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Quality4.5
Difficulty6%
Would Retake103
Reviews6%
Would Retake
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What Students Say
“Overall it's an unnecessarily hard class that people should avoid if they can”
BIO1200 - 1.0 rating“She has all standard attributes of a bad teacher”
BIO1200 - 1.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
89%
Textbook Required
83%
Grade Predictor
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B
Grade Distribution
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HUMBIO
5.0
(1)BIO101
5.0
(1)BIO112
5.0
(1)BIO120001
5.0
(1)APPLIEDAP
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AP
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MATH
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BIOLOGY
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Reviews (103)
great teacher. not difficult at all. very fair
Read right from notes typoes and all. Didn't make herself very available. Worst class I have taken
No instruction, just did problems on board, many mistakes, but nice outside of class
all she did was read from her powerpoint presentations which no one could read cuz they were too small....shes one of the worse teachers i've had & news flash lady not everyone is a bio major!!!!
She laughed when she told us that no one got an A on our test...our class average is a 70....she was difficult, rude & just not helpful at all
Students if you have this teacher drop the course for your own good. She goes over the material very fast and her tests are extremely detailed. Drop her class now.
There were 13% As given for that exam. And she gives 2 study groups a week to help people like you. Where were you?
Such a bad professor, goes way too quick, doesn't answer questions
Goes kind of fast, but not very hard to follow. She curves curves tests a lot and offers extra help. Very fair and nice.
A lot of notes. Hard tests but curves them.
She is a wonderful professor! You need to read the material and take notes, just like in ANY science course. She knows her stuff and she makes sure that you understand as well. I took this class as a freshman and had a perfect average because of the incredible curve!
I HATED IT!!!! SHE PUTS 7 CHAPTERS ON 1 TEST!
Hard tests, go to class and take notes. She curves tests. She likes it if you go for tutoring, however she thinks that you should go all the time.
Her class is hard, but very worthwhile. If you pay attention and take notes you will do well in her class. She is a very fair professor, and gives many opportunities to bring up your grade.
OK, the class is hard as heck.but i learned so much. I can use the information she gave me in everyday accounts and i remember everything, right atrium to the tricuspid, pul. semilunar canal to the pulmonary trunk to the Lungs where deoxy becomes oxy. Shes really good take her and do good it be ok.
Lots of extra credit opportunities. Wants to help her students because most of them are going on to Biology of Psychology; which is an even harder class. But don't let the 114 fool you, this is a class you need to be prepared to work hard in.
=( She is not very understanding. Go for extra help, and it doesnt matter. She will tell you that you are doing well, but you really aren't. THe final was freakin hard...cumulative 154 questions....god bless if you take her
She's amazing...take home tests and she's cute...I'd definitely take her and she loves when you go for tutoring!
Just go to class...take notes...go for extra help once a week and you'll be okay. She's always around to help her students...lots of curves...with little effort you can get a B easy
these people are nuts. shes awful. you get a take home quiz every friday, and all of them added up equals 5% of your grade.Her tests are out of this world and you get 1 point towards your test for going to tutoring which is like an hour long. DONT TAKE HER!!!
It is a hard class, I worked mad hard. I got a B+ and went through the whole A&P text, and a seperate 300pg Bio 114 brain explained. unless you like having no life, Take her class. oh ya this lady has no understanding for others and she is tottaly not cute!
OMG, she was a nice person, but her lectures covered way too much! If it wasnt for my lab professor I would have failed.. It was just too much info thrown out at once..and to me.. Molly is not a good name for a scary bear.. it reminded me of a teddy bear or something..
i couldn't stand her she expected way too much for her silly class she coouldn't expected u to know everything she always made u feel like ur not doing enough even when u work ur ass off Definitly DO NOT take her u'll regret it
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Great teacher! Goes through the material fast in class, but posts EVERYTHING online. Gives lots of quizzes but they can be used towards extra credit & most of them are open book. Keeps you on your toes!
She's such a bad professor, she really means well, but OMG, she's probably the worst professor at Willy P... she goes way too fast in class and there's way too much material... She's kinda hot though, so that took some of the pain away from going to her class
Biggest waste of time! Extremely hard & very unhelpful! Breezes through the chapters and does all on power point! Avoid her at all costs!
