Dr. Zwemer is certainly an enthusiastic professor and loves the subject, which was really awesome! She has a great personality and really cares about students. However, I did think many of her test questions were poorly designed/unnecessarily confusing, which was reflected in students' performance.

She was a really great teacher in class and explained things well. Only complaint is tests were unnecessarily hard and did not reflect how we learned in class. No study guides and nothing can prepare you for Type of questions on the exam

She was amazing- so kind and really cares about her students. It was a pretty hard class but she does as much as she can to help you out.

Dr Zwemer is the best professor Ive had. She genuinely cares about her students, and does everything she can to help them succeed. She makes class fun, engaging, and makes time for individual academic needs for each student. She resparked my love for genetics. Im so grateful to have had her!

Awesome professor who cares about students. Shes a tough grader, but makes sure she does all she can for her students.

Great professor. Wish I could take her for all my bio classes!

Very enthusiastic about teaching and genetics. Makes class fun. Would definitely take a class from her again

Dr. Zwemer is the best! She's so warm, caring, open, and definitely knows what she's talking about. She makes great effort to work with her students and makes assignments/tests fair. Would definitely take again.

Dr. Zwemer is the one of the kindest professors I've ever had. She genuinely cares about student success, is very accessible, and will give her all to help you. One of the best professors I've ever had the pleasure of learning from. Lectures are engaging and exciting, she's organized, and she isn't out to get you on exams. Genuinely loved her class

Dr. Zwemer was amazing in this switch to the online format. All of her lectures are recorded and easy to follow, and there are ample practice problems to work off of. It's really easy to do well if you pay attention and focus on what she tells you to focus on. Great human being and teacher.

Take her class! She is so caring and thoughtful and adapted to online class very well. She coveys biology super well! Her 3rd test kinda messed me up but thats on me so be warned. Her lectures were pre-recorded and recitation is truly not that much work compared to a lab which is worth the same 1 credit. TAKE ZWEMER! Love her so much!

Dr. Zwemer did a great job breaking down our lectures into smaller portions so that it was not so long of a video. The class was completely async besides group office hours held once a week on zoom. Participation points were able to be earned in many ways, and the exams were super fair. I loved the course material and Dr. Z.

Dr. Zwemer is one of the best bio professors I've had at UNC. She's caring, accessible, kind, and extremely passionate about the subject. Lectures are interesting, tests are easy if you prepare for them, and grading is fair. Pay attention to her lectures and you'll do great.

She is incredible. Her lectures albeit recorded were wonderful. She is very flexible and the course is designed to cater to various learning styles. She encourages participation. 100% would take again.

Dr. Zwemer is a very polite and passionate professor. Overall, she made the course content digestible and her lectures were engaging. For the most part, her exams were fair and she did her best to accommodate for her students. Dr. Zwemer is a solid choice for this class!!

I have mixed feelings after this semester. Zwemer is very understanding and thoughtful regarding the Covid circumstances, but her test questions were confusing and my grade dropped a letter after Exam 3. Based off of her fairly clear expectations outside of class, I would take her again.

Dr. Zwemer was a phenomenal professor. She took the course curriculum and related it to real life examples which kept students very captivated while simultaneously making difficult topics easier to understand. Her tests are a little difficult given that UNC likes application based exams, but this is expected from any BIOL 202 course. 10/10

Dr. Zwemer is a great professor, and my favourite professor at UNC so far. This class is known for being challenging, however, she made very fun and easy to follow. You have to stay on top of your work to do well, as is expected. The group office hours that she holds were very helpful and she is very clear with what she expects us to learn.

Dr. Zwemer was the most accommodating professor I've had at UNC. She clearly loves her job and really cares about her students. She adjusted things to make sure we were doing okay. All test questions come from her lectures and she gives a reasonable about of lecture material each week. If you put in the work, you can get a good grade.

