I loved this prof for intro biology. Lectures had a lot of useful info. Encourages asking questions. She teaches her own discussions which is really cool and unheard of. Always willing to help students succeed. Would take again.

I loved her class. She gives a decent amount of extra credit. Make sure to go to class because she uses iClickers. Reading should be done outside of class to get an A.

The amount of content is immense, exams are difficult and primarily true/false questions with wording designed to trip you up, but definitely not an impossible class. Confusing at times but very approachable and willing to explain. She gives a ton of extra credit and really is a very sweet lady who genuinely wants to see her students succeed.

My absolute favorite class this semester. Rosa is a very kind person, easy to talk to, and extremely helpful during office hours. I specifically signed up for her section in Bio 153 next semester. The class covers a lot, and exams are difficult if you don't show up or pay attention in class. She gives a lot of extra credit.

Lovely prof, she really cares about you and wants you to succeed. Sometimes she is hard to understand but makes up for it though her patience in explaining even a simple topic. I would definitely recommend reading along in the textbook.

Her online quizzes are tough even though you read books and know what the chapters cover. Definitely not an easy A class.

I have previously had her for Bio 151. I signed up for her lab this semester and I have found it to be extremely interesting and well run. She is very enthusiastic and willing to help you if your mess up. Her grading is fair. She is approachable in office hours. I feel im learning a lot more than I would if the lab was run by a TA alone.

Had her for Bio153 lab (and 151 previously). She is an amazing and extremely caring professor who obviously has a very deep love for biology and teaching. She is a tough grader but very forgiving, and is always willing to help when you get stuck or confused. Study for the pre lab quizzes, show up (obviously) and do your reports to get an A.

Tests can be challenging, but the lectures cover everything you need to know, and there is a lot of really helpful supplemental material given and extra credit throughout the class, which is helpful! Dr. M is really caring and accessible outside of class as well and tries to make the class fair for everyone.

Her BIO283 Genetics class was pretty good. The exams are pretty tough if you do not study. This class is definitely not an easy A class. However, extra credits are capable to boost up your grades. As you skim the part that she will cover in the lecture and then shortly review what she has covered in lectures, you will get an A easily.

Awesome prof. she really cares about her students and takes a personal interest in talking to everyone during discussion. The class requires work put in, but it's not impossible. Definitely recommend.

Rosa is an awesome professor. She really cares to make sure that you understand the material and has great, informative lectures. Her office hours are very convenient and helpful. Her exams are great and similar to the lectures and discussions. She is also lenient with grading on exams as well. She's overall a sweet person and great for BIO151.

This woman cares so much about her student's' success. She does everything she can to help comprehension of topics whether through office hours, review sessions, or videos. She really keeps you engaged through discussion. She lets you pick up old quizzes/exams and go over them with her even with 250 people in a lecture. She's also great to talk to.

Rosa is such a sweet, smart, and caring professor. She truly wants everyone to be able to understand biology. She came to every discussion session along with the TA, which goes to show she's dedicated to getting to know her students. There is a lot of information to know, but if you take good notes and review lectures the exams are very fair

Moscarella is incredible. She cares about each of her students and is at every single discussion. She would come to lecture knowing students name and if someone raised their hand 9 times out of 10 she would be able to pick them by name. The content is not easy, and she has an accent but she is understanding of that and more than willing to help you

Prof Moscarella is one on the most caring professors you will ever meet. She is easily accessible outside of class and will take as much time as you need explaining the material to you. Her exams are straightforward and there are lots of other factors to your grade like weekly quizzes and problem sets that help your grade. 11/10 would recommend.

Nice professor who really cares about her students. Her tests are tough but fair. She is always looking to improve and really nice.

She is super nice & is a caring woman. Her lectures require you to be auditory (most of the info she gives you is in what she says, not what is written on slides). With this being said, all lectures are recorded so you can go back. She genuinely cares about her student's success. There are a lot of small assignments that boost your grade.

Prof Moscarella truly cares about her students, shes accessible and this class comes with copious amounts of resources to succeed. That being said, this is a very work heavy and time consuming class. Not an easy A, you really have to put in work and stay on top of a lot of assignments

Bio283 is far from easy regardless of who you have. That being said, there was a LOT of work to do, which I liked because it made grade fluctuations less drastic. Plenty of EC opportunities, and I think she did a great job making the class accessible to all students. Dr. Moscarella really cares and is very approachable and wants you to succeed!