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This class sucks...she is sooo hard...there are 5 chapters per test and about 100 slides per chapter...she wrote the book so she expects you to know every detail...DO NOT take this professor
Sucks!Reads straight off power point & yet attendance is so important. for what? she doesn't teach!You can read on your own.Doesn't help you at all.Doesn't care about your situation.If you need her help,b/c something isn't going right with class,her answer is to drop the course.Tests are ridiculous,5+ ch.'s on each.DO NOT TAKE HER.SHE SUCKS!!!!
Power Point Queen. Don't take her. Not helpful what so ever. Her answer to everything is to drop the class, no matter how far into the semester your in. If you take her, YOU WILL WISH YOU HADN'T!
She goes through the chapters way too fast. She doesn't give good study guides, if any and just reads straight from power point. She can also be a smart ass at times.
She's kinda hot... I wouldn't mind taking her class just to look at her... Really hard class though... But she's still hot... Something to look at...
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!! WORST PROFESSOR EVER!!
DO NOT TAKE HER!HORRIBLE!!!!!! Answer for everything is to drop the course.She thinks that this class is the only one we have, and that all of our lives for the semester are going to revolve around it.Yeah Right.
she is the worst teacher ever. do yourself a favor and don't take her.........
she was the worst teacher ever....we had over 20,000 slides that we had to study for our tests....and her tests are very generic....she doesn't make the test...her test are made up of questions that don't even apply to the material....HOnestly, somebody should tell her that she needs to teach math or something else....because she doesn't know how t
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Gives alot of information but veryful and gives students a lot of chances to bring grade up. Don't take if you don't want the work.
HORRIBLE!!!!!! DO NOT TAKE
i found myself correcting her half the time. She has very little clue as to how to teach math. I left that class feeling like i lost knowledge.. dont take her.
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Worst prof ever! She is so hard. She uses slides that she makes you print out and its a ridiculus amount per class. Her tests are impossible. She keeps you the very last minute even if she has to start a new chapter with 2 minutes left of class. There is also a quiz every class. Don't take her. You will be sorry if you do.
This is the worst professor at WPU. she is nuts, breezes through the material like u had the same degrees she did, jam packs her classes and exams with way too much material,always lets you out late, dropping the class is her solution to everything, thinks its ur only class. she is NOT cute.DONT TAKE HER,brought down my gpa drastically not worth it
this is a hard class. you actually have to read!! the class is hard no matter who you take. and she is SOOO HELPFUL. if you actually have a question she is in her office like 24/7 and she wants to help you. print the notes and the study guides, go to the study sessions with 3or4 topics and she will make sure you understand them.
Worst professor at WPU. She thinks that everyone is a bio major which no one in the class was-we were psych. Goes at a ridiculous pace and flies through slides though no one understands. Talks down to other students when they say the wrong answer. DO NOT TAKE!!!!
good teacher! explains things really well- go to her study groups, you'll get alot out of them- tough cookie though
Shes a really bad teacher. She doesnt noe wat shes doing half the time. The students correct her. Its a basic math class that means she should actually explain stuff but she doesnt. She expects the students to teach. She is very enthusiastic ill give her that much.
She is cruel and sarcastic. When I was through with that class, I felt like my brain was destroyed because she just keeps throwing info at you. She didnt explain things well and did not like questions. She just assumed we got everything instantly. She was cold, unrealistic, boring, and overloading. DO NOT TAKE HER!!!
Don't take if you want an easy course. She makes you work. Let's you earn extra credit it you earn it.
did not enjoy this class at all!!!!!!
i had her for basic math & if you're a student who doesn't understand math she is NOT helpful AT ALL! she acts like she's too good to explain anything to us because we're just students. she's rude too and picks on students. makes condescending statements & is so unhelpful! hated her!
The WORST professor Ive EVER had at WPU.She thinks her you know what doesnt stink.She couldnt teach a class if her life depended on it,and I honestly have no idea how she got a job as a college professor.I learned NOTHING in that class.Dont take her for anything if you dont have to.WPU should seriously get rid of this poor excuse of a professor.