I LOVED Dr. Zwemer, even though her class was challenging. I love genetics which helped when learning the material, but her exams could be difficult. She prepared us well for the exams & worked hard to make sure that she was accessible to us (individual office hours). She made it clear in her efforts that she cared for us & wanted us to do well.

She is a very charming professor. She takes a challenging topic and makes it easy for students to learn. Her tests are quite difficult, but that's a UNC problem.

Dr. Zwemer has by far been the best STEM professor I have had at UNC! She is easily accessible in/out of the classroom for any questions you may have regarding the material or Genetics itself. The exams are not bad if you read the material, study her lectures, practice, go to the SI sessions, and understand her sample exam questions in notes.

Prof Zwemer was super accommodating with covid and the switch to online. She was so nice and genuinely cared about her students. I thought that she did a great job of teaching the material. The tests weren't easy but were definitely possible if you studied and put in the work for her class. The class was also taught asynchronously.

Dr. Zwemer is such an accommodating, sweet and patient soul, but lots of moving parts in her class! Her tests are quite application-based and creative. She is reasonable in her grading. There are a lot of reading and lecture content, but I did well by going through all of it & using her learning objectives. *pandemic class

One of the most accommodating professors I've ever had. Dr. Zwemer made all of our exams open note, open internet, etc. This class was incredibly interesting and a lot of fun, and I'm not even a bio major. Other profs should use Dr. Zwemer as a model of how to teach in a pandemic- she did an amazing job teaching virtually. TAKE HER!!!

Take her class! She's amazing.

Dr. Zwemer is a great lecturer and was very caring, flexible, and accommodating during this pandemic. Exams are tricky and can be difficult but that's fair given that they're all open note. Participation matters, but she ensures there are multiple ways and numerous chances to get full credit. One of the best STEM professors I've had at UNC so far.

She's the best professor I've had in UNC so far. She is extremely talented, energetic knowledgeable, funny and awesome. The content of the course is not easy and you still need to work to get a good grade. But the work you'll put in is minimal and you will probably pass without even lifting the book. Make sure you participate well and have fun!

She cares about you. Her FYS was super interesting and engaging. I highly recommend it. I learned a lot. She's super nice and casual. She will respond to your emails in like 0.2 milliseconds. Her tests/quizzes are all worded very weirdly, and are on the most difficult content of each unit. But you will survive and do fine. Take her class!

Amazing professor! She has done really well with making learning easier throughout the remote process! I loved her

Dr. Zwemer is a true gem in the biology department. I had her for 202 and made sure to get in with her for 252. Group office hours were my favorite part of the week because they were always so much fun with her. Her exams can be a bit hard because she really likes application based questions but she is also generous with grading.

Dr Z is a great choice for Biol classes at UNC. She is really enthusiastic and did her best to be accommodating and understanding with online classes while still delivering the course material in an engaging way. Her tests are pretty hard though!

Dr. Zwemer is a great professor and she emphasized necessary concepts in her lectures. Her exams had some tough questions but overall, they were fair. I thought her lectures were organized and I enjoyed the content. She was very accommodating this past semester with the challenges of online school. She is one of the nicest professors I've ever had!

Dr. Zwemer has been my favorite professor at UNC in the Biology department. I have had her for both BIOL 202 and 252, and she made both classes really fun and understandable. Her exams are very fair, but you have to put in the work and study for them as they are application based and wording matters. She is very accessible in/out of the classroom.

Dr. Zwemer is a great professor. She explains concepts clearly and responds quickly. She likes to write trick questions on exams, but it shouldn't be bad if you actually study. It's important to figure out how to study. Textbook reading is optional but you should if you want an A. I suggest you focus less on reading lectures & more on problems.

Dr. Zwemer made me really interested in genetics! She explained the material very well, it's just somewhat difficult material. She is an AWESOME person and gives great feedback. you will have to work for an A. curved exams and reweighted lowest exam to help students out. TAKE HER!

my FAVORITE prof at UNC! She does a fantastic job of teaching and explaining material that can be somewhat complex. She's also really great about building connections between lectures and making sure the students are getting it. She builds active learning into her class, so follow her suggestions and you'll learn things really well! take her class!

