Be prepared to be in complete overwhelm the entire time you're taking this class. Study guides for test are ridiculous and she won't give exact specifics of what to see on the tests. Both my study guides for the tests so far have been over 40 pages and I still haven't done well. Not respectful or kind to students. Lecture is mandatory.

Dr. Jackson is by far one of the most difficult ad disrespectful professors I have ver had. She is rude to students during lecture and her tests are nothing like the study guide she provides. The book does not help you study correct material for her exams either. On tests with very poor averages she will blame the students for not being prepared.

Professor Jackson doesnt want to help her students succeed. Her lecture slides have barely any information on them. There are in-class questions every class that are graded on accuracy. She gives study guides that when completed, are nothing short of 30 pages, and the exam questions are extremely difficult. I would not ever recommend taking her.

She's probably the worst professor I've had here and I'm a senior. Her lectures are an hour and 15 minutes of straight lecturing from powerpoint slides and they are the most boring things ever. Her tests? Awful and the average is usually between a 50-60 percent and she doesn't curve. The study guides are long and have nothing to do with the tests.

She is the worst professor I have ever had. She doesn't care about her students passing the class. The average on tests are around 60% and she blames her students for not studying hard enough rather than her tests and teaching. I have gone to her officer hours numerous times and she is absolute no help. Unless you are Einstein don't take this class

This class is overwhelming. Study guides do not match up with tests. Tests are too lengthy to finish in the time given. Does not respect her students and blames them for not doing well on the exams. Exam averages are 60% and doesn't curve. Unless you have taken upper level biology classes, it's hard to do well

Avoid at all costs. What Dr. Jackson lectures about is very different from what is on the tests, which are too long for the time allotted. It is disrespectful of her to get angry at the whole class for not properly preparing for a test when the average is very low, rather than entertaining the thought that maybe there was an issue with her test.

Professor Jackson is not a good teacher. She definitely knows what she is talking about but fails to educate her students. Her tests are horrid. She gives a three page study guide and it turns into 10+ pages. She said her study gudies arent going to be what are on the test because shes here to educate us . Thus her study guide does not prove useful

This professor is one of the most non-understanding , difficult professors to work with and communicate with. I would've gotten a B in the class but she screwed me over in the final lab report (gave me a 0) even though it was an A paper, just because it was a few min late. Awful prof, hope she gets fired

Dr. Jackson is a very educated professor but has absolutely no idea how to teach a course. Its her first semester (fall 2017) and she has no compassion for her students when test averages are in the 60s. She is very picky when it comes to what she likes on exams and lab reports. Her study guides are way to dense and her lectures are worthless.

Her lectures have nothing to do with material on the tests. Her study guides are absolutely ridiculous. Tests are extremely difficult, must read the book and do the study guide to even get an ok grade on the test. Only good thing is tests are 35% of your grade so even if you do poorly you can still get a B.

my final exam study guide ended up being 54 pages, and nothing I expected was on the exam. Not clear on what material she expected and lectures could be set up differently so they are more engaging and interesting.

Dr. Jackson is a terrible lecturer, very particular about how she wants assignments done, and offers very little extra credit. Be prepared to teach yourself a lot of overwhelming information. The basics were very rushed and encouraged memorization for tests rather than understanding topics. Her class made me feel incapable. Luckily, I love biology.

The nice thing is her tests are only 35% of your grade. The bad news: She flies through her lecture slides without giving more detail as to each piece. Her tests are pretty hard. Her study guides are pretty much each lecture slide. I ended up doing poorly on the lab report, even though i followed the rubric well. She's smart but poor at teaching.

Do not be swayed by the 35% Your money maker is in the FINAL LAB REPORT

She's absolutely the worst professor I have ever taken. This is coming from a senior who is graduating with a 3.8 GPA and has seen all kinds of professors. I've taken classes so much more difficult than this but she is one of a kind. She purposely makes exams as hard as possible and forces learning catalytics down our throats. Horrible professor

Extremely picky when it comes to grading. This especially pertains to papers and article reviews. She will give a custom grade of 1.75 if there is a prompt out of 2 for not exceeding the questions parameters.

