Just no. He's a nice person but horrible professor. Takes slide material word-for-word from book and just reads the slides. He could never answer questions in class, saying either "Check your book" or "I don't know". Pretty much the only reason people came to class is because of the clicker questions. I did good because I taught myself.

He just reads the slide lectures and it's even hard to hear. Even though I am satisfied with my grade, I feel like I learned nothing. Try to avoid his class..

Only reason I got an A was bc I taught myself the material through youtube & review questions. The 1 midterm (worth 30%) was easy because the TA said it was all review questions, so you just had to memorize those. The final (40%) was harder because it wasn't review questions; Hess is an AWFUL teacher; and there was no practice Q's given 4 the fina

Dr. Hess does not care at all about this class. He puts no effort into prepping lectures, and cannot answer questions well. He does not work with the ABI 102 professor to make sure he covers the appropriate material. Be prepared to read the textbook and teach yourself. Dr. Hess is an extremely disappointing professor.

Yoooooo! I'm in this class right now writing this post instead of paying attention to the lecture. Woke up 8AM everyday just to have this guy sing me back to sleep. Monotone and boring. Probly easy A, avoid unless you want to be sung a lullaby everyday by him.

Currently studying for MT1 without any study material other than 6 chapters to read from the textbook, a lot of them he never covered. Going to class at 8am is a waste of time because it's so boring you'd fall asleep, and you don't learn anything, but you have to go anyway because he gives clicker quizzes every lecture. Avoid if possible.

Worst professor I've ever had. Doesn't even ask if the class has any questions because he won't know how to answer them and just tells you to go by the book. Doesn't emphasize what you should know for the midterm because "ideally you should know everything in the book" according to him.

This professor is absolutely terrible. Minimal effort is put into teaching. Obviously has no passion for this position and should be transferred to another. Commonly acts in ways that are unfair, unprofessional, and blatantly uninterested in the welfare of his students. Don't ask for help from him as his only response is "read the book." 0/10 stars

He is not a good teacher. All his slides are basically from the book, yet more confusing. He wants you to know everything. To pass his class get the notes from course hero as that is his test bank.

1) read the book 2) google ABI Clicker questions to find quizlet 3) course hero test questions 4) good luck

Terrible teacher. He copies and pastes almost everything in the book onto his lecture slides (then switches around some words so sometimes there's wrong info). He reads directly from the slides. His exams don't match his lectures or the book. He doesn't test on the concepts, but rather on the small details. He literally said "just know everything".

Avoid at all costs. Wait another year to take the class, change majors, whatever it takes. When you ask him what to focus on for the exams, he will literally tell you to know everything in the textbook. If by some miracle he tells you he'll emphasize a certain topic on an exam, it's probably a lie and you should study everything BUT that topic.

Hess changed the course setup this quarter and he might for the next one. Final is 40% of the grade and daily clicker questions are part of your grade. I thought his slides were disorganized and incredibly dense. I really recommend watching his review sessions before an exam and studying the review session slides. Go to class for clickers!

Attendance is basically mandatory, since he does iclicker points and they count towards your grade. Your grade relies heavily on the midterms, so get those iclicker questions right. He often mumbles, so youre gonna have to spend a lot of time re watching his lecture videos to get what he says.

Graded clicker questions, lectures are straight from the textbook, and he talks really slow with voice that is hard to pay attention to. Exams are easy--heard that they were used to be from test bank but not anymore--but discussions are part of exam questions. Lectures don't help learning at all so read textbook. I miss ABI 102

He is not a good lecturer. His lectures are all over the place. He jumps back and forth and confuses words because of his accent making it very hard to follow him. He mumbles and trails off. The first midterm isnt to bad but then he flips a switch and makes the second midterm nearly impossible. Miss 1 clicker and your grade drops. Good luck.

The lectures are boring and very disorganized. He also does not seem to know the material very well. He reads off the slides (material copied from the book) and does not contribute anything from his own knowledge. Exam 2 was unfairly hard. Gives 3 clicker questions/class, miss 1 question - overall grade drops by 1-2%. Not the nicest person either.

Very boring lectures, but he is open to feedback. Do the wiley plus questions or search for practice sets on quizlet. This class starts out easy as review but ramps up fast so be ready! He basically only reads off the slides so you don't even really need to watch the lectures if you just memorize the slides.

Very boring and predictable lectures. I felt like I wasnt learning anything every time I left lecture. He gives so much Information by reading off like a million slides for each day. Too much information and no connection in the subjects he teaches or the way he does it. He seems like a great person but I dont think he should teach this class.

No midterms to prep for the final. The homeworks, which there are very few of, are difficult. The final basically determines your grade and there is so much material. Prof Hess is nice, but is simply not a great lecturer. The structure of this class makes it almost impossible to get an A.

All I can say is bestie what the heck

The structure of this course was so so bad.

Dr. Hess is an awful professor. He gives an excessive amount of material (over 1000 slides) and expects us to learn it all without having any midterms. He doesn't make himself accessible outside of class. The class uses Piazza but the TAs take awhile to answer them and sometime chose what questions they want to answer. Take during the spring w Pety

Dr. Hess is not a good professor. He has over 1000 slides of information, during the final review session he mentioned topics that we should focus more for the final exam but not even 1 question about those topics. His class is very hard to follow because there is no structure and he jumps from topic back and forth.

All I can say is you better hope for a phat curve.

Hess takes textbook material and copies and pastes it into his lecture slides then takes out the transition words so his slides don't make sense. Teaching is NOT his forte. The info is hard to memorize because he just spits facts out, and does not give a general overview to grasp material. He doesn't set students up for success.

