He complicates this course. The questions on tests do not follow the study guides. It is best to read and take notes from the book, rather than try to memorize the study guides. It is nearly impossible to take notes from the lectures, because there are a lot of details that he covers too quickly. He just uses pictures from the book.

If you like biology do not take him! He's is making general biology much harder than usual. all of his exams are difficult because he expects you to really analyze the questions. the study guides and questions on the launchpad that goes with the book will only help you study a little bit but other than that, you really have to drill the material.

No a very good teacher. Would be an excellent lab teacher. Almost seems like he is too smart for his own good! The amount of people in class on test days are twice the amount in class on regular days. Id say its because the classes are not very helpful. Overall he is a very nice guy though.

Dr. Littlefield is not even close to being an educator. It's frustrating to pay money for a class and have someone as clueless as he is attempting to teach. He is definitely knowledgable about cell bio, but being knowledgable about a subject doesn't qualify one to teach that subject. Avoid this professor unless you enjoy teaching yourself.

AVIOD AT ALL COSTS. This is the worst professor I have ever had. He is too smart for his own good and the only grades are quizzes, which sucks. I would rather die than take his class again.

He is an okay teacher but he can not teach at all. I mean he can teach but he does it in such a way that you think he is talking to an esteemed high tech professor. I may be best not to take him

I will never take Professor Littlefield again. DO NOT DO THIS TO YOURSELF. He isn't good at explaining the material and his tests are impossible.

If you take him for biology lab, his quizzes are extremely hard!

Nothing on his tests are on the study guides! He tells you to study from one thing and then puts the complete opposite on the test. I barely made it out alive and I studied so hard! Do yourself a favor and avoid at all costs. He is a nice guy but if you dont want to kill GPA dont take him.

Littlefield is one of the worst teachers Ive ever had. He takes labs way to seriously. The quizzes are almost impossible, and his lectures are so vague that it is hard to comprehend what is going on. DO. NOT. TAKE. HIM. EVER.

Dr. Littlefield is an extremely intelligent man who is a good guy outside of class. This will be the hardest class you will ever take in your life. If you skip class you definitely will not pass.

This class was the hardest class I have taken!! He does not email you back when you need to make up work. His quizzes are nothing like any of his lectures or lab handouts. Do Not take his class!!!

Do not take this class. Dr. Littlefield spends the entire 2 hours and 30 minutes in lab every week, and almost all of that time is spent with him rambling on about things we dont need to know about. Very boring lectures with lots of ums and pauses. I will never take a class with him again.

Don't take this class. His quizzes are impossible. One week the quiz will be based off the powerpoint and the next based off the lab. He gives no heads up as to which will be on the quiz. His questions are way too specific and in depth for a bio lab. He keeps you the entire 2 hours and 30 minutes, which an hour and a half is nothing but lecture.

I would strongly suggest not taking him for lab. His quizzes are extremely tough, one week the information on the quiz is on the lab and the next week its on the lecture and ppt. Zero consistency. Quizzes are the only grade in the class, the lab packets you work hard on don't even get taken up for a grade half the time. Class is always 2 1/2 hours

I would highly recommend NOT taking this course with Dr. Littlefield. He was not very clear in directions and almost everyone in my class received a C or D. He didn't put the grades in until the very last minute. His test are all fill in the blank and very hard. DO NOT take this course with him!!!

Dr. Littlefield is very smart but he is a terrible lab teacher. His quizzes are very difficult, with zero consistency in content. He lectures for about the first hour and a half of class, which means you have a short time to do your lab, and will ALWAYS be in class the full two and half hours. He also takes a really long time to put grades in.

DO NOT TAKE HIM!! AVOID AT ALL COSTS!! He ONLY takes grades from quizzes and they are never consistent. He doesn't care about if his students pass or not and almost always makes us feel stupid for asking questions. He is only gives bonus if you make a 100 on a quiz. Takes up the whole class talking so you have hardly anytime to complete labs.

This is by far one of the hardest courses I have ever taken, and he is not very good at teaching it. He definitely knows his stuff, but he doesn't teach more than reading off of slides. I've never worked so hard for a course in my life. He shouldn't be teaching such a heavy course.

He does not make resources available on a timely basis, especially when it comes to pre-lab quizzes. The quizzes themselves are very inconsistent. In class, he doesnt adequately explain what he expects from your weekly assignments until you've already turned in at least 3. Spends too much time talking, sometimes stopping us from finishing the lab.

Dr. Littlefield is a great person, terrible teacher. I would not recommend him. It's obvious he knows what he is talking about, but he teaches as if we should already know the material. He gives many extra credit opportunities and sometimes gives worksheets in class for extra points, but in the end my grade was not affected significantly.