Emily is the hardest professor i've ever had. I'm usually a 4.0 student and struggled to get a n 88 in her class. She is a very harsh grader on her exams and her lab reports. My biggest piece of advice would be to make sure you use her learning objectives as your study guide for her exams. The final is cumulative.

Dr. Jackson is not a professor; she is a Lecturer II. There is a reason for that. Having a PhD does not make someone an effective teacher. She is an overly harsh grader, particularly considering that micro is a 200-level class, and will mark points from some reports but not others for the same exact errors. She is appalling; don't waste your time.

If you must take this class from Emily don't bother going to lecture. The LC can be done remotely, and her lectures lack information that's consistent with homework/exam Qs. Spend your time wisely and read the book or work practice problems instead. No one in our class of 200+ people got full points on either of the two lab reports. She's awful.

I've never encountered such an unhelpful professor. It isn't difficult material. It is made difficult by Dr. Jackson because she doesn't seem to want students to succeed. Witnessed her tell a student that she wasn't available to see her at any time outside of office hours over a week before the final even though the student had class. Don't bother!

Take this class from literally anyone else in the entire world if you can. PS the answer to the transformation lab is satellite colonies, since you will never review this material in class/lab/assigned reading/homework. Accept in advance that you will never receive full marks on anything Dr. Jackson grades no matter what level of effort you put in

Do NOT take a class from Dr. Jackson. She has at least one huge typo in her $45 lab notebook (completely switches Gram negative and positive bacteria) yet will practically mark points from students' work for using the word "the" too many times. Unreasonably critical. My biggest piece of advice is to wait and take it from someone else if you can.

One of the worst professors at UNR in my opinion. I am a senior majoring in bio/minoring in chem w/ a 4.0 GPA and fought for an A. She is impossible to communicate with. All exams have some level of cumulativeness/can't miss more than three LECTURES or she'll give you a W/extremely harsh grader/labs are fun but not worth taking the class from her

She's the WORST lecturer I've ever had in my 3 years here and it's clear that I'm not the only one who thinks so. All she does is read off the slides and moves on. She spends approx. < 1 min/ slide. Her exams are much more in depth than what she says. You'll end up teaching yourself. Her averages- TERRIBLE. She grades like it's a 400 level class.

Would not recommend her class. Lectures were are very dry and slides do not have detailed info, so be ready to write. Is an unfair grader and expects students to be experts in this subject. The labs and homework is the only thing that is keeping my grade at a B. The exams have many trick questions. If you want to do well you have to study a lot.

I hated this class. She is very unclear about grading and is VERY particular, especially with the paper (honors). Overall be prepared to do a lot more work than is really necessary to learn the material. I felt like she made the class way harder than it needed to be. She also was not very accommodating when we had to switch online due to COVID.

10/10 would NOT recommend! She says your lab report is great during office hrs & grades it a B-. Your grade PLUMMETS. Your grade will barely move up unless you ace the test and only like 2 of us in the class get an A. Tests are difficult w/multiple right answers. Everyone in our class group chat was fed up and over this class. Teaching style: poor.

If you have the opportunity to take this class from someone else, do it. It's like her class is the only thing that matters in your life and she will have plenty of assignments to show you this. Multiple correct answer exams/HW/LC/Labs. Lab reports are graded harshly. Her overall connotation and affect towards students is deflating/discouraging.

Please find another professor for this class. Her lectures are dry, shes unclear with her instructions, gets overwhelmed when we ask questions/need help, and isn't flexible nor understanding of her students (Covid mind you). She requires an overwhelming amount of work for just a 200+ level class and is ruthless in her grading despite being vague.

The worst lecturer I've had at UNR - laughs inappropriately, moves erratically / rocks back and forth on Zoom (highly distracting), doesn't seem to be able to emotionally handle going "off script" with questions, finds any reason to take off points in your reports and applied micro assignments. Just NO. Take this class at TMCC if you can.

Emily Jackson is by far the worst professor I have ever taken. She very clearly wants her students to fail. There is another biology class which the teaching assistants and students say is much easier. Being a new bio teacher, Jackson purposefully makes her exams and quizzes extremely difficult, and the average per exam was around 50%.

BIO 189: worst class I've ever taken at UNR. She does not want her students to succeed. Makes the exams unreasonably difficult even when other classes taking the same course have much easier tests, with other professors. A lot of homework assigned that is only worth like 2 points. Material would be learned more efficiently with another professor.