Professsor Moscarella is one of the best professors I've had so far. Genetics is not an easy topic, but she makes it understandable and straightforward. Pay attention in lecture for sure; the textbook is also helpful. She is super helpful and sweet outside of class and easy to access w/ office hours and emails.

Rosa is a really caring professor and always tries to accommodate her students. Unfortunately, her online class is pretty hectic with a lot going on. I feel as though I have to teach everything to myself.

She is such a great person. Her tests are very hard though - if you studied, think twice. There tends to be a lot of work during the week. The discussion section is fun though, and there are TA's everywhere willing to help. Overall, she is great and I have truly learned a lot from her. **Does not believe in makeup exams but will give out EC once!

Like everyone else says, she 100% cares about her students. This course, taken online (bc pandemic) was very heavy. The lectures are long & dense (and there's 5-6 every week), but can be enjoyable if you take time to review her slides prior to watching lectures. She's gives extra credit to boost grades too!

Rosa is amazing, shes so nice! I recommend reading the textbook on top of watching her lectures, it just helps you learn the content in another way. Her work load is heavy, but I feel like thats fair considering its an introductory biology class and theres so much to learn. Her exams are fair; challenging, but if you study, you will be ok!

Dr. Moscarella cares about you. She is happy to explain tough topics over and over until you really understand them. She is very sweet and caring. She doesn't want you to fail, often giving extra credit and flexibility. Her class is manageable, but don't be fooled, bio is super hard in general. Fortunately, her exams are pretty straightforward.

Love Rosa! Wasn't easy but well worth it. She is kind and explains content well. Had no trouble understanding her accent, but ppl do. She wants you to do well but makes you work. I enjoyed the class so much I may take genetics with her. Used Launchpad for HW and txt book, which you unfortunately have to buy. The animations are very helpful.

She gives a lot of work to do but its not busy work its actually helpful and prepares for you the exam. Just do the assignments and youll be all set

Professor Moscarella truly cares for the material she is presenting and the students she teaches to. Her genetics class is very challenging (for example), but as you move into upper level courses (like Mammalogy) with her, it becomes clear what deep passion she has for biology; this is very clear within her lectures and communication with students

Prof. Moscarella is an amazing professor. She is so organized (I took her class when it was online due to covid so this was very important), very informative, & extremely accessible outside of class. She is extremely informed, respectful and progressive in her views on gender vs. sex, which is a crucial in a genetics class.

Love her

Genetics can be a difficult subject, but Dr. Rosa wants her students to do well. She will explain anything that doesn't make sense, including at office hours. If you go she gives amazing 1 on 1 help. She is overall a kind woman and just cares about her students. You can tell she wants you to do well even if you aren't the best student. Hard exams.

Easiest 300 level class ever. Rosa is the nicest lady I've ever met and the amount of extra credit is borderline absurd. She really wants every student in her class to succeed.

Prof. Moscarella is a caring person. Her lectures are worth going to but she tends to go over things very quickly. The launchpad textbook is best read before her class and assignments are due every week. Definitely go to SI sessions and reviews if you can!

AMAZING. You can tell she is so interested in her field. She explains concepts well and will clarify if students are confused. Online textbook access has to be purchased in order to do the homework, which is a chapter a week.

I love Rosa. This class is by no means easy, but if you are willing to put in the work this class is really fun. She genuinely cares about her students (once emailed me back at her daughters recital). Her lectures go quickly, so be prepared to refresh material outside of class. Shes super funny and genuinely a good person. Highly recommend.

Bio311 is a middle of the road class. I honestly did not go to lectures and still got an A. There's a lot of online homework which isn't super useful but it adds a lot of points to your grade for just clicking through it. Take this class with a friend and you will be fine. and do the SI worksheets they're a life saver. scales exams

She explains things really well, is passionate about bio, and really cares about students understanding material. It's a difficult class but if you use the materials, SI sessions, and pay attention in class, you'll do well and learn A LOT.

Emails reminders and gives extensions w/o you asking if you are missing work. Super interactive. Does activities in class and provides "busy work" for outside class (which is a pain but overall needed if you want to learn). Super approachable and caring. Will accommodate and emphasizes her desire for each student to learn to their best ability.

