Manageable workload, easygoing professor, and open to suggestions. Has a willingness to make sure that students fully understand the material.

Dr. Cole is an amazing professor, and she's very helpful at office hours. She also really cares about her students and will try to get to know you if you make the effort. She's also super nice and sweet. I think her reviews are poor because bio lab, but she's great for bio lecture.

Dr. Cole knows her biology and I really enjoyed her lectures. She's always available for help and very approachable, She's kind of strict, but if you put in work you will do well in her class.

Your experience pretty much depends on the instructor you get. BIOL142L was a lot better than 141L and tons of group work is expected. Final is fairly easy if you know the concept for every PowerPoints. Be sure to do the prelabs and review slides last class to prepare for the quizzes. Assignments could be graded tough so check the rubric carefully.

She's the best professor I've seen.

Dr. Megan is busy, but she never leaves her students aside. She is a responsible lecturer, though you can not learn so much in her lecture. Read the textbook and practice should be the most useful way of studying.

Dr. Cole cares about her students. She is easily accessible in office hours and also provides video tutorials for students prior to labs. She is an incredibly supportive professor and mentor. I've had many friends that she's encouraged to stay on their track despite unexpected grades. Go to her office hours just to talk - she's awesome

Dr. Cole is amazing! She cares that we all succeed and learn in class. She may give more quizzes than other professors but that also means she can drop more giving you a better overall grade! She gives meaningful assignments which can also boost your grade. The class is also technology-free which I feel is conducive to learning with no distractions

Bio lab is very organized and Dr. Cole made the transition to online learning very nicely. She is organized and gives meaningful assignments. She is also very reasonable if you ask about a grade and is understanding when it comes to extensions as long as you ask before.

Dr. Cole's labs are well organized and run smoothly. The assignments outside of class are very fair, both in difficulty and length. The lectures she put together for the labs are informative and easy to follow. She is responsive if you email her and willing to help you out. Research isn't always perfect, but this class runs pretty well.

As a lecturer, Dr. Cole doesn't deserve all the low ratings from other students. If you're fairly diligent, you'll do just fine. Her questions and lectures are frequently confusing: all it takes to understand them is to ask. Just like any other class, do your readings and study for exams. While other professors had the final as 40%, she had 18%.

As the lab director, Dr. Cole seems to be overwhelmed by the responsibilities she has. Grading of lab depends solely on your instructor: there are no clear-cut guidelines for assignments like abstracts. Additionally, a late assignment (even by a minute) constitutes a zero in the grading book. Quizzes each week and long homework assignments.

Her class is pretty easy. She gives tons of resources to make learning easy in a time-effective manner. Reading the book isn't necessary at all. You will learn everything you need from the lectures. However, her exams are tough so make sure you know all the information thoroughly.

I really enjoyed being in Dr. Cole's class for a part of this spring semester. She is very accessible and knowledgeable about what she teaches, and makes sure to follow up the next class after doing additional research if needed - meaning she cares about what students have to say and what they want to learn!

You don't really interact with Dr. Cole herself at all in this class as they are led by graduate students. The class itself is pretty easy and mostly just busy work. Your grade is summed up by pre-labs that you do on your own and the labs that you do in groups in class. Online learning made this pretty boring as the labs are just word docs.

Dr. Cole is the best of the best for biology. Her lectures are a bit fast paced sometimes, but she is always available outside of class for help. Quizzes are relatively easy for a bio class and her tests are fair. The only homework is optional masteringbio and a small assignment once in a while. She brings her dog to office hours!

Dr. Cole is a great professor and is the head of the biology department. Her lectures are very engaging and she is always open to suggestions for how she could teach better. However, the quizzes are a bit hard. At first, you will think they are easy, then out of no where, BAM, they're hard! But her exams are not extremely hard. Highly suggest her!

lecture was in person this semester, lectures were pretty straightforward although sometimes she didn't explain concepts fully enough - open to questions though and overall sweet person! grade was mostly based on quizzes and exams, exams were like 65% of the grade they weren't terribly difficult but not suuper easy either.

Cole's in person lecture was definitely a gem in this year of COVID-19. She's very accessible outside of class and is a very nice professor. You won't get by on just pure memorization and you'll be expected to apply concepts and high level and I really had to work hard for my grade, but it was definitely worth it. Recommend taking her for Bio!

Dr. Cole did change her grading scheme, but it still wasn't too difficult to get an A. Projects take a lot of time, but the grading criteria is pretty clear and not too hard to follow. Large projects typically had multiple resubmissions which helped.

Dr. Cole is very organized and sets up the course in a similar manner. Her pre-lab lectures are clear, and she is very logical/understanding if situations arise. She was also good at explaining difficult concepts. Although 142L is definitely harder than 141L, she's still great!

Just do your assignment and you'll be fine.

Easy A! She's also really nice, and very forgiving when it comes to grades. Althoguh grading depends on how tough your mentor is, it's usually pretty easy (she allows for resubmissions)

Dr. Cole is kind and this such an easy, interesting class. Just do the work (you get multiple attempts) and you'll get an A. Grading varies across sections, but it was still fine even being in Dr. Cole's section so disregard it. Choose a time block that suits you (don't do 8 AM if you aren't a morning person, you WILL regret it).

