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1413 - 2.0 rating“Professor Sharma class for AIS is very good but she is very annoying and talking about her plants and herself”
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This class is very hard, but Dr. Sharma is very helpful. She provides summary notes which are also helpful. Study the book carefully and you should get at least a B
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I dont like this teacher.extremely unclear about everything.test doesnt go over anything she ever says.will not help you at all.her notes are extremely detailed, expects you to know everything & will not give you a review.dont recommend her at all.
i dont recommend her, there is no point of even attending class. she puts everyone to sleep, you're better off reading on your own. if you have her i suggest you study the study guide and attend SI sessions. that was what helped me.
very bad teacher the worst i have ever had. i had a car accident the day before the exam and she didn't care. there is no point on going to the class she just reads the book and give her lecture from a the cd that comes with it. monotonous boring unhelful
Yeah...Sharma = NO Good. If you absolutely have to take any Bio course, avoid her at all costs!!!
download the notes from the CD that comes with the textbook and study every portion of it. You will score high. I never went to her class except for test days and made A's on her exams. Her partner on the other hand is another story
Nothing she teaches is anywhere on the exams.
Do not take!!! And if you're already stuck, read the book and the notes carefully when studying for tests. The lady puts the most random stuff on tests, it's so confusing. She's also very strange about things, like test days. You'll see.
DONT DO IT ! I have a 3.9 and got a C in this class. Lectures suck and the tests are all over the place.
Hard to keep up with during lectures: she uses powerpoint slides but doesn't allow students enough time to copy down the notes and then quickly flips through slides. She's one of those teachers that's really bright but doesn't know how to teach well. Wah.
She is the worst techer i have ever had. She is unwilling to answer studetns questions when asked. She also laughed about more than half of her students failing her class, which i personally thinks reflects on the teacher. I CANT TELL YA ENOUGH DONT TAKE!
She is a very nice person, but her lectures are kind of boring... If you're looking for a prof. to be CONNECTED to the class, look elsewhere. But, if you just want to read the book and make an A, this is your professor.
just dont take her
Great Instructor. She will help you if you show interest and are prepared.
This professor is extremly boring your better off not going to class and just reading your chapters. I`m a Bio Major and she made this class so uninteresting my 8th grade teacher could do better.I COUNTED 258 UH`S IN ONE CLASS UH,UH,UH,UH,UH,UH,.
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She was an alright teacher. Take a look at that biology CD. It helps alot and so does SI. If you do that you will be all right.
Awesome teacher. Helped me a lot this year!
i have her for bio I and she's very nice. but you have to study. if you want to slack off this isn't your class. You have to study so much and memorize a lot.
if you study the book and memomrize it ,u will be fine.she does curve and have quizzes whcih you can use instead of one poor exam grade.study her and make an A,do not bother to go to class,read book and u will be ok.
She is an awesome teacher. I'm making an A in this class. Her lecture is very easy to understand. If she goes too fast, you can tell her and she'll slow down. If youpay attention in class, you don't even have to read the book.
very hard and un helpful
DO NOT,I repeat, DO NOT take her for this class. And for those people who said they made an A in this class are full of it! Every other word she says is umm...and she sounds like Ben Stein's "clear eyes" commercial...she's very monotone. She also teaches BIO 2&3 and she teaches on that level!
Such an easy class if you buy the study guide for the book. I never went to class except to take quizzes and tests. If you get the study guide for the book, and just study that before quizzes and tests, then you can make an easy A.
worst professor ever. do not sign up for her class. she doesnt speak english very well, and gets nervous while lecturing. she refuses to put the notes on the j drive, and her only answer for her students failure is that they need to spend more time studying and less time partying. no help provided
If you have a chance to get a different professor, take it. The material is very cut and dry, though. Reading the book alone guarantees you a B. She is very boring and staying awake in class takes tremendous amounts of willpower...
Was a fun class. I have taken Bio classes with her before and had no problems. She is always willing to help and enjoys talking about Biology. She helped me understand alot of the difficult material. the book helps clear up some of the lecture
Horrible..God horrible! Everyone who says she was easy had an easy freakin' class! I had her for Dugs & Society & it was easy as hell, but in invert bio the 1st test alone was seven chapters & 250 pgs of terms & differences on thousands of sponges! Like she randomly opened the book for each question
Come on Guys, it's Biology... This class is not easy and you HAVE to study. The course covers a lot of material, and Dr. Sharma tries her best to sum it all up- which is tough. She tries to help students that are having trouble and gives lots of extra credit quizzes. Read and STUDY the book for an A
Dr. Sharma is a very friendly teacher, and made Bio III interesting with her anecdotes about parasites and marine biology, her specialty. While her lecture does tend to run dry, she is very sympathetic and of good character in my opinion.
pick another teacher. her lectures are incredibly boring and straight from the book so you're better off reading. she isn't clear on the material. i'm a bio major and her class was a mistake- there are better profs!