I had Prof. Moscarella for both Intro Biology and Genetics and I can confidently say that she is super nice. She is accessible outside class hours, helps explain concepts, and often gives extensions for work if you ask her for it. She does not give extra credit, which is a bit annoying, but her reasoning behind it is more than fair.

Rosa's lectures are kind of all over the place which was intimidating at the start but her exams are very straightforward. Known the basics and you will do great on exams. She is very generous with extensions and gives a lot of extra credit opportunities on the homework and problem sets.

Rosa is probably the most friendly and lenient teachers in the biology department. Although her classes were not mandatory, she gave enough material to study outside of class so that we do not fall behind. She was always willing to help and her TAs were very informative during review sessions. Probably one of the best classes I've been in.

Prof. Moscarella is one of the sweetest profs I've ever had. She's also kind ab extensions. You can tell she's super passionate ab genetics and it really translates to lectures, which made me enjoy the subject too. Her tests are VERY FAIR. If you watch the lectures, go to SI exam review, and study for a couple hours at most you will do just fine:)

She is really so sweet and cares about her students, she just wants everyone to succeed and is very encouraging. She has an accent, sometimes she can be hard to understand but its easy to rewatch lectures to make sure you are caught up on the main ideas. She makes genetics interesting. All HW on quizlet, go to 1 SI review and set for exams

Genetics is a fun class and Rosa is very passionate about it. There are lots of extra credit opportunities. Homework is not bad but exams are definitely hard so study. Rosa goes over weekly quizzes and takes some questions off the grade if she sees they were too difficult.

Rosa is a great professor that genuinely cares about her students. As a student who took AP Biology in high school, this course was a breeze and was mainly a review of the topics learned in AP Biology. Her exams are extremely fair if you study straight from the lecture slides.

Rosa moves very quickly in class and her tests counts for 50% of your total grade. Just go to the weekly SI sessions and tutoring before the exams and you will get an A in the class for sure. Lectures are really long and hard to pay attention in as there is so much material.

Dr. Moscarella is animated and passionate but she moves very quickly. You'll have to spend a good amount of time outside of class digesting the dense lectures. She is very willing to help students out and extend deadlines when you reach out. Going to SI and exam reviews will be a lifesaver.

Rosa is very passionate about teaching. She wants you to understand the concepts, no specific memorization is required. Each weekend there is a decent amount of homework, but it definitely helps reinforce concepts that were covered in lecture.

I had Professor Moscarella for two classes and both times her lectures were so easy to understand and really interesting. The moodle page is well organized so you always know what is due and the work you should be doing to do well in the class. She's really caring and great overall!

One of the nicest professors I've ever had; genuinely cares about the subject and students. Might talk a bit fast sometimes but she's aware of it and will slow down if asked. Attendance is taken via iClicker questions, exams (2 midterms, 1 final) only include what was learned in lecture, homework was manageable, gives extra credit and extentions.

Genuinely caring professor willing to put in the effort to help students learn. As an example, this semester she discounted homework questions that the vast majority of the class got wrong. Really fair grader, and the lectures were super super well organized and made learning easy. She's good at explaining concepts and I feel like I learned a lot.

She's great and BIO 151 is very very very easy with her. She gives free points on tests which make impossible to do poorly given you have functioning brain. Lectures can be a little boring but that can be said about any class. Overall, amazing teacher.

Professor Moscarella is not for everyone. She speaks really fast and her exam questions can be difficult to decipher. However, she provides a multitude of extra credit opportunities and seeing her in office hours helps. Compared to other professors, she teaches 2x the Biology 151 material. If your passion is Biology, I highly recommend Moscarella.

Make sure to pay a lot of attention in class, and there is a lot of information to take in for exams. I suggest reviewing after every class, and sometimes she talks fast and you don't have much time to take notes during lectures. She is very nice and friendly, but exams are a little difficult.

Prof. Moscarella is great! She is very caring, approachable, and passionate about what she teaches! Plenty of opportunities to exceed in the class; she is accessible, gives quite a bit of extra credit, and assigns several assignments outside of exams (weekly HW/quizzes, problems sets, paper). If you actually want to learn about genetics, take her!

do all the iclicker questions and homework, and use the study guides she gives you, and ull get an A

She understands students and grants extensions if needed! Participation is required (and checked through iClicker)! It's important as it helps with exams. Exams aren't too bad as she gives practice exams (and SI and TAs hold review sessions)! Diagrams are given in exams! Homework helps practice concepts and review for exams! (Not too much hw)!

