I took this Professor based on her ratings and I can say that I made the WRONG decision. She assigns a ridiculous amount of work, quizzes that are extremely hard because you're supposed to teach yourself before. Furthermore, she acts like this is the only class you are taking and assigns work every night. She's not accomodating, take a diff prof.

Very blunt with answers, not willing to listen/understand students' concerns. Has you do (basically) daily quizzes before every lecture. You're teaching yourself and are expected to do readings from textbook to understand material. If it wasn't my last quarter, I would be lost. Supposedly good lab prof for 104L, but sucks at lecturing basics

3 unit class? Nah, more like 5 units with the way she teaches, we're forced to self teach ourselves, and over the course of 3 weeks we were quizzed on 300 pages of reading, clicker qs, hard midterm. Take a different professor, unless this is the only class you're taking this quarter.

Rude and extremely unfair with grading. Over 20 pages of reading (from a dense science textbook) per lecture, along with a pre-lecture quiz, reading beforehand doesn't even help. Not clear with what she expects students to study for midterms. Headstrong, narrow-minded prof that gives ambiguous quizzes with multiple correct answers but only takes 1

do not take her. I never write reviews ever and I highly recommend that you DO NOT TAKE HER! so much work, you basically have to teach the content to yourself from scratch. she depends toooooooo much on reading. worst decision I made.

Created a rate my professors account just to warn others not to take Martin. Nice lady, but one of the worst professors I have ever taken. Whole class is self taught, she does not prepare you well for quizzes or midterms. Unreal expectations, I would avoid at all costs.

The worst professor I have ever taken in my life. She acts nice but in reality she is the worst teacher ever. She does not know how to teach, so she makes you self teach. Then she quizzes/tests you on these concepts you wouldn't know until grad level. Her volunteer tutors do not know what they're talking about and gave me wrong info on the midterm!

She's the worst & makes the subject unapproachable. The material she covers in class barely touches the level of understanding she expects on exams. She assigns reading from a flawed textbook that doesn't always present material clearly. This classroom environment only instills fear of failing and is not conducive to learning. Avoid her if you can!

I used to love microbiology. After taking this class, I hate microbiology with a passion. Very difficult professor to cooperate with.

A professor that, on paper, is the one that you'd want to have. She podcasts, records, and uses piazza. However, the class is entirely dependent on reading, the lectures don't help at all, and she is insistent on group learning and participation. Clicker questions make no sense and are extremely unhelpful. Absolutely hate micro because of her.

In my 3 years here, this professor has been my least favorite. Insane amount of reading and expectations for students with other classes, activities, and families to take care of. All quiz and test questions are extremely tricky, and if there are any ambiguous answers that could be right, she only accepts what she thinks is right. Do not take her.

What a waste of a good subject. Beware her class has no direction- a lot of information with a "banking style" learning system- she thinks mandatory clicker questions equals learning- wtf? Tries to micromanage individuals learning styles to mimic perhaps her own (or someone elses') no room to utilize own style- esp w no direction in lessons or cla

Easily the worst professor on campus. she cares more about her research than actually teaching kids, she also cancels office hours because she wanted to ref soccer games for extra cash? Then she gets annoyed when you dont put "work" into the class, she doesnt teach, all self taught, take someone else.

There's so much reading and even I read them, I do not know how to do the quizzes. She's just so tough and goes through so much information in each lecture. Besides, she speaks really fast and not very clear. She just doesn't know how to make things clearer. She assumes that every student has fully understood what's in the textbook.

Micro is already a difficult class on its own, but I had the hardest time learning from Dr Martin. The book was not very good whatsoever. Practice exams were much easier than actual exam, which were rushed since we also had to take a group exam. The class is not curved; definitely had mental breakdowns over this class. Don't recommend.

Acts kind and enthusiastic, but if you actually try to talk to her youll find out she is rude and demeaning. Some of her comments were personal and hurtful. In addition she is a really hard grader and unclear about assignment criteria.

Worst Professor ever. Never make things clear. What we read in the textbook, learned in the lecture and worksheets is one thing and what's in her test is another.

Her notes are not useful at all. She gives too many readings and there's no way to know what to focus on for the exam. Unnecessarily hard class with super unclear explanations. Her lectures are boring and monotonous as well.

You'll have to read A LOT. Readings have to be done before lecture. Pre-lecture quizzes, clicker questions, individual(85%) and group exams(15% of your grade), worksheets, boring lectures, & NO CURVE sums up this class. Highly avoid if you can. She needs to understand not everyone is a microbio major & this is INTRO to mic. AVOID and save your GPA!

I was excited to take MIC but bad experience with her. Why do they even pay her? She does clicker questions so people won't skip class. She also has a stuffed bacteria toy that she throws around the class and whoever catches it has to answer the question. You can't fall behind at all if you want to pass. Basically memorize the book and pass. (:

The worst professor Ive had at UC Davis by FAR. Expects student to know way too much specific info for an intro course. Tests are super tricky and assigns about 60 pages of reading every week. Do yourself and your gpa a favor and dont take her.

Do NOT take this prof! This is a 3 unit class but the workload is equivalent to 5 units. On top of that this is supposed to be an INTRO class but the material she teaches is way too in depth. She doesn't prepare you for exams/worksheets. OH, and there are 2 quizzes every week which are impossible to get a good score on. Don't waste your time w/ her

By far one of the worst professors you will take in your life. Period. I regret taking this class. If you want to go to medical school, save your GPA and don't even think about taking this course with her. Not even in your dream.