DO NOT PICK THIS PROF! SHE WAS THE WORST HER LECTURES WERENT LECTURES SHE JUST READ THE SLIDES FROM THE BOOKS CD ROM THE ONLY REASON I WENT TO CLASS IS BEACAUSE SHE HAS RANDOM POP QUIZZES UNLESS YOU LIKE FALLING ASLEEP IN CLASS BECAUSE OF LOST INTEREST AND STILL WILL MAKE GOOD GRADESPIK ANOTHER INS.
she's an ok prof, considering the class is all lectures. Her notes are straight from the book and are kind of boring. Try and get another prof...
Very boring seemed confused about the material she was teaching, i would'nt take a course from her if my life depended on it. She is a nice lady though.
Worst Professor ever! Her lectures are boring straight from the book, verbatim! She has pop quizzes that she announces in the previous class, but they're extra credit and only take like 5 minutes. Otherwise, there's no point in even going to class. Her tests are all multiple choice.
She is fabulous! She goes out of her way to help you and she is very fair. Go to class!!
boring, cant keep her thougts on track (ie: um, um......) talks slow, by the time she gets to the point, you've already forgotten what was being talked about. puts things on the exams that were told weren't going to be there.
She is a horrible profesor...her lectures are unclear most of the time...she is monotonous so its easier to fall asleep in her class than to actually learn anything...SI helped some what....If you can teach yourself than you should take the class but if not definately do not take her...
I really don't think she's as bad as everyone is making her out. I've had much harder Bio teachers. My advice is don't read the whole book just read what she goes over and you'll do fine. She didn't have pop quizes but dropped the lowest grade plus usually added 20 points to your final test grade.
I took her for a 5 week summer course and got a C! I went to class every day and read all chapters. She puts things on test that she didn't even talk about. She missed class a lot. For a five week course 3 days is a lot! Don't take her in the summer!
She was very monotone! She read straight from the book, and her tests were nothing like her lecture. She would put stuff on her tests that she said would not be on there.
Run away, run away! I had a very firm background in the material for this course- even worked in the field- and my effort still could not overcome her teaching style. Couldn't stand to hear her mumble incoherently through a lecture, her lectures rarely related to the tested material, and she NEVER proofreads her exams..but YOU suffer for it!!!
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!!! DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! GO FIND ANOTHER PROFESSOR...she will ruin ur semester!!! i promise you that! my advisor even complained about her and that pretty much says everything! DONT U THINK SO!?!?!?!
Do not take this professor. She is nice, and a bit quiet. Her lectures are straight from the pictures in the book. Her tests are very hard. You can read the book and read her notes, but her vocabulary is very hard. The tests use words that no one with a low education level in Biology (Bio I) will understand her tests.
I made the biggest mistake by taking this professor! She is not so clear on what will expected of you on the exams. She doesn't really explain what a person wants to know when they ask a question. Unless you have had an opportunity to take biology and thoroughly understand it then I would suggest her, but if not......SAVE YOURSELF WHILE YOU CAN!!
Good lord! She talks so quietly you couldn't hear her if you were 2 inches from her. Uses vocabulary that only grad students would understand. Class is soo boring and all her lectures are straight from the book..almost no point in going to class. Exams are a mess of uncovered material. I have three A's and one C...guess which class I have a C in..
normally, i think that the teachers are easier than what they appear on this site, but she's not. the tests aren't anything like what you'd expect. some of the questions don't even have correct answers. lecture is REALLY boring. you basically have to teach yourself out of the book.
Her lectures are absolutely irrelevant to her exams! The averages in her class exams were usually 65-70 avg. I read the book but still got a C in the class. Beware!
SUMMARY : AVOID THIS PROF, SHE IS GPA EATER. HORRIBLE, MONOTONOUS, TOTALLY UNCLEAR AND ASK HER A QUESTION and SHE WILL NEVER ANSWER IT IN A STRAIGHTFORWARD MANNER. YOU WILL HATE BIO AFTER TAKING THIS LADY. I HAD 104 IN BIO I AS AN AVERAGE BUT I GOT DID NOT GET As FOR EITHER CLASSES. LECTURES = NOT RELEVENT TO TESTS. TESTS = 50% STUDENTS GET Ds, Fs.