Course was very difficult but she made it bearable. She granted extensions if needed, was incredibly nice and interactive during her lectures despite the Size, and her exams were actually direct questions, easy to study for and included diagrams to help understanding.

Loved her she's so sweet. Three exams and uses iclicker in class for attendance and worth a couple of points. Finals online but monitored, replaces your lowest midterm if its better. Weekly discussions that are basically grade booster, lots of HW. Gives a lot of recourses do up your grade and get help.

Rosa is a really sweet person and she clearly cares about how students perform in the course. The exams are not that bad and there is a ton of ways to earn credit in the class. She does go through slides really fast but the material really isn't that hard. I would recommend taking her course.

This class is tough because there is a ton of information and assignments but I learned more than I have in any other class at UMass. I also could've gotten a better grade but I slacked off because it's my last semester. I definitely liked the lab more than the lectures but the class was great overall. Rosa really enjoys teaching the material!

Rosa is a very caring professor. She is dedicated to supporting her students throughout the semester and doesn't just teach to an exam. Rosa is concerned about her students fully comprehending the material and their ability to apply the information in real-world situations. I appreciate the level of difficulty in her lectures.

Love Rosa! She certainly cares about her students and the class was very easy to follow as someone with no biology background. There were many homework assignments, but they have multiple attempts and were overall not too time consuming. Tests weren't bad at all. She structures the class around student's success

I love her so much, she is definitely one of my favorite professors.

Professor Moscarella is really kind. I loved attending her lectures because they were always incredibly interesting. Having taken AP Bio, I found it easy to follow along with her lectures-- others thought she went through material too quickly. There were many assignments scattered between canvas and achive which were hard for me to keep track of.

Took BIOL521 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Lab, not 548. One of the most challenging classes I've taken. You will need to put in the effort and many hours outside class/lab in order to get a good grade. Lab exams consists of you being able to identify and know the function of up to 30+ muscles and bones. Not for the feint of heart but worth it!!

Professor Moscarella's class is no easy feat, but with dedication and the right study tools like unstuck ai, you can succeed. Attendance is a must, but the exams, while challenging, are fair if you put in the work. Highly recommended for biology enthusiasts.

The textbook is your best friend for this class. Most of the curriculum for this course is microbio so while lectures are helpful it is too much info to grasp in class, this class is a lot of work outside class but if you study you'll be fine. If you keep up with the class the assignments she gives are actually really helpful. Very understanding.

She's a nice professor, but sometimes lectures are hard to follow. There is a lot of online homework that feels like busy work half the time. I thought it was an easy class though.

Amazing prof that really cares about students! Lectures are good, and the supplemental readings really help when completing the homeworks and quizzes. Exams are MC and open response, but she helps you prepare and there's extra credit. The workload is not bad for this course and she is great with answering questions

Excellent class

She is extremely kind and helpful, but I would look into other professors. Moscarella assigned more work and harder tests than most other Bio 151 classes. It's a lot of unnecessary work when you can get the same information and credits somewhere else. However, I did learn a lot and would take her class again if I had a light schedule.

Very nice professor! She uses a online learning website called codon which you have to pay for, but no textbook. Pay attention in lecture, ask your discussion TA questions. The codon work is usually harder than actual exams so do not freak out when the codon practice test is super confusing.

Lots of homework but exams are much easier than the homework. LOTS of optional extra credit, you'll be doing yourself a HUGE favor if you just do it and get your work done on time. She's really sweet and understanding. If you go to lecture and do your work, you'll do fine!

Dr. Moscarella is such a sweetheart, she really cares for her students. Lots of extra credit was given. We did homework on Codon Learning, which was harder than actual exams and not entirely helpful. Lots of prep for exams. Her lecture slides were a little hard to follow. If you show up, and *genuinely* put in effort, you'll be just fine!

Professor Moscarella was a great teacher and is an extraordinarily kind person. Even without much bio experience, it's very much possible to do well by paying attention in lectures (a must) and doing all the homework and discussion packets. The material is not too difficult but there is a lot of it.