People are not exaggerating when they say that physiology is hard. Professor Zwemer is a really good professor and she presents the information as best as possible. The TAs are very good as well, attending their sessions were really valuable because whenever I didnt understand Zwemers explanations, they had different ones that were helpful.

Dr. Zwemer is one of the nicest professors! She is super accommodating and a great lecturer. That being said, do the GRQs before class. Technically they are optional, but if you don't, you won't understand a thing and it is very easy to fall behind in this class. Exams were fair and she takes regrade requests seriously.

I loved Dr. Zwemer! She really cares & tries her best to make sure we do well. Her tests are pretty hard and all application questions, but if you work hard to understand the material you should do decently. She gave us bonus halloween points on a test just because. I loved talking to her in office hours, I always felt so much clarity afterwards.

Dr. Zwemer had really difficult exams that counted for a huge portion of the final grade. But she was super kind & funny. She had a large class but still checked in with me after seeing my poor exam scores. When I communicated to her that I was struggling with my mental health, she gave me both reassurance and encouragement. That meant a lot to me.

This was my third class with Dr. Z, and it was one of her best courses! She has a clear grading criteria and wants to make sure everyone succeeds. In this class, she wanted us to enjoy the class and material instead of worry about our grades. She gave great feedback and the quizzes were not bad. Awesome class and great professor!

She is a great professor, she really cares about what she is teaching. She has a bad rep for giving hard tests, but I really did not find them that difficult. You get a cheat sheet for every exam, she usually makes the most missed question(s) extra credit. I loved this class and highly recommend her, especially if you can get in her smaller section

Her tests are pretty difficult, and she sometimes tests on material which is glossed over in lecture. However, I feel like her ability to teach difficult concepts is absolutely amazing. Most problems I've had with the course are just the bio department/UNC Board of govs limiting the amount of A's. She's very caring and kind. Take her!

What I loved the most about Dr. Zwemer's class was that emphasis was placed on problem-solving, rather than rote memorization. Tests, thus, are mostly application-based, and any questions that most of the class got wrong were made into extra credit. The final was curved (from what I can tell) and non-exam portions of the grade were easy As.

Took this over the summer so the workload was insane but necessary. Take tons of notes during lecture bc exam questions are based off lecture. She gives great study tips that worked for me. Super kind and engaging person and gives you what you need to succeed.

I loved Dr. Zwemer. Her lectures are really interesting and engaging, and it is obvious she cares a ton about her students and about the course. She does talk super quickly during lectures, but she records all of them so it is easy to go back and review something if needed. Would highly recommend her.

This was a zoom P/F class called exploring health professions. It was pretty interesting to hear from healthcare speakers and there were 2 easy assignments a week. You were allowed to miss 2 classes and it ended early in November.

You can tell how much Dr Zwemer she cares for students and wants them to do well!!! the content can be pretty complicated in this class but she does her best to explain things as clearly as possible,and records her lectures too if ur confused.plenty of resources; also once she recognized and said hi to me outside of class and it made me rly happy

BIOL104 is a needed break from cell biology. Lectures were thorough, and the material on exams was straightforward and easy to succeed on if you prepared. Dr. Z made an effort to learn student's names in a large lecture hall, and was very accessible outside of class to meet. She obviously cares about her students, and makes the class interesting

Zwemer is a good professor. She wants you to be engaged in class and ask questions all the time.

cheat sheet for tests, pacing is every well, you will be just fine!

Lectures were pretty interesting, Dr. Zwemer tried to make them as interactive as possible despite being in an older lecture hall. The exam and quiz questions were extremely tough and sometimes worded confusingly.

Dr. Zwemer has no flaws as a professor. She is kind, caring, funny, and knows what she's talking about. Her exams can be tricky due to wording, but they're more than doable and she is the most generous professor I've seen when it comes to giving extra credit or overlooking some questions that many people did bad on.