The class wasn't easy. I recommend going to class as much as possible and take good notes. It's really hard to pay attention to her. She's not that bad, but some of her test questions can be tricky.
i was an idiot and took her for both bio 2 and bio 3... bad idea!test questions litterally came straight from her butt!! going to class kinda helped, but not really. she is very monotone and if you do ask her a question she always beats around the bush and doens't really answer it. i would not recomend her!
She really does beat around the bush. Her voice will put you to sleep everyday and her tests don't make sense. so no. just no.
wow, i took bio 3 last semester and thought it would not be that bad concidering i flew past the other bios with As. i was wrong this teacher is horrible her tests are insanely hard. averages on the tests were low C's if not a D. do not take her if you can very bad teacher
Do not reccommend. She will try to help you but it probably won't help. I thought I would study and do fine but after studying for every test the highest I ever got was a C.
She doesnt care since she is a 'tenured' prof but i say stay away and nobody should enroll in her class! join the revolution and she wouldnt be teaching any more.She isa complete monotone, and speaks verbatim off of the book and doesnt know a**** out of the book but still tests do have**** out of the blue. Just doing my duty to my fellow students
i checked out her ratings before i signed up for her but decided to take her anyway because i did well in bio I, her exams didnt seem to reflect her lectures and she did lecture right out of the book, not very helpful during office hours either, i do not recommend this professor!
This teacher is not as bad as everybody says. I just took her in the Spring of 06 and got an A. Her tests are somewhat tricky but if you read the chapters and understand the concepts instead of memorizing you will get an easy A.
I took her for BIO 2 and 3 and made an A in both her classes. My method was reading the book and noting everything i thought she could make a test question out of. She bases her tests off the book, and only LIGHTLY touches upon test material in the class. You dont really need to go to class, the book is sufficient, but it does reinforce the materia
This class is easy if you're willing to work hard. Read the chapter and do the reviews at the end. Go to your si sessions and you should be fine.
I thought this would be an interesting and rather easy elective to take - wrong! I found her lectures to be very dry and exams difficult.
Not very good, just basicly reads from whats in the texts books, and has a personality thats as dull as the class. I would say don't take her unless shes a last resort.
very dull, and uses the text book word for word, I wouldn't reccommend her to any one.
WORSE EVER, no point in going to class, her tests are from a system, use the CD in the book, she is no clear, and thinks an average of 67 is good...i have no idea how i made it this far
Doesnt curve, and doesnt reply to emails
OK, are we talking about the same prof? In Sp. 07, Bio 3 everything she said in lecture, and everything on reviews were on exams. More than fair, you should be grateful to have a review. She drops a grade, answers questions, nice but doesnt let people take advantage of her!
took her for history of biology, she grades papers very hard, tests and quizes fair, she is hard to get a hold of but helpful if you can find her
NOOO don't do it, don't take her. I had her for Marine bio and she is terrible. I'm an A student and i have failed every test. I found people doing good and turns out they were cheating hard core. If you can get the old exams from someone you will get an A otherwise you are doomed, like me cause i dont cheat.
shes not that bad, you just have to be dedicated, you cant expect the teacher to teach you everything, all you have to do is really read the book really well, and use every resource that you can get your hands on. I got an A, but its not an easy A, you have to work for it. and by teaching yourself you actually learn something.
This teacher is horrible i tried so many different methods of studying but still failed most of the exams! You will be very shocked when you see the test because you think you studied but since her lectures dont match with the test its hard
Tests are mainly based on the book. Try to constantly go over her slideshows and self-tests after each chapter. (She sometimes would get questions from there) If you do this youre bound to make high Bs/low As on the exams
Terrible decision!!!!!! Strong accent and hard to follow! You will do horrible!!! She made me hate biology! She talks to herself and does not notice any hand that goes up for a question. She has typed lectures and talks about something else at the same time and does not put the lectures online. The tests are awful even if hard core studied!!!!!
Terrible teacher. All she does is make a powerpoint from the book for each chapter. Class isn't mandatory. If you want to pass you need to learn how to apply concepts. I don't think I would have passed if I hadn't taken AP Bio in high school.
The marine field trip course is more of an independent study course, which is great if you don't want to be in class every week. Its all about what you are willing to put in to it, and what you want to learn, she is only there to help out. And she really is very helpful. You have to be disciplined though to come in the lab and work on your own.
Dr. Sharma was ridiculous. She is horrible at answering questions and cannot teach. Her entire lecture wasn't on the exam, and her test reviews were 7-12 pages long. I put in several hours of studying and it didn't pay off. The required recitation class helped, and so did her curves.
Expects you to pretty much learn this stuff on your own. REALLY must apply the knowledge from material, or you won't pass. Easy to understand, but hard to get a clear answer from. She won't answer raised hands, you literally have to interrupt her. If you don't have a comp. or can't write fast, good luck! She won't replay slides. Nice lady but hard!