Cole is an amazing prof! Head of bio dept so she knows what she's doing, and the best lecturer I've had at Emory. She has the highest score/GPA averages among profs so take her

Pre lab videos really help with understanding the labs. She also gives great feedback on lab submissions so it is easy to improve upon your work. However, the lab write-ups have a lot of components so it takes a while to write. Luckily, the person who writes the lab changes every week so you don't have to write all the time.

Never met Megan Cole lmao. The difficulty/ enjoyability is based on your TA and Mentor. I've heard so many complaints about other classes, but I had the best TA and Mentor who made the boring class as fun as possible. LOTS OF HOMEWORK but the overall class isn't bad. I do not recommend taking the class at night, you'll feel the pain.

Dr. Cole is definitely my favorite professor at Emory. Most people know her from the biology lab courses, but she is an amazing teacher for lecture as well. If you have the chance to take Dr. Cole for 141 or 142, DO IT! While all my friends were struggling in the class with other teachers, I breezed through this class. 10/10 recommend.

Receptive to students' feeback about lectures. Exams are easy. Quizzes are hard, but are at home and open note. Assignments are usually only in class. Knowledgable professor. Very kind to students and available in office hours.

Dr. Cole did a very good job of practicing the application of class concepts during lectures. She was very easy to reach and the few worksheets she did give ultimately were helpful for learning class concepts. Tests are pretty hard but doing the practice from LA sessions is a pretty good way to prepare yourself. Be careful on weekly quizzes!

She was super caring and kind, brought us treats and let us walk with her dog. Tests were easy if you kept up with the material. Quizzes were sometimes a bit challenging but open note. Only negative was that the class could have been better organized, but it wasn't bad at all and didn't inhibit my learning. Don't hesitate to take her!

Amazing professor. She is amazing.

Best Proffesor I have had at Emory! Very accesible outside of class and her office hours are very helpful. Would definitely take her class again!

Much better than Biol 141 lab in terms of content and grading scheme

Cole is very knowledgeable and is able to explain biology in simple ways. The only thing stopping me from rating her a 5/5 is that there is nothing extraordinary about her lectures and they're pretty basic.

TA is what really matters, you never see Cole in lab. The lab notebooks don't have a rubric so just ask TA if ur missing anything before you submit. Can resubmit notebooks for partial credit back. Late penalties. Can get an extension anytime, just w/a heads up. Some labs are repetitive. No final but a bunch of pre/post lab quizzes. Labs aren't hard

Cole is never there, TA/GA is what matters. Got lucky with Emily Hill - super nice and genuinely wants to help! Grading is strict&resubmissions are averaged, so you basically have to do perfect in everything to get an A. Labs are repetitive but Cole's prelab videos are very detailed and helpful. Work is easy if you pay attention to videos/lecture.

Pretty easy lab. My section was taught by Dr. Cole herself, and she was great. There are multiple opportunities for extra credit and the assignments are generally manageable, so getting a high grade isn't difficult. Only downside is that the lab notebook grading criteria is unclear.

She's an actual DIVA because there's no final for Biol141 OR 142L. Loved her pre-lab recordings, really explains concepts well. Actual grading is by your GA - get Emily Hill if you can bc she's the best. Cole's grading scale is strict but it's not hard to end up with an A because there's a ton of assignments and opportunities for extra credit.

Dr. Cole is great! The lectures are straightforward and she gives homework assignments/worksheets that really help reaffirm your knowledge of the material. The assessments aren't terribly difficult and the learning objectives are always made clear. She releases lecture recordings and slides, and is very accessible outside class.

Well designed lab. There was no lab test, just a quiz after and before every class. An A is very manageable. Talk with your TAs as grading for the notebook was quite strict. I found that they were mostly willing to help out. Met a lot of cool people in lab and overall had fun. It's pretty chill so just do all your work and you'll be fine.

The class is NOT bad if you have a good TA. There's no final; you get multiple attempts at a lot of assignments, and none of the assignments were that time-consuming despite the volume of them. I took the lab without taking the lecture and never felt lost in the material. Overall, despite only seeing Dr. Cole once, was a good and low-stress class.

Your experience is dependent on your TA, Dr.Cole is never in class. No final, multiple attempts on all assignments. Kind of a lot of assignments but they're all short. Also, don't need to take lab with lecture, they're unrelated. Some lab days were annoyingly long, but usually you get let out early. Overall a chill class.

My TA was amazing and majority are. the class is fair. extra credit is given at the end but is minimal. if you do all the work ur bound to get an A/A-. ur group is everything. no need to prepare for lab just get in and work as a group. no final which is amazing. both ta's and dr cole are accessible outside of class. most days we finish early

A little unorganized at times but a good class. Almost every assignment can be resubmitted for half credit back so it feels impossible to get lower than an A- in this lab. Just show up and do the work, you'll be fine.