Worst class I ever sat through... was no point in attending accept to get your name on the attendance list... grading is not consistent... AVOID AT ALL COSTS

Biased; likes to play favorites to athletes. Not helpful at all.

the class was interesting, but the prof. didn't appear to understand most of what he was teaching....his tests were graded so harshly that it was just ridiculous.....never responded to e-mail for help...not a good professor at all

Worst professor I ever had. Mostly very VERY rude when you need to talk to him in person! Doesn't give you the time of day. Went to every class and it didn't help @ all, he told terrible jokes, and half the time I couldn't understand them b/c on the "funny" part he would say it so fast you couldn't understand!Take a diff.prof.for this INTRO class!

Very bad lectures. Horrible and inconsistent grading. Not a good instructor at all for upper level courses.

Horrible professor for upper level classes. Inconsistent grading. Exams are super long. Lecture is scattered and hard to follow.

Every question is a trick question on the exams and quizzes.

The weighted grades were confusing. This was an online course, and the video lectures used were recycled from many years prior. The videos had poor audio quality and many logistical errors. Read quiz/exam questions carefully and beware of trick questions. Double check grades and challenge if marked wrong in error.

Doesn't teach what is on the exams, very rude, picks favorites with student athletes and contradicts himself. Worst class I have taken in my life and did not talk to a single classmate who thought good of him. Honestly lecture, tests and he himself are just a wreck.

I am currently taking this during the pandemic, but the fact that he is never available doesn't make sense. What you go through in class isn't on the exam, and he expects you to buy a 30 dollar notes book when he could easily put it online for free. He says the book isn't necessary but in my opinion if you don't read it, you won't pass

Retook this class because I didn't do well the first time. Should have read the reviews about James Marker before thinking he would help me improve. He is not responsive or empathetic in the slightest. I've asked for help so many times with either no reply or condescending remarks, as if I'm the one with the PHD. 10/10 wouldn't recommend.

You would think he would be more sympathetic towards his students during a global pandemic - which is ironic because hes a bio professor. He made no accommodations or offered extra credit and he thinks a 74% average on his tests are good. Seriously? Avoid this guy.

I am taking this during the pandemic. He claims he has been available since then, but makes not efforts to email back. He also claimed that the Lecture book was not necessary, but makes us pay for a lecture book he made for the class. He made us watch 12+ year old lecture videos, how lazy can you get and not update. Id rather teach myself with YT.

Imagine teaching yourself all the content that his videos did not explain. His video lectures are so old, and are like hours long talking about one single thing, and most of the time he goes off track. He's the worst professor I've ever had, but he has the audacity to say he's always been available and helping students (clown face emoji)

It was wack honestly. I clearly needed help, and he never helped me. If I could I would go to the teachers office hours, but obviously I can't. So all i can do is email, and he NEVER ANSWERS. Why become a professor if you can't be there when a student needs help.

If you read other reviews, you will notice the final grades aren't the best. I got an AB which is pretty good and yet I have nothing good to say about this prof. I worked very hard to earn what I got, harder than what I should need to. He is not easy to contact. His lectures are from 2012. His test is very long and gives no time. Worst prof at gb.

Dr. Marker seems like a very nice individual but as a professor he is just not good. His lectures are a drag to go to and regarding his exams, they are worded poorly and he tries to trick you on every question.

I took this class online my first semester. Professor is an extremely hard grader and there are multiple long lectures , tons of reading, and quizzes every week. I am good at biology and struggled in this class. Exams are very hard and coursework is not like what is on the exams. Definitely have to do other reading and watch other videos to do good

Terrible professor. 5 tests and they don't match the lectures. Questions don't make sense. Weekly quizzes have nothing to do with the tests.

Just awful. Indecisive and not clear in instruction, lab packets, or grading. Very tough grader, but when questioned doesn't know what he took points off for. Graphing for labs was awful; he wasn't clear in what he wanted. I was way too stressed for a 1-credit course. Far too much expected of students with nothing in return. Won't respond to emails

Prof insists that needed info is in notes, but the notebook is fill as you go & he skips pages failing to give info. He says over & over that you only need to know the basics - this is false. You need to learn every step of every step in detail. Test are multiple choice w/multiple correct answers, & timed. watch videos - he drops nontextbook info

This class was all quizzes and exams, there would be things in the lecture notes but would be wrong on the exams so the questions dont even match up. Not to mention the lecture videos are really old. The exams and quizzes are all timed so if you have a lot of test anxiety I wouldnt recommend because thats all this class is

Very outdated pre-recorded lectures. Uses dock cams which is always blurry and unable to read. Requires you to purchase a book that he wrote in order to follow along and fill in the blank of his lectures. Lectures dont actually match the book he requires you to purchase since videos are so old. His tests are more confusing then anything.