DO NOT TAKE HER! Absolutely the worst teacher I have ever had before in my life. Doesn't go over material, skips through information on powerpoints and focuses on useless pictures. Refused to put ppts online, even after a petition. Ridiculous tests. Can hardly understand a word she says anyways. This is your warning, do not take her.
I don't see how everyone is thinking Dr. Sharma is a bad teacher. She gives multiple opportunities for extra credit. You can pass her exams without attending class, but you will do much better if you do attend class. She is very funny (dry sense of humor that I enjoy) and I don't usually attend school, but her class is always interesting.
DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR! You basically have to learn and teach the material yourself. She doesn't create her tests someone does it for her so the tests arent based off the material she lectures in class. Which means tons of reading for you. It was a complete waste of my time.
She is SO HARD! If you don't read the chapters word for word more than once, you're bound to get no higher than a B. Her tests don't have anything to do with the lectures or the readings. I recommend not taking Bio with her! You'll barely have a chance to pass.
Do not take this teacher unless you WANT to teach yourself everything. Her lectures are word per word from the book so there's no point in going to class but you have to for clicker points. And her tests are really difficult and written in a way so the student doesn't understand what she's asking. She doesn't ever do curves even when everyone fails
Took her for biosciences 1 and I would not recommend her. She does give curves at the very end of the semester when calculating your overall grade.I made a B in her class but had to teach myself alot of the material. If you don't have time to read EVERY single chapter or put in alot of study time DON'T take her. Her test are also tricky.
Took her for biosciences 1 and I would not recommend her. She does give curves at the very end of the semester when calculating your overall grade.I made a B in her class but had to teach myself alot of the material. If you don't have time to read EVERY single chapter or put in alot of study time DON'T take her. Her test are also tricky. If you to
Literally my worst teacher, not kidding.
Relax. People are exaggerating about the difficulty of her class. I only went to class the first day and only to her exams after that. I passed with an A, I read the book and went to my Bio recitation. She is an awesome teacher, you will love her exams! If you really want Bio to be a boulder on your shoulder, then take someone else!
She is crazy! She thinks that her class is the only one you are taking and has no regards to the fact that we have lives. Her lectures are pointless you cant understand what she's saying half the time, and any questions you have will get you no where. Just don't take her... run.
Dont even think about taking her unless you want to teach yourself everything she's suppose to teach you. Test are amazingly difficult. She knows her stuff but she just doesn't know how to teach it.
SHE'S NOT THAT HARD... She's a really nice lady and you can tell that she means well. Her lectures were boring because she was monotone and it didn't help that it was at 8 in the morning. I got out with a B in there making high 70s on all of the tests. She's very lenient towards late work. Do all of the work she assigns and you should do fine.
Dr. Sharma isn't the clearest. Her grading scale is off and she is unorganized. Her tests are hard, and she expects you to read the book like it's a religion. She asks a lot of application questions. I barely skipped by with an A and I worked my tail off. Take if you love challenges.
Great Prof. Extremely nice in and out of class. Since this is introductory biology, you have to read EVERY THING. There's just no going around it. Test q's come from the book's test bank. So study the format of the questions in the book and you'll have an idea of the q's. This class is meant to be tough you you're supposed to learn a lot.
She is a super nice lady. However, really should not be a teacher. She always seems so unsure of herself and doesn't explain things clearly at all. You HAVE to read the book to pass. You cannot just take notes, because her lectures have nothing to do with the tests. Attendance is mandatory though. She does give lots of extra credit points.
Dr. Sharma is a really nice person. The key is to talk with her though. She is very helpful outside of class.
NOT and easy A. Of course read the book, and teach yourself the material if need be. She is QUIET and nice, however tests are over lots of chapters, and we always seem to be behind. I think bio 2 is just really, a boring class in general. If you get her its not the end of the world, you'll live. Maybe get an A, it depends on how hard you work.
I took a hybrid class for this course so half of it was online. She is a very nice and helpful lady but her class is frustrating. I feel like your grade in class directly correlates with how well you read the book. I also went to the SI sessions and that helped me out a lot. She's not a bad person at all just a little difficult.
Doesn't trust students enough to pass out samples of the material we go over :( Lectures are very dull and the powepoints come from the book apparently. Iclickers are much easier than the tests even though she says otherwise. Nice, but seems tired and uninterested. The book is your guide to pass the class.
