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Midterm was very misleading...Final is very very difficult!

Interesting material, well-travelled, knowledgeable.Extremely difficult MT/final

NICE, APPROACHABLE, WELL PREPARED PROF. LEARNED A LOT FROM HIM. TRICKY MIDTERM, FAIR FINAL

Very few notes, but not much to learn. Do what he says and suppliment his notes with text readings and this class is an easy A.

Midterm is an easy A if you know the main concepts, but final is more difficult. Good lecturer, although his notes are difficult to follow without reading the text. Very helpful in office hours.

he told us the outline of final exam (points to focus on), but most of the questions were outside the outline.

lecture notes are a bit messy, but he always tries to make the course interesting. don't underestimate the final exam- although fair, it is nothing as easy as the midterm

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midterm is easy, final is hard as hell(hints at what's on it though). he is v.specific, so don't miss a single lecture (i never used my txtbk). lots of slideshows and videos (barely any are tested on)

a great/ fun person, (ok i fell in love with him) but his notes are way too vague. DO NOT even think about missing a single lecture if u want to do well. midterm was ok but the final was ridiculously hard.

This man looks EXACTLY like Russell Crowe. His lectures are all done using very simple terminology, and you find yourself amused by -in his own words- his "wierd sense of humour". However, easy midterm does not equal easy final: BEWARE THE FINAL

Interesting lecturer. The final was a lot more difficult than the midterm. You don't need to do a lot of extra reading of the text but you have to attend lectures because that's where all the exam material is taken from.

FINAL KILLED!! They actually posted the marks last night and I had a 64%(MT-85%) thank god they removed it just this today(to edit?) otherwise I would have committed suicide! That was the hrdst exm Ive evr writn in my life. ovrall good prf,helpful outof class and very patient. but KILLER FINAL!!

Easy midterm, 90% and barely studied. I made stupid mistakes or else I'd easily have gotten 100%. Final killed me, overall mark was 76%. Did quite a bit of studying for the final too.

got 96% on the midterm with minimal studying, yet got overall of only 84%. The fianl is BRUTAL and you basically have to memorize the text whilst relating everything you memorized in paragraph answers. however, you can put jokes into your exam which could raise your mark up!

Have yet to take the final (I have this feeling that I won't be so pleased after tm), but he's a good lecturer, and really knows what he's talking about. Helpful in the lab, but not around as often as Dr. Berbee is. The faculty and staff of Biol 209 are excellent - a very good course!

He is an excellent lecturer. He is so fair. Likes red algea!. so helpful and willing to answer questions. Final was soooooo easy, if it wasn't because of his portion of the exam, I would fail the final.

Very helpful, caring prof. If you attend all the classes, midterm and final exams are very easy.

Great prof b/c he's not there to trick you.

This guy is all talk, literally. He talks and talks and talks and writes mb 1 page of notes at the most? you hav eto really listen to do well on MT and final. But final questions were really directly from what he said in the lectures. he doesnt lie: he doesnt try to screw you over but rather helps you get a good mark.

Tricky prof, gives no practice MTs/finals whatsoever. He's a big fan of giving extra assigned readings, and he tests on them (at least for this final) A LOT!!!

The material is not very exciting, your standard bio class. His jokes are so lame they make you laugh. He's a nice guy, midterm was easy but didn't prepare you at all for the final. Night and day difference between MT and final, all styles were completely different and is worth far more than the MT.

So hard!

Excellent instructor. He teaches you everything you need to know for the midterm/final during lectures. He tells you exactly what will be on the test. He doesn't try to trick you. I took courses just because they had him as an instructor because I liked him so much!

GO TO CLASS! All the material on exams is straight out of his notes. You will not be prepared unless you go to class. That being said, the material is fairly easy, and he is pretty funny at 8 am. Studying for the exams was a breeze because it was only on his notes and extra readings. Final exam is definitely harder than the mid-terms.

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Decent prof. Although he specializes in Botany, he actually spent a lot of effort into biol 121. He made you read current events on related topics taught in bio 121, keep you updated of the current issues. Definitely copy / record his lectures, since his notes are brief sometimes. bring a laptop if you have that'll be the best choice

Good Prof. Nice Lectures! interesting and fun! Love the virtual field trips he made. Have to study his reading assignments!!A lot of the exam questions on based on those. Midterms fair~~ Finals a bit harder... (mainly based on assignment readings) But, he was nice and good notes giver!!=)

Very good prof, give extremely detailed notes that are not overwhelming in terms of length. would definately take his class again if possible.

