Dr. Butler is an amazing professor! Although the lectures during summer are pretty lengthy, her style of teaching made lectures very enjoyable and interesting. She includes learning objectives on a slide at the beginning of every powerpoint which is extremely helpful for midterms and the final. Would definitely recommend taking her class!

Professor Butler has a fun energy to her. She is really cool and passionate about the material. The lectures are a little long but she explains the information thoroughly so it is easier to understand. There are weekly assignments with a midterm and final. Lectures are somewhat mandatory because she does clicker questions. Definitely recommend.

I have taken 2 classes with Dr. Butler and I honestly feel she is one of the best BILD teachers at UCSD. She truly cares about her students and genuinely wants them to learn and pass the class. I highly recommend taking her!

Professor Butler is one of the clearest lecturers I've had, she explains all concepts clearly and everything in the lectures is fair game for her exams. 4 tests, 80 points each, half MC half FRQ. She gives you just enough time to finish the exams and grades strictly, so the whole class is pure memorization. Always available for OH, she's great!

Just take her. She is literally the best. Just do it. Literally the best bio professor where you are able to learn very in-depth information and get a good grade. Really was a pleasure to be her students.

Professor Butler shows compassion for her students and truly tries to engage us with discussion questions throughout her lectures. However, I wish that her lecture slides have more information on them rather than just pictures. Her exams were also difficult to finish within the time range. Also, some concepts on the exam were not stressed enough.

Loved this class! I thought the material was easy to grasp and Dr. B makes the material so much fun to learn. The exams require studying, they are not too difficult, but you MUSt study in order to perform well on them. You have to keep up with the material because even though it is easy to understand, there is plenty of it. 10/10 would recommend.

By far the easiest online course I have taken at UCSD. I watch her pre-recorded lectures on 2X speed 2 times to prepare for her exams and that is good enough to prepare for her exams. I recommend her if you want an easy A. She has 2 midterms and a final. She makes her discussion sections mandatory which is completely unnecessary for this class.

Solid professor and very interesting class. Lectures were super straightforward and concise and the lecture checks were a good way to see what type of material you'd be tested on later. Only 3 exams and they were all non-cumulative. Just make sure to keep your notes detailed and watch the IA review sessions before taking them.

Pretty understanding and a decent professor. I have some bio background and the class was really easy. Not a huge fan of her lectures, but they weren't bad. Drops lowest exam (5 total and noncumulative) and no midterm/final.

The class I took was online and asynchronous, so I could do the lectures whenever, but they have to be done within a certain time. Her lectures are super interesting and the work outside of class is pretty light. STUDY HABITS ARE A MUST, I made study guides with the learning objectives and went off of those.

Not a very difficult class, but that was likely because I was already familiar with the content. If you are not familiar with the content, I can see this class being challenging. The lectures are concise, but the content is not explained very well. Not assignment heavy, just study well for tests. Discussion sections are mandatory.

At times the exams seemed like they included content that was intentionally glossed over in the lectures which made things tricky, but overall a good professor especially with how difficult teaching a fully online class can be.

Took online FA21. 4 midterms: non-cumulative, mostly multiple choice with some short answer on Canvas, lowest dropped if >50%. No final. All lectures async. Best way to study: be able to fully answer/understand all learning targets. Some review from IB/AP biology. Medium-low workload (lectures, quick lecture checks/quizzes), midterms, discussions.

You can tell Prof. Butler really cares about the subject and her students. She made the class really interesting and as long as you keep up with lectures, you can get an A in the class. I would definitely recommend this professor!

There are 4 tests including final. Lots of information. Lectures are asynchronous. Discussions are mandatory and synchronous. Few homework. Tests are online, quite difficult. You can not change your previous questions, one question at one time, only 55 min to complete 20+ mc questions, 1-3 short answer questions. Drops lowest test score if pass all

Lectures were all asynchronous, but very clear. I felt she explained topics well, and I had basically no experience in biology. Nearly the entire grade was 4 tests, but she was accommodating of technical difficulties. Tests were somewhat difficult, but not impossible, and the lowest one gets dropped. A solid choice for a professor. Few readings.

Relatively easy class. Tests were pretty easy if you watched the lectures and lectures were straightforward and engaging.