Very Unprofessional. Dr. Jackson has shown that she does not have the cadence of others in her field. Five times have I attempted to reach her outside of the classroom, and I received not a single response. If you are taking this class, most likely you NEED TO. In that case, you NEED TO fight for your grade. Good luck.

Honestly one of the worst professors at unr! She has an overwhelming amount of PowerPoint slides that usually just has pictures and a few words. She would try to "explain" each lecture in class but she did it in such a poor and quick manner you wouldn't be able to understand what she is actually "teaching".

She is mean and doesn't care about her students. You take a quiz every class for 5 points and you have daily learning catalytic questions you have to answer correctly for points. No extra credit and she doesn't explain anything. Literally don't take her class ever if possible. She just reads off her slides.

Please for the love of god take any class with her at another school to even have a fair chance at a good grade. She wants her students to fail. You could do everything correct and almost perfect, but if it is not exactly how she would write it, she fails you. She made an already difficult course as is 1000x harder for absolutely no reason.

Avoid taking Dr. Jackson at all costs

Hands down the worst professor I've ever taken. She is so disengaging in lecture and makes exams so hard. Her slides are the opposite of informative and often have 2 word bullet points with no explanation. She grades all the lab reports so harshly and opposite to the rubric. Take MICR276 instead if you want a good grade

Usually an A student but ended up with an 88%. An 89.99% is a B, not an B+ or A-. She tries her best to take points away from you at any instance. Doesn't give tests back or have any type of structured review. No curve, no extra credit. You can work very hard for a good grade but she loves trick questions. Bad professor overall!

Never take her. I am 3% away from passing and she will not grant me that. Now I have to do it all again next semester. I have never failed a class in my life ever and this is the first one thats given me trouble but not because of the subject. She does not care if you know the content or not. She does not care about any of her students.

prof jackson is extremely cocky. she does literally anything she can to take away points, made the TAs REGRADE our lab reports because the average was too high. although her teaching isn't awful, her expectations are way too high for an intro micro class. if u are lucky enough to take someone else u should!!!!

She is a cool person but not a good professor. She makes her exams very hard with written portions and is not very clear on her expectations and study guides are VERY UNCLEAR. She took away off points on lab reports because too many students did well. She does not want you to get a good grade, she wants to humble you.

She is the worst. Doesn't care about her students and will give you a bunch of random assignments for no reason. You have to go to class as she does a bunch of in-class questions for points. Her tests are hard, and her lectures are boring and don't ever match the tests. DO NOT take her class if you don't have to.

She has heavy lectures & makes the exams very wordy and confusing. I had difficulty with her exams so beware they are hard. She also doesn't allow group quizzes. Attend class and don't miss. She has in class questions that are worth points. Extra credit is available for exams included in Pearson and SI sessions. You will need to teach yourself

Putting it bluntly...Jackson is a terrible professor. She does not care about her students. There are no chances of doing missing assignments, even if there's a medical emergency. She spends lectures just reading from her slides. The exams are insanely hard. No study Guide. No redos of any kind. 10/10 DO NOT recommend this professor.

THIS CLASS WILL TAKE ALL OF YOUR SANITY AND SELF RESPECT AND DUMP IT IN THE TRASH. THIS IS A GENERAL MICRO COURSE AND I TRULY BELIEVE SHE IS UPSET ABOUT TEACHING A 200 LEVEL COURSE SO SHE TAKES IT OUT ON HER STUDENTS. SHE TEACHES AS IF SHE IS BEING HELD AT GUN POINT AND THERE IS NO JOY IN HER LIFE EXCEPT FOR FAILING STUDENTS.

Look, just accept the fact that she is a horrible professor. She has a boulder sized chip on her shoulder for absolutely no reason and it is honestly just sad. Memorize the slides and put in the work, this is one of those classes that you just have to work through despite the fact that she will be the worst professor you'll get at this college.

whatever you do just do not take her

Tests are extremely confusing. No study guides, pretty much just have to rely on her long lectures (that she rushes through with no acknowledgment of her students). really just have to teach yourself. note guides DO NOT go hand in hand with the lectures, so youre jumping around and its just so confusing. feels like she wants you to fail.