This class is tough. Somewhat of a wakeup call for me that I need to study more, but even then, this class was ridiculously hard for me as well as people I took the class with. Dr. Zwemer is a solid professor but man is this class a little bit too difficult in my opinion.

Dr. Z was a great professor, spending lots of time inside and, if necessary, outside of the classroom helping student understand content. She is always available and willing to help reason through topics with students despite this being a tough class. Highly recommend taking her.

Dr. Zwemer is animated and knowledgeable in terms of content. She tends to get excited and fly through slides but is happy to reiterate if you raise your hand. Getting full participation credit is kind of annoying, but if you front-load the work by posting Peerwise questions early in the semester then you don't have to worry about it later.

Dr. Zwemer is one of the best professors I've had at unc! Despite it being an intro class she really cared and wanted you to truly understand the content and wanted to make sure you were okay in life. The tests can be difficult but nothing that wasn't covered in class. Definitely take 104 with Zwemer if you can!

You have to work hard to do well in this class but Dr. Zwemer gives you everything you need to be able to do that. BIO at UNC is hard but Zwemer makes it so worth it. Her lectures are engaging and everything is very intentional. Shes gonna expect that you work hard but if you do her tests are not that bad.

Great professor. Cares a lot about students' wellbeing and mental health. Approachable. Kind and caring. Weekly email to us telling us the plan for the following week. At the end would be a fun fact or something interesting about herself. Lectures for me are pretty straight forward and easy to understand. Curve exams if the averages are too low.

Dr. Zwemer is extremely passionate about what she teaches and honestly I love her. She's become one of my favorites. The analogies she uses are helpful metaphors for how to remember info (she'll sometimes tip to the class what will be on the exam). She's SUPER caring for her student's wellbeing too! Final is noncumulative too :)

Pros: - Happy and charismatic professor who gave very interesting (complex) lectures - Accessible outside of class - Homework was manageable - Cheat sheets were allowed for exams! Cons: - Exams were insanely difficult - Does not have much trust in her students - Study sessions outside of class were not very helpful - The lab is agregious

Overall, pretty good and lectures are usually good enough for the exams but also supplementing them with Piazza sample questions helps. Exam 2 has a problem of poor wording (you get a curve) but most questions across all exams are fine as long as you read them carefully. Lots of content but they all connect--there are far, far worse professors.

Dr. Z is very friendly and funny, especially during group office hours, which were always great! However, lectures were often disorganized and rushed. That said, I thought exams were pretty fair, and there were always bonus questions. Getting participation credit was a pain, but doable. I still learned a lot, but much of that came from self-study.

This class was harrrrd, but so so awesome. Dr.Zwemer sets you up for success. The exams are hard, but if you work hard you will be fine. Your worst exam is worth only 9% and the final is non-cumulative, you get a cheat sheet of every exam. Barely any homework, just a lot of studying. She will make you a better student.

Dr. Zwemer is one of my fav bio professors at UNC. The outside participation is a little annoying but it's pretty straight forward and simple stuff! The lectures are really engaging and she does a great job making the difficult concepts easier to visualize, also really good help options like group office hours and pm sessions

Dr. Zwemer is a sweet person and she is clear about what she expects people to do to excel. However, her test questions are highly specific and confusing at times. PM sessions and SI sessions felt more confusing than helpful. Nice person, but if I had to do it all over, I wouldn't take her class.

Dr. Zwemer is a great professor. I see many people saying she is confusing, but if you study the lecture slides, you will get an A in this class. She is funny and makes the material as digestible as possible. This was my first bio class at UNC and I did well from simply reviewing lectures before the exams.

GRQ's are low yield Use anki I beg, was a game changer Make anki cards directly from slides and practice alot

I really enjoyed this class with Dr. Zwemer. People say her lectures are confusing but if you actually pay attention in class you will have no trouble figuring out what she will emphasize on exams. Her grading is very fair. She dives into the nuances of biology rather than making something sound black and white when it is not, which I appreciate.

