He now teaches anatomy & his class is the WORST. This is the absolute hardest class I've ever taken for no other reason than he is a horrible professor & doesn't care about his students. He gives an insane amount of material for each test and then will ask extremely detailed questions. If you love crying from stress, I highly recommend this course.

Ortega is the absolute worst. His lecture is boring and the notes make no sense. Tests are impossible to do well on, with detailed questions that you couldnt have prepared for. The only grades you get are on quizzes and tests, and he takes about 5 years to put them in. He couldnt care less. He makes me so mad im actually out here writing a review.

Professor Ortega is the most frustrating professor I've ever had. His exams cover WAY too much material for only 50 questions & are extremely tricky (+ takes forever to get grade back). His power points are unorganized & vague so you must teach yourself w/ the textbook. You can get an A in this class if you have hours upon hours to spend studying.

A very hard class to do well in. It is possible if you have the time to really put in the effort. Not a lot of points given, just tests and quizzes and both are extremely difficult. From day 1 he said he didn't believe in giving free points and you have to work for it. Not looking forward to the cumulative final.

Ortega makes this class impossible to do well in. His notes are so confusing and consist of random bullet points with no commentary and no titles. The amount of information students are expected to know for the test is so much and he asks the most specific questions that come from who knows where. He is extremely rude and is not helpful!

He tests over material that he skips in class. His background is in physiology, not anatomy. He is rude. When asked, "What should we focus on for the exam?" he says, "It is an even spread." This is his first semester teaching this class and he is failing miserably. Most students are lucky to get a B.

This is by far the WORST course i have ever taken. I took anatomy at my old school and this is not anatomy. He has even stated that he teaches more physiology than anatomy so that is that. You can study as much as you want for the test but still won't make an A. If you like crying then take this class but otherwise avoid it as much as you can

This is a class you need to devote a lot of time for so make sure you review as often as possible. Lectures are very dry and as hard as it is try to go to class and take good notes. If you are a person who likes to go to office hours definitely do it, but I haven't found it beneficial. Every time I've seen him hes been vague and next to no help.

The WORST professor i've ever had. He is ridiculously hard, & is an ass as a person. He halfway teaches and gives no explanation. He called one kid stupid for asking a question during a test review, took away all grades except lab tests and class tests(there are 6 of them) and gives quizzes harder than the tests. I had all A's in sciences until now

This is the class I dread going to. My advice is to avoid Professor Ortega if you can. What should be an intro class is made exponentially harder than it needs to be. The saving grace for everyone is that Ortega does curve his exams, but I cannot speak for the final just yet.

The absolute WORST professor I've ever had. His tests are impossible to study for because it's a bunch of detailed stuff thats not even in the notes. I have done well on all of my sciences but this one. I know a handful of people who have changed their major from nursing to something else because of this course with him.

I hate this class so much that I am contemplating changing my major because it is so miserable. Tests are absurdly hard for an intro class. This class sucks a majority of my time and I still do terrible! I go to office hours and beg for any advice after every test but he just says "change your study habits." He makes me so mad I wrote this review.

I have never given a poor review of a teacher, ever, even if the class was miserable, but here we are! I honestly don't even know where to begin. Lectures are dry, questions are SO detailed, tested over hundreds of pages in the text per exam, slides are not titled or labeled so understanding the context of the info is impossible. DO NOT TAKE!!!!!!

Jason's class is way more difficult than it should be. I have been able to maintain above a 3.5 GPA throughout college but I am working extremely hard just to keep a C in this class. He is super unorganized and not helpful in office hours. WAY too much information on the tests, they're basically impossible to do well on while keeping other grades.

My only advice is to Avoid. This. Class. There is no reason for it to be as hard as it is. He takes a physiological approach which is near impossible to understand, especially if you haven't taken anatomy before, even thought it is an ANATOMY class he is supposed to be teaching. If you're stressed in the beginning of the year, wait until the end.

