Seth Kraner is a mean teacher. Biology 111 is an entry level class and should not be hard, but he makes it hard. He is arrogant and very unhelpful. When he talks he spits on you.

I agree with the first assesment. Mr. Kraner is rude. If you ask him a question he will answer you like you are an idiot. He is an A$$.

I HATED this teacher. he takes what you are supposed to know and makes it harder. he Teaches like we are all biology majors and assumes we all under stand it perfectly. He hands out "notes" which consists of pages typed sentences no bullet points or summaries. Before tests he WILL NOT HELP YOU...he wont slim down any information. HORRIBLE

I am 4.0 honor student and had trouble with this class. He makes things seem harder than they are. Not good at explaining things. I was so close to droping this class but finally pulled off a average grade. Doesnt narrow down any information for the tests. Would not reccoment taking him.very hard. And this is supposed to be a intro class. yea right

He was the worst teacher I ever had. My GPA never dropped below 3.5, and I've been through much difficult biology classes, but taking BIO 174 with him was just horrible, and it screwed my GPA. He claimed that he won't teach that class again because he was very bad at teaching it and I totally don't blame him.

Avoid taking this class with him! I don't know how he is doing with other Bio classes, but taking this class with him was a very bad idea. He had no interest in the material he teaches, and was very mean sometimes!

HE IS THE WORST TEACHER I HAVE EVER HAD. He does not make the class easy AT all. He never uses the book and goes straight off of power points, which never follows along with the notes he gives you. He can never stay on topic, he will talk about the next chapter while on a current chapter and then say we will talk about that later and never does. :(

he is not a easy teacher at all,hes gives to much information,he gives two exams and a comprehensive final,that sucks!!!!

When I'm lecture he basically just reads off of his slides you're gonna have to study harder on your own if you don't learn this way and he's a harsh grader

Don't get my wrong, Mr. Kraner is a nice individual who really cares about what he's teaching. But dear LORD if he is not the most incomprehensible lectuerer I've ever had. He drones on for the entire class period and never checks up with us as to whether we're following or not. As someone who has a hard time focusing, it's a nightmare. Avoid.

He knows biology but he needs to understand that some people are only taking because it's a required course. Very difficult to pass for non biology major. his tests are question answer and diagrams based so I would suggest not to take his class if you are non biology major. very tough grader.

For someone who's taking this class b/c I needed the credit, I don't recommend for people who are science majors. Lots of expectations for an intro class. Required to write two research papers as if working labs isn't enough. He's lecture heavy too.

Every single class was 1hr20min of fill in the blank notes only, & was hard to keep focus. Never kept up with syllabus; quizzes were always modified to remove the 1-2 chapters he never made it to. Tests are somewhat easy, but he gives wayyy too much detail in class. Would be rude if nobody in the class knew the answer. Please don't take his class.

He's a nice person but omg his class is impossible. He is a little disorganized as professor, uses lecture notes with references to figures in textbook that don't match the chapter (useless). His online class is horrible because it's really hard to focus, you are not learning. I just got "C" for his exam even though I studies for it a lot

Lectures are just professor Kraner reading off PowerPoint slides... Extremely boring, tedious 30+ minute videos of just fill-in-the-blank notes. Grading is infuriating. Just learn to read and rewrite the whole textbook to answer questions/labs or else you'll get points marked off for inaccuracy. This class is the epitome of brain dead busy work.

Dont take this prof unless you want to teach yourself. Literally reads from the book, super strict on grading, gets mad at students when they keep getting answers wrong.

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. He refuses to give any form of extra credit, and he grades very harshly. You will be graded solely upon labs and exams. The exams typically have 50 questions in 60 minutes with a mixture of multiple-choice, fill in the blank, and short answer. Want your grade rounded from 79.6 to 80? Nope, he will refuse and blame you.

Prof Kraner has been one of my least understanding and helpful teachers by far. if you take his class you will develop the feeling that he doesnt care about you. He doesnt really try to connect with his students and manages to find a way to blame you when you approach him with a concern.

Boring professor, tough grader, avoid at all costs. Just reads off slides and expects you to get it. Worst professor I've had at Columbus State.

Literally just reads from a powerpoint all of class and is extremely boring. He gives useless information so it's hard to tell what's important but gets mad/ blames you if you have a question or don't know the answer. Also grades everything harshly, especially the article reviews.

This professor has got to be the rudest and most disrespectful professor I have ever had. I ended the class with an A that's cause I had to reteach myself everything when I went home. He gets annoyed when you ask him questions, rush through lectures, and doesn't care about students learning. For sake of your mental health don't take this man.

make sure to record EVERYTHING from the scores he gives you to the lectures to what you turned in. I would recommend keeping the number to file grievances as well because if you point out a single issue or ask a question he doesn't like early in the term then you will have issues for the rest of the time. GOOD LUCK

I do not recommend this professor at all. The reason that being is he is a TOUGH grader and, a horrible listener. This is the kind of professor who will stand in front of the slides he's presenting, read off of them, and then expect you to just magically understand it but let me not forget to add he will get so mad when you don't understand it.

The most boring class during lecture he doesn't explain things in his own words he just reads off the slides and expects us to understand. The labs are always super long for no reason and always gets mad when you dont understand something during lab. On labs he takes off points for the smallest things like misspelling something. I DO NOT recommend

This professor was awful. He does not care about anything that happens in your life outside of class. He will not let you make up a lab and will not send you the notes he went over in class if you miss for any reason. He rambles and his lectures don't make sense. Be prepared to teach yourself this class.

This professor has no understanding whatsoever. I had to have surgery in the middle of the semester and he was completely unwilling to work with me or communicate about how I could stay on track. His lecture periods are glorified study halls, but he makes attendance mandatory and says there is no excuse to be absent.

Unenjoyable and unnecessarily stressful. He assigns way too much work and forces you to use his prewritten notes (which you have to turn in for credit). The notes are hardly notes at all, they are long rambling bullet points. I am about to drop his class because he is completely unhelpful and can't coherently explain the concepts he is "teaching".

terrible, felt bullied and saw other student getting bullied for learning or physical disabilities, refused multiple times to use my accommodations which he's required to use. After reporting this he eventually starting giving me my accommodation but would consistency complain over email as he'd give requested notes.

Lectures are him reading of slides and you filling in the blanks on the notes he gives you. Extremely boring. Only graded homework is the labs so you gotta do good on exams, which are based on the review sheets at the end of each note page, test questions come from the review which is nice but I essentially taught myself the class. Don't take him

Only Labs and 2 Tests and a Final. Final is cumulative. Class is mostly note taking, lectures are mandatory; Textbook isn't used If you like studying and working on your own this class is work at your own pace, not much help given. Make a friend in class, so you can get notes; if you miss a class he doesn't provide notes. He is low-key immature.

No homework, no quizzes. He gets quite flustered and tends to lash out at us over silly things. He is very tough for no reason. We are paying to take the course and it feels like he wants us to fail. If you want to do well you have to seek out your own online quizzes or videos. Lectures are such a waste of time.

Taking this course was insufferable. We sit in class for 4 hours only to complete his guided notes instead of delivering a lecture. Also, if your answer on an assignment/exam isn't EXACTLY what he's looking for then its wrong, dont even think about including extra info for your answers bc then he'll mark off points and put stuff like "why??" "how?"