I actually really enjoyed this class. He really knows how to teach this course - very experienced, very fair. His slideshows were AWESOME. In general, it's easy to get a good mark.

He was a great prof. Very interesting and fun. He reminded me of someone's cool uncle. Class was easy and enjoyable, and all the tests are based on lectures and readings. I even enjoyed it at 8 am!

Great Prof, really cool and really interested in what he is teaching he was by far my favourite first year prof. Make sure you go to class and copy the lecture notes, tests are straight from his notes and assigned readings and are quite fair. His final was mostly application of knowledge and examples - know your terms! Highly recommend him! =)

Much better than Dr. Bole, and tests are relatively easy if you study and apply a bit of common sense.

nice guy but really dry course... you can tell he really loves ethnobotany, and unless you have interest in it too DON'T TAKE THIS. make sure you clarify with him and the brutal TA what's expected of you for tests and assignments. come to class to take the notes but bring a crossword (or noose). don't buy the textbook.

good guy. too many pdf handouts. Difficult to understand exactly what the final exam will be like. Says he has confidence in the class, etc. etc. Should give previous exam example just as a guideline but i suspect he uses the same tests every year.

The class is boring/pure memorization for midterm, but after that 75% of classes are virtual field trips which are awesome. He gives you lots of hints for exams. Just wrote my final today and I found it pretty straightforward. I read some comments in here about having to do "detective work" during the final which I found was not the case.

He's an awesome prof, definitely my favourite of first year, but don't expect him to hold your hand through this course. It's a lot of reading at home and taking extra notes to accompany his lectures. Lectures are tons of fun, they're mandatory and honestly I was excited every day to go to this class.

Take notes and pay attention in class is all you need to succeed in exams. He base exams on material covered in class, so it's important to attend 'every' class. For assigned journal readings,only need to skim through and get the general idea. Great professor.

hes a great teacher, very charismatic and his virtual field trips really helps to put everything together. but his exams are very hard! they're much harder than all the other profs, so keep that in mind when you pick his class.

Virtual field trips were awesome but exams were a little difficult. Final was all based on additional readings and guest lectures.

Has a rather monotone voice but has a calm and slow relaxing way of teaching. Notes can get messy at times because he likes to add things in the middle, making it messy, but if you don't mind that then it's okay. Remember to go to classes and take notes!

Professor Hawkes is an awesome teacher and a great guy. He really loves what he does and it shows. Avoid this class if you have a tendency of skipping as the class revolves around note taking - if you skip you will fail, the textbook is never used so learning the material on your own is out.

Fantastic professor, this is what I came to university for. All lectures were based on the current scientific papers, and exams focused on understanding both examples gone over in class, and on being able to form hypotheses based on data. I wish he taught more classes as I would take any and all he offered. Helpful, inspiring, even a sense of humor

Classes were super interesting and midterms were really easy. Final on the other hand was extremely difficult, my mark dropped about 16% because of it. Loved the Prof as a lecturer though.

TAKE ANOTHER PROF IF YOU CAN, super hard midterms and final specially if english is your second language. lecture notes are too shiityyy, you cant relay on them!!!

He's a good lecturer, but his notes are really messy. The first midterm was a joke, but he will absolutely mutilate you on the final exam. This class had the lowest class average out of all of my courses. If bio is not one of your strengths, avoid this prof or you will suffer.

He's a really cool guy, he really knows his stuff, and if you pay attention he slips funny stories in for you too :)

LOVE his lectures, he definitely makes class interesting. However, his lectures are not very organized. In order to do well in his class, attendance is MANDATORY. His exams are all based on the stuff he covers in class - which are not always in the textbook. In order to be successful in his class, you cannot be lazy!

Very clear about what would be on the midterm, and took care to make sure it was all covered in class.

Fair Prof. Requires some work on your own but if you study his outlines then you will do well.

You have to go to lecture. Writes lecture outlines on the overhead - a lot of the info he goes over and what's on the tests isn't in the text. Still the text readings are mandatory. I really enjoyed the class - there's no work except for midtermsfinals - but the whole thing is on you. He has great stories from a very full life.