I don't think I've ever had a worse teacher than him in my life. His powerpoint are vague, the way he teaches is just plain confusing, and his tests are physiology based. I have never struggled more in a class than his and I am a senior.

A terrible teacher that is on the worlds biggest power trip; its pretty clear he wants you to struggle and is pleased when we fail. Everything that has been said about him is true and then some. He talks to us like we are idiots, and doesnt seem to comprehend that this is an intro anatomy class and not physiology.

Jason takes so long to put in our tests. The final test we took will not be put in until the day before the final. He will talk down or degrade anyone who asks the simplest questions, even though the reviews he holds the class before the test isn't a review, but rather open ended questions and answers. No one even knows what they don't know.

He is the worst professor I have ever had. You are given a ton of vague notes and expected to memorize it all down to the tiniest detail, and that is probably what you will be tested over. He is rude, unhelpful, and belittles his students. The textbook doesn't help because he makes his own notes based off his knowledge. Which is all physiology.

pretty simple, if you enjoy crying over stress and being taught by someone who could care less whether or not you succeed, this is totally the class for you. Hands down the worst class i am going to take in college.

His lectures are well structured but it took him over a week on average to get our exam grades in. His exams are so unfair and unreasonable hard. By far one of the hardest courses I have taken in college. Extremely stressful course with unfair grading criteria (almost nothing to buffer your grade).

The tests are insanely hard and the study guides basically just tell you to read the powerpoints, which are hard to understand even if you go to lecture. There was way too much physiology in this course for an anatomy class. He doesn't seem to care that we're all struggling and takes forever to put test grades in.

this class is awful. jason is awful. no matter how much you read the lecture slides like he says to its still too complicated to understand. he belittles his students and seems to not care about his students success. he isnt very helpful when you ask for help. definitely will be the reason i dont get into nursing school.

The overall class is awful. Hes not very clear in his lectures which makes the concepts hard to understand. If you like working hard and it not paying off, then this class is for you. Theres not many opportunities for grades besides test and some quizzes. Hes not very helpful even when you reach out to him personally for help. Get ready to fail!

Tests are harder than he implies. He lied about our final today, causing us to probably all fail or at least end with C's which won't get any of us nursing majors into nursing school here. Shoutout to you Jason, ya really did it to us. If you ask for help, you'll be told to just re-read your lecture notes, which is no help bc they make no sense.

Jason Ortega is the worst professor I've ever had. He doesn't know what he's talking about and contradicts himself during lecture daily. I only did well in this class because of the amount of work I put into it. He teaches way too much physiology for an anatomy course and is completely disorganized. Horrendous. I don't have one good thing to say.

Jason's anatomy class is the worst class I have ever taken. I would study 17+ hours at a time 2-3 days before exams and and 5 every day before. I had to devote my life to this class to receive a B. I don't know anyone else who got a B, or an A in the class. Tests are very detail specific and there is a tremendous amount of material per test.

Avoid him if you need an A. Expect everything to be posted late and at 2 am. Tests are incredibly detailed. Students from my class asked him how to prepare for the exams and his response was for them to change their major. His way of teaching is to read power points, most of the time skimming through terms found on the exams.

Professor Ortega could do many many things differently. For one, he grades based on very few things and does not curve lab or lecture exams regardless of the class average (36% for one of our exams). He is also very physiology-focused for this being an anatomy class. His lectures consist of him reading the PowerPoint verbatim. Also, he's rude :)

This is the most difficult class I have ever taken in my life. He is not sympathetic towards his students and doesn't seem to care when they all fail. This class takes over your life and you can study for hours, and still not do well. Lectures and vague and confusing and he expects us to know every single little detail. DO NOT take if you want an A

The class is very difficult and the prof does not do a good job of setting the students up for success. The tests are more detailed than what you learn in class. There is little to no time between each test and you are expected to know every little detail of the powepoints. There are 100+ slides to study for each test and non specific review sessio

an A in this class must mean you live and breathe his information. He puts out study guides but don't even try and learn it all, he'll either focus on one chapter, or go to in depth in anything else. 60-70 slides power points, with 5-6 of them to memorize for each test, along with 30 labeled(8-9) diagrams. my heart goes out to the spirits he killed

