a bit geeky but very clear and very helpfull

Great prof, really knows his stuff. Lecture notes are in normal-people format, less esoteric than most. Pretty cute guy.

great guy! good lecture notes too. quirkiest prof i've met! i like him.

I want his babies.

His lectures are entertaining and his notes are so incredibly better then every other profs notes. And I'm getting an A in his class!!!(very rare)

He reminds me of Einstein, not brain-wise but personality-wise. He's eccentric & his jokes are pretty cheesy. But a good prof, altho he'll have a few challenging Qs on the exam.

he's awesome in class a great prof, but ask him a question 1 on 1 and the guy's a freakin jerk

Cute guy. Lectures aren't bad, and he posts stellar notes on web ct. Exams are challenging though, be sure to do all his practice probs before hand.

Great lectures. Interesting professor. Exams are wicked hard, but if you do all his practice problems you'll be better prepared.

By far my favorite bio prof. Very cute, great lecturer but goes a little fast, be sure to keep up. Great notes. Practice problems are key for exam success.

Professor Dent keeps the class very interesting. Be sure to do his practice problems. He gives a lot of tricky questions and the practice problem can tell you where he likes to trick the students. Don't really need to go to class to get an A. Read his lectures in detail and if you don't understand something, refer to the textbook.

Prof. Dent is one of the great chillers in the McGill Bio Dept. He teaches with clarity, ingenuity, and patience. He is a wealth of info and willingly helps his student. Best of all, he doesnt have the "prof complex" which means he is easy to approach and a great guy. He is definitely one of the best profs ive ever had and recommend his clas highly

He's a great prof, very good teaching skills, funny lectures and everything is well explained and clear...one thing though....his exams are HELL...you'll fail if you don't study your ass off and even if you do, you need to be fairly inclined to get an A...seriously his Q's are VERY DIFFICULT

Awesome teacher. Very clear lectures, fantastic slides (very organized!)His first section isn't easy but with study it is totally feasible to get an A!

LOVE HIM! "DNA isn't written in english... because then what would francophones do?"

He's a pretty good professor. His lectures were very clear but sometimes hard to pay attention to. His questions were a little too challenging on the midterms and final but overall he was a decent prof.

A very good Prof, gives clear concise lectures. But I can imagine being bored if I wasn't so interested in genetics... he has a monotone voice.

Exams were very similar to my grade 12 biology tests. Listen to his lecture recordings at 1.4x speed (he talks fairly slowly), and spend some extra time going over photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and genetics. Overall, entertaining prof with a good sense of humour. Gloss over lab manuals & answer focus Q's for the lab portion. Good luck!

Definitely one of the better professors at McGill. I took this class back in '12 but lectures seem to remain consistent over the years. Yes, his questions are tricky, but that's the whole point... How else are you going to prepare for worse profs in later years?

Goes through his notes at a fairly brisk pace while explaining concepts in a fairly clear way. Definitely need to rewatch his lectures and reference the textbook whenever he doesn't explain something clearly. He has many resources and practice questions available and those are highly recommended if you want to do well on the exams.

Dent is a very clear lecturer, yet does not delve into the concepts as much as he should to prepare the class for his exams. Exams are composed of both very simple memorization questions and very difficult genetic questions that require extensive application of the concepts (probability calculations). DO THE PRACTICE QUESTIONS

Understanding how to do the genetics problems are essential to getting a good grade in his course! Getting an A takes effort, but definitely not impossible. And I also advise you to know the lab section very well since exam questions do test lab information.

Dent is funny and smart! His exams are hard though, and mostly test you on understanding and application, as opposed to memorization. Be sure to have a clear understanding of concepts, and looking up the abstracts/figures of papers cited is helpful. If you have questions, ask him! He's more than happy to help. Other profs test more on memorization.

He is an extraordinarily smart professor. He is an extremely well-rounded individual in terms of his profound knowledge ranging from linguistics, history and neuroscience, and ties it all together beautifully. Life-changing professor. Other professors' questions in 306 are shallow , whereas his questions require critical thinking. A is doable.

Dent is an interesting prof, however his grading criterias are unclear and his tests are known to be though. Average on the midterm was 60% and he did not curve it even though most McGill prof try to have a 70% average. For a freshmen course it could be easier.

Biology itself is a tough course, there is a lot of information. I don't think his tests are fair. He focuses on random parts of the course extensively, won't spend enough time testing you on all the things you've learnt. Question phrasing is really difficult to decipher, questions have different answers based on the way you interpret them.

Genetics went from 0 to 100 real quick in this class. I used to like it before I took this course. It was very difficult for me to stay awake in this class and I dreaded watching the lectures. His problems are tough. Do lots of practice if you want a good mark. I got wrecked in his section of the midterm and went ham for the final to save myself.

Well-prepared and organized lectures. Engages the class with live clicker questions polling.

Great lecturer, people complain because it isn't as sugar coated and basic as most first year classes.

To me, I coundn't fully grasp the knowledge in his lectures and need to listen to the recordings again. A lot of his practice questions for the exams were DIFFICULT, but definitely do them all and understand them all. They are very representative. Ask him questions if you don't get it yourself, he will explain it pretty well.

Great professor! His teaching and testing methods are a bit different from usual biology classes, but I think he's got it right by emphasizing reasoning and data analysis. There can be unclear details in his lectures, but Professor Dent is accessible outside class for clarifications! Pay attention to what he says in class in addition to the slides.

Professor Dent is a controversial figure. A lot of people find him kind of abrasive, but he just doesn't like stupid questions. He's blunt, and his jokes are really funny if you enjoy a dad joke or two. You must read his lecture notes he posts. There is information in those that will be on the exams that is not featured in lecture. He's pretty good

He clearly explains how genetics work and how each concept is connected to the next. He doesn't give much practice, and the questions he does give are much more difficult than what we are taught, so it is hard to know if you are understanding his content. The final exam was a good reflection of his lectures. He is very blunt.

A biology course free of rote memorization... Sweet.

Dent is an underrated professor! His content was inherently more difficult, but he was very fair. His lectures were engaging and enjoyable, and his questions on the final were similar to the practice. He's intimidating at first, but after asking a few questions, you'll realize he means well - you may even encounter some dad jokes here and there.

Engaging lectures and clearly explains complex topics. Brings up helpful examples and keeps students engaged. Hosts final review sessions and seems to actually care. Exam was fair as long as you studied well.

loved his section, behavioural biology/neuroscience is fascinating. I actually had fun writing the final: it's 95% logic questions where critical thinking >> memorization. memorizing neural circuits for the final is a waste of time–just know it well. Everything on the final is figure-outable. Very sharp guy, but not the friendliest.

This prof is obviously super smart and fair. It's up to you to prep and post-lecture work. The slides and lecture notes make a lot more sense if you review them a lot. Go to lectures prepared. Re-listen to the earlier lectures. He really wants you to succeed - he answers our questions; he puts up clicker questions; and even a review session.

Great lectures and notes, make sure you do all the practice questions and understand the logic behind them before the exam and you'll be fine.