Dr. Zwemer is by far one of the best professors I've had at UNC. She is hilarious during lectures and always keeps things interesting, chaotic at times but in the best way. She makes difficult concepts easy to understand and is super available outside of class. Lectures are crucial and you do have to put the work in, but the class is so rewarding.

She has a strong personality and can seem mean sometimes, but I think she's just trying to make the class more fun. For BIOL 405, it's less lecturing and more discussion on societal topics. Exams are sometimes hard, but they're not a big percentage of your grade. It was the most enjoyable BIOL class I've taken here! Take a class with Dr. Z!

4 exams that are very doable if you just study what she has in lectures. The final can be worth 10% of grade if it is worse than all of your midterms as well. I thought her lectures were good and interesting and it was pretty clear to see what you needed to know. Most annoying thing was the outside participation though.

Dr. Zwemer's lectures were honestly extremely entertaining. The content was enjoyable and she was passionate and funny. Her tests are heavily based on lecture content so I recommend rewatching them to study for exams. I went to every PM session as well which made earning the outside participation a breeze. I strongly recommend Dr. Zwemer for 220!

Dr. Zwemer is a great professor who obviously cares about her teaching. Many opportunities outside of class to receive help and also very kind. I didn't take the pre req bio classes here at UNC and she warns that if you didn't, you might struggle in the class. In all honesty, just review the slides she gives and I'm sure you will be fine.

Dr Z is hilarious, and grading criteria is clear -- each exam is ~20% and your lowest is 10% (including the final), so I did really well on early exams and coasted through the final (rip). There's a lot of minute details to learn, but was clear on what you had to know. Can be a bit condescending over email, outside participation is annoying.

Everything that is tested on comes DIRECTLY from the lectures. She posts the lectures online so if you rewatch each lecture a few times you are guaranteed to get a good grade and learn every interesting fact in the world of Genetics. Fun, funny, relevant, structured class.

220 can be a really tough course, but her lectures are super engaging and the slides are pretty clear. The tests are brutal, but the SI sessions and the slides are really helpful.

Took in Fall 24. Originally I hated this class. However, after studying for the MCAT, I realized that Dr. Zwemer actually forced me to learn information that was extremely important to later applications. The class is tough and sometimes the explainations make no sense, but if you really want to understand the content, I would recommend 10/10

Dr. Z makes this a hard class, but imo it is very worth it. I truly learned so much this semester, not just genetics, but about how to really learn. Go to the learning center, go to GOH, do critical slide review method, if you are still struggling, reach out to her for extra practice. She is very caring about students but sets clear expectations.

I'm torn between blaming myself for not doing as well as I wanted or blaming Zwemer for speeding through slides, causing me to teach everything back to myself later, which took so much time. She explains concepts well, provides help if you just ask, and the exams are fair (still difficult), but expect to put a ton of detailed work into this class.

Hot take: BIOL 220 is hard, but it's not Zwemer's fault! In class she was engaging, funny, and made the content/her expectations clear. Her student engagement and outside-of-class participation requirement helped me get a B+ after a B in BIOL 103. PLEASE go see Robin B at the learning center and go to the weekly SI sessions if you need help!

Zwemer isn't as bad as people say, definitely not bad enough to put off taking the class with her. This isn't an easy class, but it's not impossible. An A is very achievable if you put in the work; pay attention in class, rewatch lectures, do the practice and you should be fine. I honestly like Zwemer, she's super funny and makes class engaging.

Dr. Zwemer's exams are extremely hard. But I think if you put in the effort, showing up to class, rewatching all of the lectures, and doing the practice, you can succeed. Her exams often have weirdly worded questions, so you will need reading comprehension skills as well. But Dr. Zwemer herself is really funny, sweet, and has good intentions.