I studied for 40+ hours on each exam and still got C's and D's on all of them. This wasn't even anatomy, it was physiology and he sucks at teachings. Don't take this class unless you want to fail and have the worst teacher on the planet. Jason, if you're reading this you suck donkey balls

i didnt take this class but my friend did and hes an ass and doesnt take attendance and doesnt help with anything, never returned her emails long story short i am changing my major so i dont have to take his class

Ortega is an absolute horrible professor. His first 2 exams are fairly easy but they are very misleading to the rest of the course. His exams have nothing to do with what he lectures about. There is too much information on each exam and he explains things very poorly. He teaches more physiology than anatomy. Avoid this man at all costs!

"review you lecture notes..." good luck because that's all the help you're going to get. This guy is impossible. GPA killer. Do not take him if you can avoid it.

I don't know how he is still an anatomy professor. He literally does not teach or make his lecture a learning environment where anyone feels comfortable to ask questions. He gets up there and rants for an hour. His lecture and lab tests are over a very large amount of material and I feel like I am always being suffocated by this class. He is awful.

Jasons class is 90% physiology and 10% anatomy. The people who say you can make an A are completely correct. If you start studying the week before then yes you will know enough. However, he does terrible at teaching for one reason: he is teaching us PHYSIOLOGY. He barley includes the anatomy part but still expects you to know everything. So bad.

I wasn't aware I signed up for physiology? My life has been a living hell this semester because of Jason Ortega. His powerpoints are the most unorganized mess I have ever tried to decipher. Just trying to begin studying is like solving a giant puzzle. Lecture is pointless - all he does is read his garbage power points word for word.

One of the worst professors I have ever had. He just reads from the power points and the majority of his class is physiology. They might as well make it A&P instead of two separate classes. I have made good grades on the tests because I spend ALL OF MY TIME towards anatomy. I cannot think of anything good to say honestly he is the worst.

i would rather get mumps than ever have to go through this AWFUL course again

The people on here who say those who rate him bad only do it cause they don't like their grade are WRONG. I will probably make and A and can say HE IS AWFUL. I am not learning anything & isn't that the point of school? I would honestly rather transfer in an anatomy credit & get less points towards nursing school than take his class.

Yeah so he's really bad. He doesn't take attendance so its so hard to be motivated to go to class. all he does is read the powerpoints that are literally posted on blackboard as his lecture. all the tests are literally the powerpoints so if you dont memorize the powerpoints you're screwed. there is so much information to know for each test. Rip

Due to COVID this class was online, he posted extremely long lectures (even though it's a 50 minute class). Exams almost every week, including lab exams. That's a total of 9 exams and a final, in addition to quizzes. Lab exams are insanely content heavy, 500 labeling terms/parts per exam. When emailing for help, he copied and pasted the same thing.

This course is AWFUL! Exams every week, including lab exams (4 Lab exams & 6 Lecture exams). The lab exams are VERY tedious (atleast 400 terms to memorize). Cummulative final four days after the lecture exam. It's definitely not designed for students to succeed.

I took Professor Ortega for Human Anatomy and let me tell you: it was terrible. He makes it seem like he wants to help you but in all reality he does not care. He's the only anatomy professor at UofA so if you need this class you have no other choice, but just be prepared to suffer - especially if it's still online. Worst prof I've had yet.

Took this class a year ago but wanted to warn those who are about to take this class. If possible, take anatomy over the summer at a community college and see if it will transfer in. This was the most stressful class I've ever taken. It basically fried my brain with the amount of things you have to memorize every week. Get ready to hit the books.