She's kind and funny at times, but she covers the book at a very high speed. You're not going to be able to keep up with her unless you print out the slides that she uses before the class and just circle/highlight the important points.
She is very difficult to keep up with and moves at a very quick pace through the sections, but if you work really hard, go to the study groups, and attend all classes, you should be fine. I got a B in the class, but it took self disipline and hard work. She is helpful if you need it. Dont take the class if you plan to slack off.
SHE IS THE WORST TEACHER IN THE HISTORY OF TEACHING....I CAN HONESTLY SAY I DID NOT LEARN ONE THING FROM HER CLASS....NOTHING....IT WAS A BIG WASTE OF MY LIFE!!!!!
I took Applied A&P w/ Potacco and it was a great class. People will complain that she is hard, and yes, she is very challenging. But she MAKES you learn, and if you don't want to learn, then why are you in college? As a psych major, this is a prerequisite for physio, and you NEED to know this stuff for physio psych. Great teacher, does her job!!!!
Shes great!
Hey I have no problem with being given alot or work. This is college and I expect that. And BOY does she give alot of work. But besides that...she is one of the meanest people I've ever come across. Very smart though.
awful.i knew i'd be putting extra work into this class but it's ridic. every class is an info overload and i come out knowing less than i did when i entered. asking for clarification is asking for a condescending remark. she's smart but should be working in a lab not in a class room. her quizes/exams are damn near impossible.
go to science enrichment center for tutoring and you get extra credit points. quizzes are impossible cuz they cover too much info and you don't know what to focus on. 3 exams that cover many chapters but she gives you the exact essay questions 2 weeks before the exam and chooses a few for the exam. you need to STUDY HARD for this class!
Do not take her,take Onaivi.The online quizzes are insane&the exams are ridiculous.There is more information 2cover each week than what is humanly possible.she will drown u&yourGPA.There is so much taught in this class that u will never remember it&2be quite frank this stuff will never come up again no matter what your profession.she wastes ur time
i hate people who talk about professors like her and say "She MAKES u learn". give me a break. i dont care about ur class, i just want my degree. make it easier for us. u r soulless
she does not make it easy. in fact she makes it as difficult as possible. on the day of the exam u will go in exhausted from studying so much crazy/useless info and then it happens. your only holding a pencil and then she lectures for the first half of the class, then gives the exam the second half. she wants people to drop. screws us every time.
She is absolutely the worst teacher that I have ever had in me entire life! Does not care about her students, she expects you to know way more than is practical. Her tests are impossible, no matter how much you study and to top it off on the days of exam she lectures on new information during the first part of the class and expects you to take the
Too technical, no easy to comprehend way of teaching, strict attendance policy (needed proof of a death in the family), babbles on and on and on by the time us leave your mind is numb and you have no clue what you learned!!! Dont torture yourself!!!
Counts each of her classes as 2, so when you miss 3 classes you've missed 6 in her eyes! One of the worst profs I've ever had, I truly don't know why she's still working there. I hate tenure....
she doesnt clarify whats on her tests at all. she says u need to know EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING in her eyes is thousands of terms and functions/processes that only drs in their 6th year of med school need2 know. her extra help session is sum1 asking a question and never getting the answer. she just wont tell u answers and this material is too hard.
The course itself is a prerequisite for physiological psy. If you can't pass this, than you can't pass that. I do not know about anybody else but this course is NOT a fly by you have to study because many are going for licensure to practice on ppls. If you can't make it change YOUR major, and study more instead of complaining!!!LOSER to the bottom1
You have to work for your grade its NOT a class you can slack off
DO NOT TAKE HER PLEASE! do not take her unless you intend to fail the course. Horrible professsor, she is not concerned with helping her students learn, instead she prefers to cram 150 detailed slides in each class, expects u to memorise it and spit them back out on test. horrible.