I have had Dr. Littlefield for 3 classes now (not by choice). He is a HORRIBLE teacher, which is sad because he's a pretty nice person. You will not pass if you study just his powerpoints. You HAVE to read the book!!!! its a must. If you can find a way to take another teacher, do it. He might or might not scale the class. GOOD LUCK

Never in my academic career have I had a professor with much a high failure rate. He is not one to encourage nor is he there to actually make sure his students learn. I worked so hard and could not get ahead along with 73% of the class.

Dr. Littlefield is a nice person, but a horrible teacher. I do NOT recommend his class. His grading is inconsistent and he grades EXTREMELY hard on lab reports. If you miss a class you will not be allowed to make up the lab or turn in a lab report. He lectures for the majority of the class so completing the lab in time is very difficult.

He knows the information but does not convey it well. Not a great teacher and his test are extremely hard. Take another professor.

Worst class Ive ever had. He tried to cram so much info into 50 min classes and never finished his lectures/powerpoints in time for tests. The info he failed to teach he would tell us just go over this on your own at home because its still going to be on the test. Plan your lectures accordingly man. Never again will I take a class he teaches.

He is a nice person, but not a good instructor. Lectures for most of the lab, grading is not clear, and neither are assignments and their due dates. I love labs but this one is just plain boring. Take another lab instructor if you want to actually enjoy this lab!

this man sucks. he uses analogies to explain everything which makes it even more confusing. he is also very boring and just reads from the slides. it almost seems like he barely knows the subject matter himself.

Dr. Littlefield is really nice but he just is not a good professor. His lectures do not really help at all. I suggest reading each chapter multiple times to succeed as the tests have questions about the tiniest details. Attendance is really only needed on days where he hands out in-class assignments.

I have never met a teacher that cared so little for his students. He seems like a great person but will get mad at you if you say anything negative about the class. I'm taking it hybrid and it is the worst class I have ever taken. So disorganized and never puts grades in. Can't teach to save his life. Read the book and hopefully, you'll pass.

This man made my anxiety rise so high at 8 am I thought I was going to die. He is so unorganized, late and very unprofessional in every single way. I wouldnt want anyone to take him unless you have a death wish. He doesnt communicate at all is very last minute for everything. He doesnt lecture well and is all over the place when he does.

I wouldn't recommend taking this professor to anyone. No matter how hard you try, it wont be good enough even when you are following the rubric that HE provides. He is always cocky and never understanding, he always mocked me or made fun of me . He spends the whole class on tangents talking about information that is not even needed. DO NOT TAKE.

I now understand why this professor's rating is so low. He is not a good professor by any means. He says um after every other word, gives boring lectures, reads straight from the slides, and his exams are difficult. He does not drop any exam and nothing he teaches is on the exam. Do not take this professor.

This teacher is terrible. He would not review before exams. Never answered emails and was overall very bad at his lectures and making the class understandable. Very little grades which made his exams even worse and did not give curves or drop grades. NEVER TAKE HIS CLASS

He would go on long tangents about unrelated or confusing metaphors that made little sense in relation to the topic, would pause or say "um" a lot, skipped over important chapters and expected us to teach ourselves, was late constantly, gave very little homework, no study guides, and only lots of bonuses when the class average was under 50 on exams

I don't know how he makes his exams. I could memorize every slide from every chapter and still make a C on the exam. The only reason I barely got an A is because he gave extra credit. Does not curve exams, is late to every class, does not respond to email, and makes every assignment incredibly difficult. Go to class, there are surprise assignments.

Doesn't teach just reads slides and goes off on irrelevant tangents so we never finish content on time. The exams have nothing to do with the book or what we learn in class, our class never averaged a passing grade on an exam. You don't get to see what you missed on the exams but are told to "reflect" on what you missed. lots of ec for us to pass

He had TA's causing some of our grades from the beginning of the semester were still not put in. His exams had absolutely NOTHING to do with lectures and the averages were all 50% or below. The final was half cumulative, but we never got our previous exams back to see what we missed. He was 30 minutes late to the final and then gave us attitude.

If you have the option to take another professor do it. He is very unorganized in all areas like his lectures and assignments. He was always late and never got through all the material. He was even late for our final and when we got in there had to sit 30 mins for him to print exams out when we should have started already. He was also rude to us.

I did not enjoy this course at all. Dr. Littlefield is a nice person, but I could not keep up with him. He was always late to class and he would always go over class time. His exams were hard, but he thankfully scaled them and gave some bonus and extra credit. Honestly, if it wasn't for the homework and extra credit I would not have passed.

Tests are multiple choice, but questions were worded confusingly, came from one-off mentions in the book, and had little to do with lecture material. He is disorganized, nearly unreachable outside of class, and overall a poor instructor. If you take this course, go to lectures for possible bonuses and study only from the textbook, not his lectures.

cell biology was awful with him - he would lecture but then get off topic or would give us confusing analogies to remember concepts by. tests were multiple choice but with scratch-off, similar to a lottery ticket. there needs to be a different professor to teach cell biology.