Dr. Sharma is very knowledgeable and utilizes various methods such as short videos. This course is difficult material no matter who you take...but she offers extra iclickers that can help your grade, homework can be repeated to improve your grade and even had two small extra credit chances. You do have to work hard, but would take her again anytime
She was very boring, but very helpful! Lecture is nothing like the test so must read the book!
Worst bio teacher ever! I got an A in BIO 1404 and my advisor told me that I was the 8th A he'd ever seen in that class. In this class so far i've gotten a 64, 66, and 74 on my tests. You must read the book and go to class for iClicker points. Everything in her class is weighted equally.
If you take her, make sure you sit up front because she's very soft spoken. It's a very difficult class, and reading the textbook is pretty much mandatory.
Do not take bioscience 2 with her! I did very well in bioscience 1 and I am scared I will not pass this class. Her tests consists of all application questions. You need to read every detail in the book because her lectures do not help. She has cut class early many times because her throat always hurts and says "Umm" at least once in every sentence.
Basically you are teaching yourself. She does teach some but mainly you have to read the book. FIND THE TEST BANK ONLINE and study it.all test are from there
Studied only the test bank and made an A in the class
Dr. Sharma is wonderful to listen to. She definitely shows an interest in biology. The course itself is difficult, but the amount of material that is required is overwhelming in itself if you aren't taking a full course load. She does try to make sure that everyone understands what she is talking about as she is explaining things.
very boring class and her lecture is very monotone but getting an A is definitely possible if you read the text book but you have to show up to class on time for i-clickers because they can really drag your grade down from an A to a B
For a core credit bio class, it was too in depth. The tests never matched what was in the huge expensive textbook, or what she lectured about in class. A quick comment might make up 3-4 test questions and if you didn't catch it, good luck. Studied for tests weeks ahead and still never made higher than a B+.
I appreciated Dr. Sharma. She was willing to listen and was always ready to help me. The class was a little tough, but it is a lot of information they are required to teach and if you fall behind or miss too many classes, your grade will reflect that.
Sharma's AIS course is SO easy. You could easily make an A by just showing up (5% of grade is attendance, as with all AIS courses) and listening every once in a while. She's very very sweet, but also very quiet and sometimes confusing on when she wants things due. Ask for help, and she will clarify. Don't bother buying the workbook.
Professor Sharma class for AIS is very good but she is very annoying and talking about her plants and herself. She is very nice and easy class but I would reccomend a different professor for AIS like Laborde or Leveridge.
The only way to pass this class is to actually attend class. Attendance is worth 30% of your grade. Exams are worth 10%. Her exams are NOTHING like the reviews she posts. I study for days, I know the whole review, and I get a 72. Nobody passes her exams. Each exam has an average failing grade. You HAVE to read the textbook.
Dr. Sharma is very quiet and avoids questions that her students ask her. She attempts to lecture but you have to read the AIS chapters on your own in order to pass your tests. There is a lot of pointless homework but it is a pretty easy A as long as you do all of the work.
Dr. Sharma talks very quietly and her lectures are extremely monotone. I've had to basically teach myself because her lectures tend to be a little all over the place. Also, while she allows you 3 attempts for quizzes, you cannot see what grade you received or what questions you got wrong until after the quiz is due.
One of the worst professors I've had. Made me hate biology. She speaks in a quiet, monotone voice. The whole class she READS her slides. The only reason I go is for the iClicker questions. You have to teach yourself the material and read the book. Also, all her test questions are taken from a test bank and because of that memorization was key.
Although Professor Sharma is a very nice lady once you speak to her one-on-one, the reality is she's not so good of a professor. Her lecture powerpoints are straight out of the book which is fine, but the content she lectures has no correlation with exam questions. Read the book. As for her exams, some are test bank and some are not. Steer clear.
She does not allow enough time to read them over or even copy them down and only posts maybe 5 or 6 slides out of 50 or so from each chapter for some reason. What she actually talks about does not correlate with the slides and sometimes just confuses the class more. Do not take unless you can teach yourself the material.
Her class is an easy A if you know how to read.
If you don't know how to teach yourself the material by reading the book and power points, take someone else. She's a nice person but lectures can be confusing and unrelated to exams.
She's a nice person, but as a professor not so much. She is more concerned with teachi9ng about her research versus teaching what will be on the exam. Make sure to read the book for class and do practice quizzes.
Class Info
Attendance Mandatory
100%
Textbook Required
75%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
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BIO123
5.0
(1)MARINEBIOLOGY
5.0
(1)BIO03
5.0
(1)BIO3063
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(2)BIOLO1413
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(1)Difficulty by Course
BIO1043
5.0
BIO1301
5.0
BIO1023
5.0
INVERTEBRATEBIO
5.0
BIODRUGSNSOC
5.0