hey student below .... yeah you... you can't even spell, you're mocking fellow students left and right in our class and you sound like ur jealous!!! Can't you do anything else, but hate on others to make yourself feel better...ahh poor Loser
i had her for math, OMG i wanted to kill myself,,soooo boringgg
i never had her BUT listened to her give a speech about the sec and other stuff she said that you shouldnt be be posting bad comments about teachers on sites just cuz u did bad she also said that you shouldnt blame the professor for doin bad and excuses like too borin and other crap r not excuses 2 use against a professor..guess she read this site
Unfortunately, she's the only prof that teaches this course in the evening. The course is very difficuly and she rushes through every single class while the majority of the class is just overwhelmed. She offers extra credit but if you have a full time job and other courses it is impossible. Somehow I passed the class but don't feel like I learned.
At first I did not like her or her style of teaching. She does not understand that it is a GE course and some people don't understand the material as well as her. She offers extra credit but if you have a full-time job forget it. Most of the class was overwhelmed and many dropped the class. I got a B but that was only because I had to get a tutor.
a very cold person and not enthusiastic about helping students if they go up to her after class to ask for it. Gives students a sour taste in their mouth. i do not recomend taking her. kinda nasty. her personality is better suited for a different profession. poor qualities and a very poor educational expiernce. id like to say otherwise but cannot.
She is by far the WORST professor I have EVER had in my entire life. She thinks that everyone is on her level, and is as smart as her. Going to class us useless because she breezes through power points with AT LEAST 60 slides per class. I don't absorb any of the information in class. I would never recommend her to anyone. Horrible.
OK so she easnt easy by any means. Rushes through a billion slides per class. If you have a 2.5 hours class never expect to get out early, actually expect to get out late! Her exams are kind of impossible. The two saving graces are that she post old exams on blackboard and if you studdy from those you will do ok & she grades on a gigantic curve
You are in college- you gotta learn on your own sometimes. Suck it up people. She gives you the material, tells you what to focus on for the exam, holds study sessions where you receive extra credit, curves the final grade-- i felt like i was failing but got an A. It's overwhelming at first but if you study and pay attention you'll be fine.
The class will be hard no matter what. She moves very quickly and it's overwhelming, but she DOES try to help. She always has study groups & curves heavily. I got the impression that she cares about her students, she just forgets that we're taking this just for the UCC. It was a hard class, but it could've been way worse with a different prof.
Professor runs 60 slides per class does not explain anything. She has all standard attributes of a bad teacher. She has tutoring but when she shows up you are as lost as in class. The other tutors available are better than her and even say she teaches this class at AP Level.
I can't believe PD has such bad reviews. It's Human Biology - there is a lot of information to learn and she tries to cover it all. She is the first professor I've ever had that makes lecture interactive and fun. I think she goes above and beyond to help her students in any way she can. She even had online tutoring at 8pm on a week night! Best.
By far the hardest class I have taken in college so far. For a low level course, she expects us to go above and beyond what is necessary. Doesn't respect the fact that we have 4 or 5 classes besides this. Quizzes (four quizzes 1 exam) are not straightforward, more application of the knowledge. If it weren't for other assignments, I would be fail.
She rushes through lectures, which is especially bad for an 8am. There isn't much clarity, too much joking (if you can believe it). Though it's a hard course, she offers help thru study groups but it's useless because what she goes over isn't what is on the quiz.
This class isn't ROCKET SCIENCE. As the name suggest, its human biology. As with any science course there is going to be an enormous amount of content. She does her best to cover ALL of it. So there are quizzes and homework assignments due very often, but none of it is difficult. You watch a few videos and answer some questions weekly. WorkPass
Considering the course is as low as it is she has unrealistic expectations, also she acts as if this is the only class you are taking when it comes to work. Quizzes are nothing like what you go over in class and she claims it as "application of knowledge" but it isn't. Overall it's an unnecessarily hard class that people should avoid if they can.
It was literally looking at her in fast forward during the lectures because she wouldn't even give you a chance to register the information she gave you. She would also teach a new lesson and then at the end of class she would give a quiz about the last class's lecture.