Both lab and lecture don't teach you concepts or pertinent material, entirely memorizational, little feedback or discussion. Tough grader with almost all grades coming from a few major exams. HE COMBINED LAB AND LECTURE GRADES (this wouldn't be a problem if lab wasn't harder and more memorization than lecture, but in this case it is)

Anatomy is such a fascinating subject that is absolutely butchered by this class & professor. Ortega has shown multiple times over the semester (during a pandemic) that he does not care at. all. about his students or the amount of work he gives them. This class is ridiculous I'm so sorry if you're required to take it. Also 500 terms per lab exam

My class was all online and asynchronous so I never met or spoke with Ortega. He sent out the lectures and assignments and that was that. It is completely on you to memorize the hundreds of terms for lab exams that are graded extremely slow and are almost every 2 weeks. The workload is so insane for this class I had to drop one of my others to pass

Mr. Ortega sent us pre-recorded videos that without a doubt were recorded last semester. They are supposed to be 50 minutes but he edits them to be compact with info for at least 1 hour if not 1.5. His review sessions are worthless because he disabled our cameras and mics so we are just typing in the chat. It takes at least a week if not 3 to grade

Doesn't matter how hard you study! Terrible study guides and lecture lab grade combination sucked. My TA for lab told us he wasn't there to teach us, over 500 terms per lab exam open response and no word bank. Ortega seems nice but almost all of his tests are labeling instead of testing comprehension tested memorization! Only option for anatomy.

Tests are absolutely ridiculous. The questions are fill in the blank/multiple choice. There are two blanks in each question so even if you know the answer to one, you can still get the answer wrong. I learn from textbooks best, so only learning from his boring lectures and fill in the blanks notes did not help me. UARK needs a new anatomy professor

I know some people tend to be dramatic on here but no lie this was the worst class I've taken so far. The Lecture tests are very hard and so are the lab tests. My advice would be to use quizlet for lab exam studying and lecture notes/Ppts for lecture studying. Good Luck!

takes a lot of work, time, and tears to pass this class. for lab, i would make quizlets and practice typing so it's easier to stick when memorizing 500 terms for the lab exams. for lecture, practice understanding the quizzes! after failing 4 exams, i realized the quiz q's were basically on the exam so STUDY THEM! take at least 5-7 days to study !

Mr.Ortega is by far the worst professor on this campus. His class is structured in a way to make you fail. Your lab exams are 500 hundred terms with no word bank. The lecture exams are pretty straight forward but you have one every two weeks. He goes really fast in lecture so make sure to take good notes.NEVER TAKE THIS CLASS UNLESS YOU HAVE TOO!

Literally the worst class ever. Dropped it & am taking it over the summer at a local community college. Can't even describe how bad it is. Unless you literally have nothing else (work, other classes, sorority) and you can study every day for hours do not take this class. Pure memorization. The lab tests are genuinely so bad, 800 terms no word bank.

THIS CLASS IS AWFUL. If you have no hobbies, no friends, and no life, it's perfect, because to do good you have to devote all of your time to it! The lab exams are the biggest, most ridiculous waste of time. They pertain to practically no major. So very difficult. Worst class at this university and I will confidently stand by that statement.

What an awful class. Take it online or do whatever you possibly can to get out of taking it at UARK. I can't believe the lab exams are allowed and a part of the class. It's med school level studying and memorization for a 1 hour course. Flat out ridiculous. I have absolutely no respect for him and what he puts students through.

This course is ridiculously hard. Lab and lecture are combined so whatever grade you receive is presented as the same letter grade for both lab and lecture on your transcript. Lecture exams are extremely difficult and lab exams are straight memorization for 500 plus terms, all fill in the blank. If you can get out of taking it at UARK, PLEASE do.

Don't take this class if its not required! Lab/lecture grades are combined, lab exams: 500 terms (labeling pics of animal insides) no word bank/counted off for incorrect spelling. Lecture exams are comprehensive. If you have to take this class, know this will be the most difficult and probably best not taken with other classes matching difficulty

Awful , hard and awful !!! Do not take him unless you want to drop or fail. So unnecessary work. Tests are so hard .

Would recomend holding out if possible if he is your only option