All I can say is the average for the final exam was worth 45% of our grade and the average was 63.7%. He did NOT curve. Good luck bestie

Don't take the class. No curve for a 64% final, which worth 45% of grade. No extra credits being offered as well. LOT OF CONTENT and basically just self-learning for the whole quarter.

This class is impossible. Change your major or be prepared to cry. You want to go to vet school? Say goodbye to that dream. There are biweekly homework’s that you have to ace because the final WILL drop you a whole letter grade. Save your tears for your mom because he doesn’t care.

Avoid taking this class with Hess if you can or it’ll destroy your GPA. Boring lectures, terrible class structure. Most of this class was self-learning and there are online quizzes and homeworks worth 55%. No midterms and one final worth 45%. I’ve never struggled more in a class like this one.

His lectures were dense, unorganized, and he read off the screen. He ignored students concerns and petitions on switching testing styles(online to in person) for our 45% final. He set the class up to catch cheaters, and reported TONS of students. I wasn’t one but i find that incredibly cruel

Reading textbook was crucial for this class. He rearranged the textbook info on his slides to the point where you could misunderstand. Didn’t curve when average was low. Had no midterm for us to gauge how well we were doing. Seems like other quarters were manageable to get a good grade but this quarter wasn’t! Save your gpa by not taking him!!!

Each lecture had 70-80 slides of dense material, and on the homeworks (aka timed, closed book quizzes) he'd ask about tiny, obscure details. The final was 45% of our grade and he refused to post a key for the practice finals. Average for the final was 64% and he didn't curve. This was the most stressed I've ever been over a class.

A horrible professor that doesnt know how to teach. You will learn nothing out of his lectures. Final exam 45% of the grade and did not help us prepare for it. He also reported a lot of people to SJA AT THE END OF THE QUARTER. Not telling them why or giving them time to gather evidence as to why they were innocent. Just don't take his class.

Awful!! Do not take it if possible. Would ask about tiny details, with each lecture having 80-100 slides. The final was 45% of our grade, without any midterms to gauge how we were doing in the class or any practice. Doesn't know how to teach, so you have to learn through closed note homework that is 55% of your grade.

Poor representation of the professors of Davis. He welcomed feedback but seemed offended by criticism. We had one exam that was 45% of our grade and we were provided little to no expectation of what the exam would be like. When reaching out to Dr. Hess he simply disregarded everyone's concerns and refused to change the structure of the class. AVOID

I'm In therapy because of this class

Poor lecturer because he was unclear/never actually explains things, never directly answers students' questions, SJA trigger-happy, super inconsistent with class format every quarter, says he's open to feedback but challenges that feedback and disregards it

Highly not recommended.... To give you a brief overview on what to expect in this second part of biochem, he expects you to remember super complicated biological pathways with enzymes, proteins and fat structures involved. Not only that but you need to KNOW HOW TO DRAW THEM on the exam......just dont take this class.

Hess reads off his slides for the entirety of lecture, and he expects you to learn a million concepts. Midterm questions don't test your knowledge, just how well you memorized random facts. Your entire grade is based off 2 midterms and the final. Stay on top of lectures and you'll probably pass.

Where do I even start. I should have paid attention to the other reviews and just dropped the course when I could but I really thought I could handle it. Each lecture is over 100 slides long and he's not clear about what we need to know. Grade is based off 2 midterms and final (which is worth 40% of your grade btw). Just STAY AWAY!

This class is not enjoyable whatsoever. 2 hour lectures have 120 slides. Slides are very full of pathways you must memorize, lots of text, and molecules you need to know how to draw. Grade is 100% based on 2 midterms and the final.

Class is dense and lots of packed material. He'll spend a lot of time focusing on specific things in lecture and tell you it's important. So you'll end up studying for what's "important" and it won't show up on the exam. Exam is tested on tiny details, not overall concepts. Also have to memorize many pathways and molecule structures

Insane grading weights and the exams do not align with what was emphasized in class, your only hope is to memorize all 1488 slides (yes I counted) of chem pathways and random facts in time.

Hess seems like he would be a nice guy outside of the classroom but overall he put little effort into helping his students do well in his class. No Hw, barely if any in class practice, just pure 2 hour monotone lectures and very difficult exams. I have taken chemistry classes before and done well but this one was something else.

i have nothing good to say about this professor. our entire grade was based on 2 midterms and the final, making it virtually impossible to save your grade with one mistake. the teacher reads directly from the slides, making lectures practically worthless. just keep reviewing the slides and try your best to stay on top of the material.

Class is graded by two midterms and a final; the tests are never what he tells you to study... I spent so much time studying only to be clueless on the tests. The curve is what saved me, he changed grade cut-offs twice during the quarter. It is passable, but don't expect a good grade in this class unless you want to dedicate your whole life to it.

I was prepared to have this class stain my record. The lecturers were so hard to sit through, the audio was terrible for in-person, and the lecture captured so it was super difficult to listen to. His lectures were pretty much just reading off the slides. Exams are literally your grades, so no cushion if you did average or bad on one exam.

I took ABI103 winter 2023 and I still think about this professor to this day. The class is entirely graded on pure tests, so you better study EVERYTHING he says. He will test you on small details like a random enzyme that he mentioned in passing, but NOT test you on concepts he spent two hours going over. Quizlet will be your friend

suffered a death in the family and asked for an extension on a test and he told me to send him the obituary with my name on it or else he wouldn't even consider it

I don't think I've ever hated a class so much that I wrote a negative review. This class is so material heavy and he picks on the smallest things to be on the exam. Most of the times he doesn't even look like he wants to be there and just reads off the slides. Final exam is replaced with a final project

I'll feel sorry for myself for the rest of my life if I don't give him a bad review. He doesn't answer emails at all. Memorizing more than 300 ppt pages in two weeks is not enough. Never fantasize about extra credit and a round up. Horrible and boring lecture.