then in class she just reads the PowerPoint and talks about stuff thats not up there and doesnt explain any of it and doesnt help when someone has a question.

Prof. Melroy was one of the worst teachers I have every had. She gives quizzes that are riddles and nearly impossible to do well on. She taught with the flipped lecture portion and would have us take quizzes that are due before class, then during class she just goes over the quizzes that you just bombed. Do not take her for your own sake.

Each module has 3+ ppoint presentations with 29-45 slides. Have to read every one and take notes. Melroy doesn't clarify anything on e-mails when you ask. All quizzes have so many trick questions and riddles. For articles if you're off by one sentence for para criteria, will deduct half point for every one missed. Grades hard! On your own. Run far!

Prof. Melroy is not my favorite professor. Before classes, she makes you read long powerpoints and take confusing quizzes. During class, she goes through the powerpoints you already read and teaches you nothing. Her quizzes are very hard and don't make much sense. Her grading style on these quizzes is also very confusing. DO NOT TAKE HER!!!!!!

She assigns 100+ slide power points and a quiz due before each class, and the quizzes are both graded and worded so strangely that it makes it nearly impossible to get full credit. Says this is done on purpose to "avoid guessing". She is also difficult to talk to, and doesn't explain concepts in lectures well. Definitely avoid if possible.

Doesnt help us out

Is it possible to get a good grade in this class? Yes, yes it is. Is it possible to do so without passive aggressive emails from the Professor who for some reason is incapable of properly wording said emails? No, no it isnt. Are the quizzes worded in a way that felt Like they were meant to trick you? They sure were.

Class was unnecessarily difficult. The lectures feel like a complete waste of time because it goes over the same slideshows that you've taken the quiz on the night before so you more or less have to teach yourself the content to pass. The quizzes are literal riddles and test your reading comprehension more than bio content itself. Very bad class...

she purposely words the quizzes to be harder than they need to be. very confusing class. she is rude in her response emails and acts like her students are a burden to her. she also grades very harshly on the articles. but the exam is online and open for three days so you can take the exam when you have time.

I am a first year student here and she is the worst Bio teacher I have had. Aggressive towards students. Doesn't liked to be asked questions over email. Teaches from PowerPoints. Two quizzes weekly. Can't tell you a thing that I learned. Terrible. Doesn't even know why she is a teacher. DO NOT TAKE HER IF YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO LEARN. That's all.

Was not very helpful to students and test questions involved materials not discussed in class or during the Lab

Prof. Melroy has an interesting way of "teaching" her students. If you enjoy a flip class where you teach yourself the criteria before class and she barely answers any questions you may have during her lectures, then take this course. Melroy assigns 2 quizzes a week that are due at 9 am and has classwork every class. Her quizzes and test are :/

She does not teach; she just reads slides and expects you to basically teach yourself. She gives two quizzes a week that are much more difficult than they need to. The tests are hard and almost nothing we "learn" from the slides is on there. In lecture she also goes fast and gets rude if you ask her to repeat something or explain anything further.

Dr. Melroy's idea of teaching is simply reading over the PowerPoints that she has already given us. The two open note quizzes a week are very difficult and the questions are worded in the most confusing way possible. I had some of my friends who are STEM majors help me on the quizzes, and even they struggled. A BIO 105 class shouldn't be this hard

This professor was extremely difficult to follow. Though she had a clear schedule of homework, quizzes, and lectures the material was never taught in good form for students to understand. I had a hard time knowing what was expected of me in this class. Her help also was never worth seeking.

I do not know where to begin this class has been awful from the start she treats the class as if it is a level 3 to 400 level course. She does not explain things well but oh she expects you to know it. I have had several email battles with this lady. Just steer clear of her class I got almost an A in Org and will end up with a C+ in her course

Makes you read long slide presentations before every class and take an online quiz. There is HW during class that's not mandatory but it helps grade to submit answers. Lots of work and he sucks as a teacher. doesn't like to teach and gets annoyed when ppl ask quetions

DO NOT TAKE MELROY. She was the bane of my existence this semester. I'd never recommend her. There are 2 quizzes every single week, & they take forever to complete. The information you are quizzed on isn't in the powerpoint. Her lectures make me want to sleep. She is very biased and non-understanding. Take someone else or take a different class.

Don't do it. I am warning you right now. Terrible grading system, does not explain, when a student asks a question she does not answer it clearly if she answers it at all. Her quizzes are impossible and does not say the right answers after we are done. Biology is hard enough as is, but this class was terrible.

Do not take her class. The online quizzes are graded horribly and her exams are hard. Would not recommend.

She is the bane of my existence

Do not take this class. I had to withdraw even though I had a 98% on my labs and quizzes just because of her ridiculous exams that made absolutely no sense what so ever, even though i understood the material. Very accessible but her feedback makes no sense either.

DONT DO IT. The absolute most boring class I have ever taken. 2 quizzes a week on the class material, but you have to submit the quizzes BEFORE you go to class. She wants you to teach yourself. Lectures will put you to sleep, especially if they're on zoom. Exams are ridiculous. You can study for weeks and still not make above a 70.

She seems like a nice person, this being said, her teaching style is horrible. A PowerPoint consisting of anywhere from 50-100 slides is required to be read the day BEFORE class with a mandatory quiz that follows. These quizzes are 4-6 questions with multiple questions in each question. Will not allow you to see which questions you missed.

The lectures weren't helpful. She never answers questions fully and leaving students to teach themselves. The quizzes didn't make since at all and were graded heavily. She was also highly unsure of herself. I feel very unprepared for the upcoming final. I recommend taking this class with another professor.

don't take this class unless you HAVE TO. if you do take it make sure to make friends in the class who can help you (the only way i was able to do well). way harder than a 105-level course should be. the professor would get mad at students for asking questions... and the exams were awful.

Horrendous quiz style and no proper material for exams. Avoid at all costs.

Out to pretty much get you if you show little to no effort in the class

She has quizzes to due before every lecture which are hard. Overall bad teaching style and tough.

Worst professor I have ever had, 10 page labs every week as well with quizzes based on PowerPoints (4-5 PowerPoints a week, each powerpoint over 30 slides). An ungodly amount of work for a class like this.