I thought he was great. Takes time to really explain material. Would definitely take a class w/ him again. If you go to class, pay attention, study, try to keep up w/ reading, there is no way, seriously, you could not get an easy A in lecture. Exams: fair, about as easy as he could possibly make them, lot of Xtra cred padded in & some curving too

Great guy! Means well but hard to understand.. His entire grading throughout the year is based on three exams which are very easy. Do the study guide he gives you and memorize that; everything on the study guide is on the test

Great Professor, very passionate about the material. Go to class, take notes from the lecture, and don't be a slacker and you will do fine. Highly recommended.

Sit close IF you actually want to hear him! Exams are based off of lecture and review guide, which is very very easy if you study it and GO to lecture. Book and ppts offer extra details that won't be tested on. nonetheless look through the ppts. He is SO nice and passionate, very enjoyable. JUST SIT UP FRONT THOUGH, or you will fall asleep!

Great teacher! I understood him just fine!

He was kind of boring but he gave us study guides and gave us about 6 extra points on every test.

Super easy class if you actually GO and PAY ATTENTION! I got over 100% on every exam. His exams are super easy. There is no attendance, and all powerpoints are put online.

Go to lecture and study from his powerpoints. He doesn't trick anyone on the exams. His exams are easy. Just simple and main contents from the powerpoint. His accent is only a bit hard to understand for the first 2 weeks. After that it's fine. Honestly.

Very knowledgeable, willing to address all questions in a variety of approaches; assignments are applicable and appropriate, with clear expectations. Goal of instructor is obviously to educate, not to grade. Friendly, approachable, challenges students to think differently / apply knowledge, but able to assist those with lesser understanding.

Selvakumar Ramakrishan is great at using visuals to guide you through the class. He's very approachable and has a vast knowledge on the subject. The only issue I had during the class was understanding his thick accent. Best advice: sit close if you wish to understand him easier.

Selva's class is very straight forward. Show up to class, although it is not mandatory, and look over his powerpoints and you will do just fine. He doesn't require all of the extra crap that Petto does, which is nice. Easy boost to your GPA. He does have a thick accent, so if possible, sit up front.

If you ask for help if needed, and pay attention, it shouldnt be a difficult class. Know your material and pass with ease.

He's such a sweet professor! Dr. Selva is very understanding and he makes sure that students understand what he is talking about it. His accent may be kind of hard to understand, but he's such a sweet guy, it's awesome!

Very helpful. Sometimes hardtop understand but knows his stuff. Pretty clear cut on all the stuff you should know. Reviews are almost word for word on tests. Come to class, do your best, you'll do just fine.

He is a very sweet and patient professor! Makes you laugh during lectures and truly cares about his students! Teaches the class very well and makes it clear what is on his exams! He does have an accent but I was able to understand him very well still. He is always available to help students and gives plenty of hints about his exams during lectures.

He is a funny little guy. Hard to understand but if you ask to meet with him during his office hours or make an appointment with him, he is pretty flexible. He seems to have a lot of knowledge about the subject!

Lectures are long, but helpful for knowing what exactly will be on the test. Usually reads straight from powerpoint, but it was all on D2L so it was easy to catch up and know what the topics were for that day. Very helpful when asking questions and really does care about his students.

Loved Selva. Anatomy is hard, so this isn't an easy class but I would pick him over Petto ANY DAY. He dropped all of our case studies for the semester so we didn't have to do them and gave us an extra 5% to our grade. Love love love him! In general, his lectures are long but he's helpful and is willing to go out of his way to help any student.

Cares about his students and what he teaches. Wants students to do well in the class , but the material will take your own time and work to learn too.

I loved taking Selva, his lecture was way easier than the lab portion of this class. I scored over 100 on every exam and did the case studies , which ended up being extra credit when he decided not to count it for credit. Read over his powerpoints from lecture, go to his reviews and finish the study guide he gives. You will do well if you study!

Selva is such a nice teacher. At times can be hard to understand but he is so passionate about his teaching. If you feel you tried your very best and you talk to him, he will add extra points to your exam.

Selva was at times difficult to understand, but as long as you attend class you'll be fine. DON'T BUY TEXTBOOK, he only tests on things he teaches in lecture so take notes. Everything on his study guides will be on the exams. I made notecards based on every study guide and easily received an A on each exam.

Selva was very approachable & seemed to really want us all to pass. He offered extra credit on the exams & our TA for lab was way harder than he was. As long as you go to lectures & study his reviews than you should be fine! He reviewed straight from a copy of the exam so those of us that went to the review easily got an A. Don't read the book!

Use the study guides, they help and will be a good summary for the 2nd half of the class, 152. He provides great examples, goes over material several times and relates it to the rest of what we learned. Will work one on one or with small group in office to cover extra material as needed. Very caring and passionate about biology and it shows.

Selva has good intentions as a professor, but I found his lectures very all over the place. He's very passionate about what he teaches and goes off into tangents a lot. We didn't have a lot of bio majors in class so he went a little easy on us. He wanted us to pass and enjoy the class. It's not his fault I hate biology but had to take it for credit

Had an amazing time this semester with Prof. Selva. Was very open to any questions students had related to biology, whether it was on topic or not (as long as it did not interfere with lecture). Lab was much more interactive than lecture, which I enjoyed. Would take another course by his.

Literally loved Selva. Exams were easy (can have a cheat sheet of any size), he gives "pop quizzes" during lecture but gives you all the answers and the quiz questions end up later in the exams- so go to class! Lab was easy and there is extra credit worth 5% points in lecture and some in lab that can really boost your grade!