Lectures do not equal the exams. Assigns more than 30 pages to read per night. Textbook exams I wish I could go back in time and never show up to class, never take notes in lecture, and just focus on the book.

She is the WORST you will ever encounter. If you do end up taking this class, take it for P/NP. Otherwise take this course with a different professor. She will murder your GPA. I mean it

Pro: You can tell she really loves to teach and provides students with a lot of resources on topics she's lecturing on. Con: She literally treats you like a child. Doesn't take into account the fact that not everyone in the class learns material the same. The class consisted of nothing but busy work. Please do yourself a favor, take someone else

this is not an intro class. you are required to understand/remember the whole textbook. lecture notes are pointless. her exam questions are very complex and require much more time to do than given since its a 2 part exam. she wont tell you to know specific microbes but they will be on the exams as if you're an expert. NO CURVE so be prepared.

The heavily weighed exams are extremely difficult and you don't get enough time. The online quizzes, 3 worksheets, and a plethora of other weekly assignments will make you work your ass off, even though they make up a small percentage of the grade. Btw she loves tedious assignments. Make a document of study questions to prep for exams.

If you aren't experienced with upper div bio classes, avoid her. Students who found this class doable had already taken the upper div bio classes & she teaches as if you already have that sort of background knowledge. Group exam score & extra credit saved my grade in the class. She's also super stingy with points. Tons of reading doesn't help.

Too much material with no emphasis. There are 8-14 study questions for chapter and 17 ch's total, 3 worksheets on material she did no teach, readings (30+ pages) before each lecture on hard quizzes, the exams are tricky and do not cover what you learn in lecture or slides, lectures are heavy and dry (no emphasis), hard grader and picky. GET OUT!

As someone who is not a bio major, this class was unnecessarily hard in my opinion. Prof. Martin skips right over topics without going into detail, or breaking the info into simpler terms. I can read a book on my own, I attend class so a teacher can make the info more understandable. She does NOT do that. Tests on complex concepts.

Contradicts textbook frequently during her heavily weighted exams and quizzes. Gets offended easily. Avoid.

Online due to COVID-19 She gives 2 weekly quizzes on the material of each lecture that is ABOUT TO take place, so she expects you to read ahead and magically understand it. Doesn't teach, relies on textbook. About 20-30% of every question she writes are deliberate trick questions. Unforgiving and she gets defensive if you challenge her grading.

She keeps changing everything over the quarter. It was a disaster each time she changes something. Even though I build up A grade, each time she says anything can destroy it. I recommend you to take this class with other professors. My friend took it with the other one and said this class is easy. Be nice to yourself and not to take this pro.

Please avoid this professor. She does not have logic when providing the lecture. The lecture is boring and you can't determine which concept is more important. I only learn things from readings, quizzes and midterms... You can definitely study without this professor. The exam is hard and the rubric is ridiculous. Be nice to yourself.

Pre-quizs, worksheets and midterms are disasters. A lot of readings you need to read before the quiz, but you still do not know the correct answer. Each problem she gave is unclear, like you can do this way or that way, all seems to work, but no credits. Worksheets and midterms are all short answers, and seldom of answer comes from the textbook.

All she does is show pictures during the lecture and barely go over any important concepts. The quiz and midterm questions are extremely difficult, even when having done all the reading and watched all lectures. On top of that, she docks points for so many little things with little partial credit. Save yourself and don't take this class with her.

I thought they were very nice to students, but the lack of sincerity and realism when writing exams versus actually relaying that information in the lecture was ridiculous. Considering this was remote, it made matter matters even worse and her grading was so particular and required meticulous details for .5 pts on a 50pt worksheet/exam!

Since it is COVID, however I feel like we have to self-teach ourself by reading the textbook. In the lecture, the professor just densely self introduce the material and then it become more of a conversation class. The quiz are hard and the test are hard. Best to avoid her if you are ready to read the textbook and self teach yourself.

Not a good teacher. Lectures do not prepare you for exams. You have to teach yourself the material. Reading the textbook is the only way to succeed. Information you learn in class does not fulfill requirements needed for exams. Exams and assignments are graded to very specific detail, which is not presented clearly in lecture.

Never take her

The quizzes were heavily tested on the book, but her exams neither followed the book nor her lectures! The lectures were ok but the information was so superficial that it made them useless. The structure of the exam is horrendous. There are many questions on content that we never came across in class. Just don't take this class!

Exam and worksheet questions were hard to decipher and had extreme detail to them to the point where you always have to memorize for exams. Does not drop anything but has these rescue points that no one understood what was going on with them. Lectures were boring where people only attended due to the clicker points that counted for the grades.

If you're looking to learn microbiology, look somewhere else. I went to every single class section and did not learn a thing from them. The only thing I learned was through spending hours and hours reading and taking notes on the textbook. Her worksheets and tests are poorly worded and confusing and she is not accommodating or understanding.

So much material. The tests were very difficult, and require a mastery of the material -> always analysis and figuring things out. Also weird tests with half of the time working in a group of 4, your grade essentially depends on how lucky you get choosing your partners.