Dr. Marker is all over the place. Material handed out in class/labs has vital information left out or contains major grammatical errors making it difficult deciphering what he wants. He is a good man though. Taking classes with him was an awful experience for many others and myself. Unfortunately, if you are human bio. You can't avoid him. Godspeed

I am an education major; I do not even understand why I took this class. Thanks to my horrible advisor, if your advisor tells you this class is good, I would tell them to shut up. I recommend taking Human Diseases course online, way better and fulfills the same credit. This class and professor suck so bad, would never recommend for anyone.

It almost felt like he purposely set us up for failure in this class. Nothing in lecture is consistent with what is on exams. If you don't quote him word for word on the essay questions you will get them wrong. Get on his good side if you want a good grade, he notices who shows up and participates.

I only took this class because it was required

Due to my major, I had to take two of his classes as he is the only professor that teaches them. Horrible grader, horrible communicator, and his expectations are not well explained. He would have wrong answers on exams and not change our grades. Very poor professor. I know people who have dropped their majors because of him. awful.

I definitely don't recommend his classes, not because of him but just because they are very difficult classes

His very stale voice makes it hard to pay attention while he dabbles around in his million lectures per topic. His exam question does not make sense. If they do, the answers aren't in the lecture books that he recommends you buy. You rarely need to read the textbook, money down the drain. Do not take.

He is a subpar professor at best, with an insane requirement to download 3rd party Spyware onto your device to take the exams (no alternatives offered, even after extensive conversation, research, and negotiation). Do not take his classes, save yourself the time, money, and headache.

Avoid taking this rigged course. Your grade is based on exams that are created using his questions from lectures that date as far back as 2012 and 2013, the information taught is outdated and questions are often based on his opinions or comments from these low quality lectures. Honorlock for exams is required. Disappointing, go find a better course

Inaccessible class disability wise. Write very small in the online lecture notes, making it nearly impossible to pay attention at the same time. Simple biology class, will be fine if all your time is spent on it. Crash course and YouTube are BFF

My experience with professor Marker was terrible. I was struggling in his class considering the class is exam heavy and the exams having nothing to do with what you learned. I also reached out to him multiple time to retake an exam I had missed and he never answered so I received a F on it. Please take with class with a different professor.

Awful awful awful, there are only two professors that give this class unfortunately, this professor is the worst of the two. He is known by other professors as a horrible grader and known by students as possibly the most infamously difficult professor at the university. It wouldn't surprise me if he's only still here because he has tenure.

Bum, certified bum, easily distracted, taught with ancient projectors, hard to learn.

He is very lecture-heavy and uses lectures 10-15 years old. He repeats himself a lot and gets distracted very easily. His "Quizignments" have nothing to do with the material he presents in lectures. The textbook he gives you won't help you at all. You will be teaching yourself about material that doesn't matter and isn't relevant. Good luck.

The fact he was peddling his study guide that he wrote and published via Pearson as something the students needed to buy or they'd have a lot harder time succeeding. That's unethical to peddle something you wrote as essential to the course on top of the textbook, students already pay for the class and the textbook. Study guides are normally free.

He is dumbfounded when I ask about the concept of simply sharing the lecture notes over word(that he made). He presents his class off of a word document which could be simply shared with the class but instead he sells for a profit. He still shares lectures that were done in the late 2000s using windows 7. Unforgiving, boring, OUTDATED.

this dude was horrible, don't ever take him. he doesn't teach the information needed for the exams and the quizzes he gives has nothing to do with the exams either. I, an A student, had to get a tutor for the course.

Horrible professor. Uses old lectures from 2014 and nothing from his "Quizignments" matches with his exams whatsoever. The first exam from everybody in the class avg to 73%. Horrible professor do not take this class. RUN

Tests do not cover what is learned through lecture or book. I felt as though I could study for hours and I could never get above a B. There are quizzes weekly that have no correlation to the exam and will NOT help you.

For the final exam make sure you have good WiFi and studying the previous exams like he says will not help you. Study the textbook he gave you heavily.

I have emailed him several times, and he will not respond. Also, I had AI do one of his tests and I still failed. If ChatGPT doesn't know, how am I supposed to?

Quizzes have nothing to do with exams. Exams are proctored but allow open notes. Always does trick questions. You study one thing and get only 2 out of 4 points for one question because he updates the tests/quizzes but not his lectures. I spent $40? On his lecture syllabus thing that he said would absolutely help (it did not). He is not helpful.

Not very helpful when emailing outside of class. Quizignments don't prepare you for the exams, which are tricky and full of trick questions. Lectures are very long and recorded from 2012-2022. The lecture syllabus/notes help a bit for exams, but to do well, you really have to carefully remember and note everything said in the lectures.

The quizzes and exams were super tricky, asking what things were NOT instead of what they were. He did not respond to emails sent. You had to buy his lecture syllabus that wasn't very helpful. His online lecture videos had terrible audio and video. Do not recommend AT ALL.