Had her for a hybrid course so we only met for 1hour weekly. Coming to the class was only important if you wanted to receive extra credit or a grade drop of a quiz. None of the work was cohesive so lecture was one thing, discussion one thing, quiz 1 another, quiz 2 another it was hard to let material marinate . If you just do the work you can pass
So college Algebra with no credit is supposed to be easy right? Wrong, not with this professor. Everyone in my class complained about her, if you have to take her for a class that sounds difficult DO NOT take her. She breezes through material and just expects you to know and she doesn't teach.
You have to do as lot of work. She tends to use students for examples on certain things. Not fun. 175 multiple choice final. Hybrid course so you have to watch videos if not youll be lost in lecture. Teaches as if we students are experts on material
By far the WORST online professor Ive had. DO NOT take her class if you have a life. She expects a massive amount of work for one class and mandatory video lecture attendance. She is very sarcastic, floods your email and is heavy on APA format even for discussion posts! Please look for a different Professor.
If you are taking any other course besides this one don't take this class. She is extremely heavy on APA siting and is a pain about it. Her half of the class was online and it was mandatory to meet on the given day and participation was a must. Very sarcastic and made repeated comments that we should really think about dropping the class.
So its an online class but she has this doodle thing that she expects us to do weekly and get together. But if we could get together at the same time wouldnt we be in a classroom at a scheduled time. not very helpful. doodles arent helpful b/c its not on the quizzes. Avoid her at all cost. Just awful. positive reviews probably fake
SOOOO BAD! She doesnt know how to grade properly. Will mark your assignments late before theyre even due. Will mark you down in grammar when her emails all have typos. Expects you to meet with her on any given day. Wayyyy too much homework. Gives homework due on thanksgiving day
DO NOT TAKE HER. It's impossible to get a perfect grade on any portion of her class. This is a hybrid class and we have work due from lab, PLUS 5 to 6 other things due for her online portion of the class every week. She deducts for grammar, but has many grammar issues in all of her emails and on video quiz templates. So sarcastic. All around awful.
DO NOT TAKE HER!! Taking her for a hybrid feels like 2 separate courses. Her grading criteria doesnt make sense, she deducts so many points on assignments, everything is in APA even discussion posts. Shes very sarcastic & makes the course harder than it needs to be. Getting a good grade is almost impossible & you meet online once a week sadly.
The work load for this class is ridiculous. She gives work as if students dont have other courses and teaches as if everyone is an expert in Bio. Her online room is always at least 2hrs. Shes sarcastic. You dont even get to understand the info youre really just memorizing for the test. She also uses connect. Everything is in APA format.
This class was online. She had online lectures to attend that almost always went two hours long and the times and day varied. She takes off for her grammer yet her emails are riddled with mistakes. She is unclear and there is a ton of work due multiple times a week.
Took her for a gen ed requirement and regret it greatly. Her tests are hard and she goes through about 50+ slides in a 50 minute class. She teaches stuff that really is too complex for a gen ed class. For example she was teaching things to us that my sister did not learn until grad school. Definitely avoid her at all cost!!!
never again, there's really no other words. Unfair with grading she wants assignments done exactly how she likes it regardless if you understand it that way and if you have one minor mistake expect a low grade. She makes it seem like her class is the only one that matters and takes out most of your time throughout the semester.
She made the course very heavy. The assignments are very long (One was a 2-hour documentary) and tedious. The DB's are graded very harshly and if you even spell something wrong you lose points. There are a lot of assignments per week so if you miss one it gets eaten by others. She isn't very understanding and changes the course calender a lot.
Let this be your sign to not take her course, I didn't listen to the other reviews and regret it completely. My whole semester was filled with endless work because of her class and I would not wish this on my own enemy. Free time? Think again, professor Potacco will bombard you with video quizzes, 2-3 online assignments, & discussion posts. Don't
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
89%
Textbook Required
83%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-0.67 avg changeRatings by Course
HUMBIO
5.0
(1)BIO101
5.0
(1)BIO112
5.0
(1)BIO120001
5.0
(1)APPLIEDAP
3.8
(5)Difficulty by Course
AP
5.0
MATH
5.0
BIOLOGY
5.0
ANATOMY
5.0
MATH110
5.0