The lectures are easy to watch and her note template is ok. Make sure to do both the notes and the learning objectives for the exams. Material is not difficult to understand, but lectures take time to watch.

She explained everything clearly, and the tests were representative of what we learned. Some questions were tricky, but it's to be expected. You can drop the lowest test which is nice, and I honestly spent very little time on this class and got the A.

easy a if you put in effort

I had her years ago for bild 3 then again for ecology lab and she is my favorite professor, very well organized and seems to really want to make her students succeed. She's not an "easy" professor but as long as you stay on top of your (very reasonable) workload you'll be good.

Pretty straightforward professor. Not the most accessible professor I've had, but there is definitely worse. My only criticism is that she seemed like she dislikes her students or is mad at them or something; otherwise, very clear on what is expected and how to succeed.

Dr. Butler is a good prof to have and the overall course is not too difficult. The 2nd and 3rd portions of the quarter were very memorization heavy, but she does drop the lowest of her 4 exams. Overall not a bad course if you put some time into it and she prerecords and uploads lectures which are super helpful. Sometimes a lot of info to remember.

The reason I'm giving her a 4.0 is because she sometimes struggles to get the point across. She's so conventional in her ways and won't change what's established. Her final exam was way easier than the rest so that's a plus.

Dr. Butler is passionate about teaching but sometimes struggles to explain concepts clearly. Thankfully, the concepts are not very challenging and if you attend lectures and discussion, you will do well. However, exams are on Canvas, one question at a time without being able to change answers which is an unnatural testing modality in my opinion.

Professor Butler had good lectures but the class moved quickly and there was a lot of information covered on each exam. The exams aren't cumulative so that reduced the study/workload of the class, but the exams do get progressively harder. Lecture participation is mandatory (clicker points). Overall a less stressful class compared to others.

I really liked this class. She doesn't always explain things clearly, but there is online lectures to use as review if you miss something. We had to adapt the class structure because there weren't enough TAs for discussions, but it was manageable. Exams reflected the lectures and lecture checks. Whenever I spoke to her she was helpful and friendly.

I loved BIEB 102 with Butler. Her exams were online and exactly like the lecture material. Assignments consist of clicker questions and post lecture checks that have multiple attempts

Class structure was affected by not having IAs with discussion sections during this quarter. Weekly lecture checks are due twice a week. IClicker points are given during class for participation credit. Exams are taken online through Canvas, but you are only able to do one question at a time and you are not able to go back to revisit old questions.

Due to a lack of TAs, discussion sections took place during lecture and we had some lectures to watch on our own but there are no homework assignments. The lecture checks, discussion problem, and participation points were great grade boosters and were very easy. The tests were online, fair, and she gives many example problems during lecture.

Chill teacher. iClicker needed, but only need 70% of points so there's flexibility. Online exams which cover lots of material but overall not too hard. Mandatory discussion - cannot switch into another. Have to watch separate lectures outside of class which is annoying but they can be short. Overall easy class but you learn a lot.

Don't understand all the hate. Lectures were confusing, but exams really were not that hard. If you watch the lectures and take fine notes, you'll get an A. Discussions were hit or miss but overall not too bad. iClicker required.

All exams including the final were online. She gives extra credit throughout the year. Attendance is mandatory and iClickers are used. But honestly easy A if you go to lecture. You have to be really lazy to not do well in this class.

Super easy class if you just go to lecture. Online exams aligned with lecture. Honestly if you did bad in the class that's a skill issue because she had so much extra credit and dropped a lot of stuff. Deserves more high ratings.

I really liked BILD3 with Dr. Butler. Lectures had iclickers, but were interesting and engaging. She clearly has a love for biology and she cares that you do well. There are a lot of opportunities for office hours and a few for extra credit. I really liked her online quizzes, which were challenging but not too hard if you take notes and study.

Professor Butler is heavy on group activity so make sure to pick your group members wisely. The professor not only exposes us to R coding with is beneficial to students in ESYS majors, but also makes sure that each individual student understands how to do it properly. The TA's were also extremely helpful and patient with students.

She requires iClicker, had 4 tests with the lowest dropped, as for the tests I would normally score around and 80 or 70, but I feel like even though I studied for weeks the lecture aren't well represented on the tests rather the videos (from) she posts, so for studying watch the videos they go more in detail about the topics on the tests.