One of the best prof. I've ever had.

The topic of the class was human genetics. The class itself was kind of a joke, but it is clear that he is very knowledgeable and passionate about genetics. Most of the class was just lecture and nothing else, but if you're really into genetics you'll find the class interesting!

Dr. Selva is a great way to get rid of a natural science w/ lab GER requirement. Class expectations are clear, lectures are kind of boring but YOU need to attend them in order to do well. I recommend this class to everyone because it is easy and interesting. Selva is generous with extra credit and gives all the answers to in class quizzes

Attendance is not mandatory but around Nov. he starts to give out random pop quizzes in class without any notice and he gives all the answers! he also let you use a cheat sheet on the exams, which he gives a study guide to with most of the exam answers! overall a decent teacher!

He is very knowledgeable and makes the class very relevant to today's world. However, he made his 103 level course painfully easy. All of the exams were open book and the lab was also easy. If you don't want a difficult science course and need an easy A, Take this course.

His lectures are a bit rambly and loose. His powerpoints contained only images (which without attending his lecture become useless). BUT his study guides contain all the material you need to know on the exam (NO surprises). The guy cares more about students than grades (he said this himself). I've had him twice, and both times he's been great. 5/5

His lecture might be boring, but you will miss important points if you skip, so dont skip class. I got A even though I am from S Korea. As I am an international student I felt I have to work harder than others. If you do work hard, you can get A

He is really nice professor. I took his class twich Bio102 and 103. Since he teaches more than 4 courses every semester, he is always busy and might not respond your email. However, he gives office hours after class. His exam is mostly from powerpoints and reviews.

Good professor, doesn't give out any homework but does stray from lectures a bit. Would recommend for an easy 3 credit lecture for bio. Doesn't take attendance but there are a few random pop quizzes. Exams are pretty laid back; multiple choice and sometimes the last two questions on the exam will ask how'd you like the course and rate it (USUALLY)

Lectures may be a bit on the boring side but he is so passionate about certain topics that it's hard not to love his love for the field. He's like a kid in a candy store when he gets to lecture - wants to share so much info with students and truly cares about them. He wants his student to succeed AND learn! It's so refreshing.

Selva is an amazing professor, he genuinely cares about his students. He is passionate, so he can sometimes get carried away with talking about something, but overall he is good at teaching the material. He also gives 3 extra points after every exam. He is by far my favorite biology professor, I highly recommend him!

Selva is the man when it comes to Biology!! He clearly knows what he's teaching and any student who has him, including myself at the moment, can say how top-notch of an educator he is, if not one of the best at UWM. Not only that, he always gives out extra credit points after the exams that aren't even difficult, just study! I would take him again!

I very much enjoyed this class thanks to Selva! This class was lecture heavy, but the 3 extra credit points given for every exam made it easy to get a passing grade. Although he may go on tangents during lectures, I respect Selva's knowledge and passion about biology. As a bio major, I hope to have him as a professor again in the future!

Basically no one went to lecture bc exams were online and could be easily found by through the review he posts. Got only 100s on exams, but lab was a different story. It was hard for no reason. Studying for lab quizzes felt like studying for actual exams, so be sure to memorize a lot. The lab practical was fine if you understood everything though.

the exams weren't bad at all. even the lab quizzes weren't extremely difficult. The professor cares about what he's teaching so it made learning even more fun. We switched professors after the third exam and the other professor was good as well. The lab practical though, goodness, make sure to study efficiently for that.

Food, Community, and Neuroscience is a valuable course. I would add that although Professor Selvakumar is kind, his grading is very subjective, which happens quite often in academics but should not.

He explains stuff very thoroughly, if you pay attention and straight up just write down every word he says you'll do good. Everything on the exam was 100% fully talked about in class. Also in lecture he will straight up say 'exam question' and give the answer it was always that exact question and answer on the exam.

While lectures aren't required by this professor, I still go as I find them to be supplemental enough to get through the course easily without having to read the textbook so far.

Struggled with lectures bc I had no background in biology, but I survived. The study guides saved me, but were only given near exam times. Very lenient with exams which I'm thankful for. Answers questions thoughtfully, but sometimes goes off topic. Goes off topic during lecture sometimes too. Otherwise, he's very knowledgeable & nice.

I love this man. He is so passionate about the subject he teaches and you can tell he really cares about us. He does go off on tangents, but he gives out study guides that are very straightforward and prepare you for the exam. All exams are online and fairly easy. I would definitely retake him.

He went over the time limit several times, not that I particularly minded, but it can get old pretty fast. He shows genuine interest in the things he's teaching, so that's always a positive.

Very passionate about his teaching, it's clear that he loves biology. It's sometimes hard to understand his accent but, but I sat in the middle and I could hear him perfectly fine volume wise. I never really payed attention to the lectures, and honestly attendance isn't really required. The textbook was pretty interesting.

Selva is one of the better professors I've had at UWM. I enjoyed his lectures and I felt like I learned a lot in his class. Very passionate about teaching so huge bonus there. It did take me a week or two to get used to his accent but after that I felt I could understand his lectures just fine.

It could almost have been an online class with all the lecture slides and exams being on Canvas (even the final). It was super easy lecture-wise, but labs were slightly more difficult. Couldn't really understand his accent that much. I also missed most of my lectures, but I never felt too stressed about it.

He cares about his students and you can tell. He is friendly and always willing to have a conversation about anything. Would recommend